NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device
Object Details
- Squibb-Novo, Inc.
- Description
- The patent, issued in 1986, described “a dispenser suitable for use in dispensing a liquid medicine, for instance insulin solution. The dispenser is, in principle, constructed as a hypodermic syringe but differs in that it enables dispensing of a predetermined portion.” Both inventors lived in Denmark.
- Ref: Jorn Rex and Otto A. Vogeley, “Dispenser,” U.S. Patent 4,592,745 (June 3, 1986), assigned to Novo Industri A/S.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1986
- patent date
- 1986-06-03
- ID Number
- 2004.0129.90
- patent number
- US4592745A
- accession number
- 2004.0129
- catalog number
- 2004.0129.90
- Object Name
- insulin dispenser
- syringe
- insulin delivery device
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3.1 cm x 17 cm x 4.7 cm; 1 7/32 in x 6 11/16 in x 1 27/32 in
- overall, box: 1 1/4 in x 6 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 3.175 cm x 17.4625 cm x 4.7625 cm
- overall, booklet: 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in; .635 cm x 16.51 cm x 12.065 cm
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Princeton
- Denmark: Hovedstaden, Bagsvaerd
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Diabetes
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1279047
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-753c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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