Josephine G. Fountain undated
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Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-1647
During the early 1960s, Josephine G. Fountain, a registered nurse who worked at the University of Florida Teaching Hospital and Clinics, invented the "Direct Suction Tracheotomy Tube" (U.S. Patent No. 3039469) used for tracheotomy patients.
Also known as: [SPI_5766]
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-1647
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
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Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-1647]