Philip Drinker

Philip Drinker (born December 12, 1894 in Haverford , Pennsylvania , † October 19, 1972 in Fitzwilliam , New Hampshire ) was an American inventor . He is considered to be one of the inventors of the iron lung .

Drinker developed the Iron Lung with Louis Agassiz Shaw and James Wilson at Harvard University . Drinker first tested the invention on his own before the first use of an iron lung on October 12, 1928 at Children's Hospital in Boston . An eight-year-old girl with polio who had already fallen into a coma was resuscitated within minutes. Only after the device had been registered for a patent was it presented to the public on September 14, 1929.

Engineer John Haven Emerson (1906–1997) later improved and simplified Drinker's invention. A patent litigation broke out between Drinker and Emerson, and it was decided in Emerson's favor. Drinker's patents have been annulled.

In 1927, Drinker was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . He was married and had a son.

Publications

P. Drinker, LA Shaw: AN APPARATUS FOR THE PROLONGED ADMINISTRATION OF ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION: I. A Design for Adults and Children. In: The Journal of clinical investigation. Volume 7, number 2, June 1929, pp. 229-247, doi : 10.1172 / JCI100226 , PMID 16693859 , PMC 434785 (free full text).
LA Shaw, P. Drinker: AN APPARATUS FOR THE PROLONGED ADMINISTRATION OF ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION: II. A Design for Small Children and Infants with an Appliance for the Administration of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide. In: The Journal of clinical investigation. Volume 8, number 1, December 1929, pp. 33-46, doi : 10.1172 / JCI100253 , PMID 16693884 , PMC 424606 (free full text).

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Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b R.D. Branson: Jack Emerson: Notes on His Life and Contributions to Respiratory Care. In: Respiratory Care. Volume 43, Number 7, 1998, pp. 567-571.

personal data
SURNAME	Drinker, Philip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American inventor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 12, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH	Haverford , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH	October 19, 1972
Place of death	Fitzwilliam , New Hampshire

[branson1998-1] R.D. Branson: Jack Emerson: Notes on His Life and Contributions to Respiratory Care. In: Respiratory Care. Volume 43, Number 7, 1998, pp. 567-571.