B-D Insulin Syringe, Dr. Busher's Automatic Injector
B-D Insulin Syringe, Dr. Busher's Automatic Injector
- Description
- Herbert Busher, a physician in St Paul, Mn., 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
- Object Name
- syringe kit
- syringe, insulin, with automatic injector
- Other Terms
- syringe kit; Hypodermic
- date made
- after 1932
- patent date
- 1932-02-16
- maker
- Becton, Dickinson and Company
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Rutherford
- 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
- ID Number
- MG.M-07852
- catalog number
- M-07852
- accession number
- 223292
- patent number
- 1,845,036
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eleanor P. Custis
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Diabetes
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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