Inventor

Shaw Louis Agassiz

Patents indexed

Year range

1933

Associated with

Years active

1933

Total patents

Most recent

1933

Frequent collaborator

Drinker Philip

Domains

biotechmechanical

Activity by decade

1930s

Patents

Career timeline

1 patents, in 1933

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How the Iron Lung Artificial Respirator Works

A 1933 patent for a mechanical respirator that uses external air pressure changes to force a patient's lungs to expand and contract.

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