Object Details
maker
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
date made
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
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Health & Medicine
Diabetes
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1279047