Bifurcated Needles for Vaccination
date: label: date made
content: 1965 - 1977
label: patent date
content: 1965-07-13
name: label: maker
content: Wyeth Laboratories
notes: label: Description
content: Bifurcated needles used for Smallpox vaccination. Stainless steel needles in plastic dispenser case.
label: Description
content: The bifurcated needle was designed to hold a small drop of vaccine between the two small prongs. Invented by Benjamin Rubin, MD, of Wyeth Laboratories who received patent no. 3,194,237, July 13, 1965, for his "Pronged Vaccinating and Testing Needle." This method of vaccination used much less vaccine and was easier to perform. It was the primary method of vaccination used for the WHO eradication of smallpox campaign 1966 - 1977.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: associated subject
content: Vaccination
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Antibody Initiative: Smallpox
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Donald A. Henderson, M.D. M.P.H.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0768.01
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0768.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0768
label: patent number
content: US3194237A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: needles, bifurcated
label: Object Name
content: biological
label: Object Name
content: vaccinator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (needles material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 1 in; x 10.16 cm x 2.54 cm