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