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NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device

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NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device
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  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device
  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device
  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device
  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device
  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device
  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device
  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device, booklet
  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device, booklet
  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device, booklet
  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device, booklet
  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device, booklet
  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device, booklet
  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device, booklet
  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device, booklet
  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device, brochure
  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device, brochure
  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device, brochure
  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device, brochure
  • NovoPen Insulin Delivery Device, brochure

    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

    See more items in

    Medicine and Science: Medicine
    Health & Medicine
    Diabetes

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-753c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1279047

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