Stanley Sarnoff
Stanley Sarnoff · Science & Medicine
Physiologist and inventor of the auto-injector used for emergency drug delivery
1917, Brooklyn, New York, USA — 1990
United States (Bethesda, Maryland)
Stanley Sarnoff is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physiologist and inventor of the auto-injector used for emergency drug delivery
Sarnoff, from a Jewish family, was a physician and cardiovascular physiologist who directed heart research at the National Heart Institute. Holder of some sixty patents, he invented the spring-loaded auto-injector, a device that lets a person rapidly self-administer a life-saving drug — the basis of the AtroPen, LidoPen and EpiPen used in emergencies worldwide. He also founded a foundation supporting young cardiovascular researchers.
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Physiologist and inventor of the auto-injector used for emergency drug delivery
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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