Women | Inventors

Dr Patricia Bath

(November 4, 1942 – May 30, 2019) 

African American

[Also of Trinidadian & Cherokee Native Americans]

[Public Domain via Wikipedia]

– – – Patents – – – 

U.S. patent 4744360, “Apparatus for ablating and removing cataract lenses”, issued May 17, 1988

U.S. patent 5843071, “Method and apparatus for ablating and removing cataract lenses” issued December 1, 1998

U.S. patent 5919186, “Laser apparatus for surgery of cataractous lenses”, issued July 6, 1999.

U.S. patent 6083192, “Pulsed ultrasound method for fragmenting/emulsifying and removing cataractous lenses,” issued July 4, 2000.

U.S. patent 6544254, “Combination ultrasound and laser method and apparatus for removing cataract lenses”, issued April 8, 2003.

– – – Websites – – – 

“Dr. Patricia E. Bath,” – Changing the Face of Medicine

Cobbins-Modica, Q. “Patricia Bath (1942-2019),” Blackpast.org.

Foy, David M.. Great Discoveries and Inventions by African-Americans: Fourth Edition. United Kingdom: AuthorHouse, 2012.

Dr. Patricia Bath’s Biography – The HistoryMakers

Patricia Bath | Lemelson-MIT Program

Patricia Era Bath – Wikipedia

– – –  Videos – – –  

Patricia Bath On Being The First Person To Invent & Demonstrate Laserphaco Cataract Surgery | TIME – [Min: 2:50]

Dr. Patricia E. Bath, the First Black Female Doctor to Receive a Medical Patent | Black Inventors – [Min: 1:46]

Meet a woman who changed the face of medicine – [Min: 8:27]

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