Object Details
- Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Description
- Herbert Busher, a physician in St Paul, Minnesota, designed a hypodermic syringe particularly for the self-administration of insulin. This example was made by Becton-Dickinson in New Jersey. One label on the cardboard box reads “B-D INSULIN SYRINGE / For use with / 20 OR 40 UNIT INSULIN / BECTON, DICKIN-SON & CO., RUTHERFORD, N. J.” Another reads “DR. BUSHER’S / AUTOMATIC / INJECTOR / PAT. 1,845,O36.”
- Ref: Herbert H. Busher, “Hypodermic Syringe,” U.S. Patent 1,845,036 (Feb. 16, 1932).
- Herbert Busher, “Automatic Hypodermic Syringe for Self Administration of Insulin and Other Uses,” Journal of the American Medical Association 102 (1934): 1152.
- Herbert Busher, “Automatic Hypodermic Injector,” Science 81 (1935): 256.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eleanor P. Custis
- after 1932
- patent date
- 1932-02-16
- ID Number
- MG.M-07852
- catalog number
- M-07852
- accession number
- 223292
- patent number
- US1845036A
- Object Name
- syringe, insulin, with automatic injector
- Other Terms
- syringe kit; Hypodermic
- Physical Description
- glass (plunger material)
- glass (barrel material)
- glass (tip, force material)
- steel (needle material)
- steel (injector, automatic needle material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 2.8575 cm x 9.525 cm x 4.445 cm
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Rutherford
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Diabetes
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_730844
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-8103-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
