LASIK Eye Surgery Excimer Laser Surgery inventors. Invention of Aspirin. LASIK inventors. Who invented LASIK eye surgery? "... much effort to convince the medical community that the laser was safe and would not harm surrounding tissue."

Excimer Laser Surgery inventors. Invention of Aspirin. LASIK inventors. Who invented LASIK eye surgery? "… much effort to convince the medical community that the laser was safe and would not harm surrounding tissue."

Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by info@sujanani.com

“Who invented LASIK?”

How many have claimed some involvement in the invention of LASIK eye surgery?

Frequently asked questions we receive with reference to the term “LASIK” include questions such as “Who was the inventor of LASIK eye surgery?” and “Who invented LASIK eye surgery?” (Do you know who invented LASIK surgery?).

We do know that Dr Rangaswamy Srinivasan, born in India in 1929, has received many awards for the discovery of Ablative Photodecomposition (APD).

“Where was the first LASIK eye surgery performed?”

“Where was LASIK eye surgery invented?”

We do know that Professor Ioannis Pallikaris and LASIK eye care specialists at the University of Crete in Greece; presented a fifteen year follow-up of one of the first ladies to undergo LASIK. (Fifteen years after her LASIK eye surgery procedure: “the patient was satisfied with final outcome”).

“When was the LASIK eye surgery procedure invented?”

According to a Press Release from Palo Alto, California, dated May 16, 2002:

“Excimer Laser Surgery – Dr. Rangaswamy Srinivasan, Dr. James Wynne, Dr. Samuel Blum ”

“This is the procedure used in LASIK eye surgery, which has restored sight for over two million Americans and over five million people worldwide. It took this IBM team much effort to convince the medical community that the laser was safe and would not harm surrounding tissue. (Patent issued November 15, 1988)”

More information from Press Release from Palo Alto, California, dated May 16, 2002:

Palo Alto, Calif., May 16, 2002 — A new class of inventors will soon take its place of distinction in history beside the 168 inventors currently honored in the National Inventors Hall of Fame, it was announced today at a ceremony held at the Palo-Alto, Calif., headquarters of HP (NYSE:HPQ), the leading corporate sponsor of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. The inductees’ achievements, which span the fields of medicine, technology, the environment and automotive safety, have had a significant impact on the way people live.

The inventors who will be honored today are:

· Raymond Kurzweil - Kurzweil Reading Machine

· Nils Bohlin - 3-point Safety Belt

· Drs. Rangaswamy Srinivasan, James Wynne and Samuel Blum - Excimer Laser Surgery

· Drs. M. Stephen Heilman, Alois Langer, Morton Mower and Michel Mirowski - Implantable Defibrillator

· Dr. Rodney Bagley, Dr. Irwin Lachman and Ronald Lewis - Ceramic Substrate for Catalytic Converters

· Felix Hoffmann (posthumous) - Aspirin

· Dr. John Presper Eckert, Jr. and John Mauchly (posthumous) - ENIAC Data Translating Device

· Henry Bessemer (posthumous) - Bessemer Steel Process

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Excimer Laser Surgery – Dr. Rangaswamy Srinivasan, Dr. James Wynne, Dr. Samuel Blum

This is the procedure used in LASIK eye surgery, which has restored sight for over two million Americans and over five million people worldwide. It took this IBM team much effort to convince the medical community that the laser was safe and would not harm surrounding tissue. (Patent issued November 15, 1988)

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Aspirin - Felix Hoffmann (1868-1946)

The closest thing we have to a miracle drug in our lives. Hippocrates used the bark of willow trees to alleviate labor pain, but Hoffmann’s effort to develop and market the drug, which he gave to his father to help his arthritis, is the reason for its widespread use today . A chemist at Bayer, Hoffmann found that his company did not want to manufacture or market the drug so he conducted tests in secrecy. Thousands take an aspirin a day to prevent heart attack and stroke. The latest studies link aspirin to a cure for prostate cancer. (Patent issued February 27, 1900)

Each September, a new group of inventors is inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Inventors may be nominated by anyone, but inductees must hold a U. S. patent to be considered. The nominee’s invention must have contributed to the welfare of mankind and have promoted the progress of science and the useful arts. This year’s induction ceremony will be held on September 21, 2002 in Akron, Ohio.

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About the National Inventors Hall of Fame

The not-for-profit National Inventors Hall of Fame® is the premier organization in America dedicated to honoring and fostering creativity and invention. Each year a new class of inventors is inducted into the National Hall of Fame in recognition of their patented inventions that make human, social and economic progress possible.