Aaron Ismach
Aaron Ismach · Science & Medicine
Inventor of the jet injector gun used in mass vaccination campaigns
1920, Brooklyn, New York City, USA — 2007, USA
United States
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Aaron Ismach was an American engineer and inventor, a civilian scientist for the U.S. Army, who developed the foot-pedal-operated 'Ped-O-Jet' jet injector in the early 1960s. This needle-free device allowed rapid mass vaccination and was central to global smallpox eradication and other immunization campaigns, earning him the Exceptional Civilian Service Award. Born in Brooklyn to a Jewish family, he was Jewish.
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Inventor of the jet injector gun used in mass vaccination campaigns
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