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Michael Morykwas
Vacuum Assisted Closure® (V.A.C.®)
Michael Morykwas and Louis Argenta developed Vacuum Assisted Closure (V.A.C.). This revolutionary medical device uses controlled suction to draw…
Edward Goodrich Acheson
Carborundum
Edward Acheson's discovery of carborundum, a highly effective abrasive used in manufacturing, was an important influence in advancing the industrial…
John Baer
Thiazide Diuretics (Chlorothiazide)
In 1951, pharmacologist John Baer joined Sharpe & Dohme — soon to become Merck Sharpe & Dohme — and became part of a research team that would…
Karl H. Beyer Jr.
Thiazide Diuretics (Chlorothiazide)
During 40 years of pharmaceutical research, Karl Beyer led teams that pioneered new classes of drugs. In 1942, Beyer joined Sharpe & Dohme, which…
George Crompton
Loom
Over his lifetime, George Crompton's inventive prowess revolutionized the textile industry.
Born in Lancashire, England, Crompton moved to the U.S.…
Carl Djerassi
Oral Contraceptives
Carl Djerassi is recognized for his breakthroughs in chemistry and for his effective translation of theory into practice. His achievements include…
Akira Endo
Mevastatin
In 1973, Akira Endo of Sankyo Company in Tokyo discovered mevastatin, pioneering research into a new class of molecules known as statins, now a…
Mary Florence Potts
Cold-Handle Sad Iron
Mary Florence Potts invented an improved sad iron, which was lighter and offered a cooler, more ergonomic handle. Beginning in the 1870s, it was…
Thomas J. Fogarty
Embolectomy Catheter
In 1969, Thomas Fogarty received a patent for his Fogarty® balloon embolectomy catheter, which has since become an industry standard. The device…
Ashok Gadgil
Water Disinfecting Device
Physicist Ashok Gadgil developed inventions including UV Waterworks and the Berkeley-Darfur stove, enabling access to clean drinking water and…
Joseph F. Glidden
Barbed Wire
Joseph Glidden's innovative barbed wire was essential to the settlement of the American plains in the late nineteenth century. It proved to be an…
John Wesley Hyatt
Celluloid
John Hyatt invented the process for making celluloid, the first artificial plastic.
In the late 1860s, while searching for a substitute for ivory…
Dawon Kahng
MOSFET
Dawon Kahng was an inventor of the first practical field-effect transistor, a device that controls electronic signals by switching them on or off or…
Robert S. Langer, Jr.
Controlled Drug Delivery
Robert Langer revolutionized biomedical technology through the development of a controlled drug delivery system.
Langer was born in Albany, New York…
Robert M. Metcalfe
Ethernet
Robert Metcalfe invented, standardized, and commercialized Ethernet. Developed as a way to link the computers at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (…
Frederick Novello
Thiazide Diuretics (Chlorothiazide)
In 1943, scientist Frederick Novello embarked on a 38-year career with Merck Sharp & Dohme, working on compounds for the development of new drugs…
Bradford Parkinson
Global Positioning System
Bradford Parkinson developed the Global Positioning System, a locational and navigational system that allows users to determine their location with…
Irving Porush
Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI)
Irving Porush, George Maison and Charles Thiel invented the pressurized metered dose inhaler (MDI), the first portable inhaler that could effectively…
Ronald Rivest
RSA Cryptography
RSA cryptography is the world’s most widely used public-key cryptography method for securing communication on the internet. Instrumental to the…
Lubomyr Romankiw
Magnetic Thin-Film Storage Head
IBM researchers Lubomyr Romankiw and David Thompson invented magnetic thin film storage heads in the late 1970s, creating new designs for both read…
Adi Shamir
RSA Cryptography
RSA cryptography is the world’s most widely used public-key cryptography method for securing communication on the internet. Instrumental to the…
Frederick Ellsworth Sickels
Valve for Steam Engines
Frederick Ellsworth Sickels is considered one of the pioneers of steam engines. Sickels, born in Gloucester County, New Jersey, invented an…
James Sprague
Thiazide Diuretics (Chlorothiazide)
Biochemist James Sprague was a member of the Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories team that pioneered thiazide diuretics, the first class of…
Ivan E. Sutherland
Display Windowing by Clipping
In 1963, Ivan Sutherland engineered a revolution in computer graphics with his highly interactive program Sketchpad. It enabled users to design and…
Ralph Teetor
Cruise Control
Automotive engineer Ralph Teetor invented cruise control in the 1940s. Originally limited to luxury vehicles, this speed control technology has…