OV 753.11 (RV 753.11)
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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content: Bath, Patricia, Dr., 1942-2019
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content: Patricia Bath Innovative Lives Presentation and Interview, [videotapes]
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content: Patricia Bath Innovative Lives Presentation and Interview, [videotapes] / Series 1: Original Videos
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content: 2000 February 17
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content: Box OV 2
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Moving Images [174751160]
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content: Dr. Patricia Bath Interview, 2000 February 17 (at home in Los Angeles)

Total Running Time: 29:44

Bath provides definition of cataract and the Laserphaco. The laser portion of the term refers to the modality for the procedure while the "phaco"is from the Greek term for hard lens. Continues speaking about her Berlin experience and filing for a patent in the United States in December 1986. In April 1987, Bath announces to the medical community her invention and the need for a major manufacturer to commit funding for clinical trials to bring it to market. In 1991, companies in the United States start FDA clinical trials with the Laserphaco. Clarifies the difference between Laserphaco and the laser technologies available in malls for refracting. In 1998, Bath's patent issues for an "Apparatus for Ablating and Removing Cataract Lenses, US patent #4,744,360. Provides a message to young people to have faith in the power of your own ideas and self.