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Medicine
Name
Number
Author
Published
hypodermic syringe
2906
Sage, Charles
1843
artificial limb
4834
Palmer, Benjamin F.
1846
anesthesia
4848
Jackson, Charles T.
1846
dental amalgam
157140
Southworth, Stephen
1874
stethoscope
257487
Ford, William F.
1882
aspirin
644077
Hoffmann, Felix
1900
x-ray tube
1203495
Coolidge, William D.
1916
insulin
1469994
Banting, Frederick
1923
stethoscope
1671936
Rieger, O.P.
1927
X-ray tube
1917099
Coolidge, William
1933
X-ray tube
1946312
Coolidge, William
1934
general anesthetic (pentothal)
2153729
Volwiler, Ernest H.
1939
sulfonamide (sulfa drugs)
2407966
Sprague, James
1946
penicillin production
2442141
Moyer, Andrew J.
1948
cortisone
2462133
Sarett, Lewis H.
1949
improved penicillins
2479295
Behrens, Otto K.
1949
portable breathing resuscitator
2581450
Seeler, Henry W.
1952
corticosteroids
2602769
Murray, Herbert C.
1952
cell counter
2656508
Coulter, Wallace
1953
first oral contraceptive
2691028
Colton, Frank B.
1954
tetracycline
2699054
Conover, Lloyd H.
1955
heart-lung machine
2702035
Gibbon, John
1955
anti-fungal crème (Nystatin™)
2797183
Brown, Rachel Fuller
1957
tranquilizer
2799619
Seifter
1957
diabetes test
2848308
Free, Alfred H.
1958
anti-leukemia drug
2884667
Elion, Gertrude B.
1959
implantable pacemaker
3057356
Greatbatch, Wilson
1960
balloon catheter
3435826
Fogarty, Thomas
1964
pronged vaccinating needle
3194237
Rubin, Benjamin
1965
sedative (Valium™)
3371085
Sternbach, Leo H.
1968
cardiac pulse watch
3426747
Herman, A.
1969
cardiac monitor
3473526
Marx, Zeppo
1969
block & graft copolymers (Scotchgard™)
3574791
Sherman, Patsy O.
1971
hepatitis B vaccine (HBV)
3636191
Blumberg, Baruch S.
1972
artificial heart
3641591
Kolff, Willem J.
1972
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
3789832
Damadian, Raymond V
1974
computed axial tomography (CAT scan)
3922552
Ledley, Robert S.
1975
synthesis of penicillin
3939151
Sheehan, John C.
1976
stomach acid inhibitor (Tagamet™)
3950333
Durant, Graham J.
1976
implantable cardiac defibrilator
4202340
Heilman, Stephen M.
1980
gene cloning
4237224
Cohen, Stanley N
1980
Antidepressant (Prozac™)
4314081
Molloy, Bryan B.
1982
controlled drug delivery
4391797
Langer Jr., Robert S.
1983
electrically stimulated ambulatory motion
4580569
Petrofsky, Jerrold S.
1983
HIV diagnostic kit
4708818
Gallo, Robert
1987
instravascular stent
4733665
Palmaz, Julio C.
1988
LASIK eye surgery
4784135
Blum, Samuel
1988
genetic fingerprinting
5413908
Jeffreys, Alec
1995