Kayden Insulin Injector
date: label: date made
content: ca 1955
name: label: maker
content: Kayden Scientific Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: The Kayden insulin injector was probably devised and marketed by Gustave Lawrence Kayden (1894-1953), an inventor on Long Island, New York.
label: Description
content: Ref: Gustave L. Kayden, “Attachment for Hypodermic Syringes,” U.S. Patent 2,295,849 (Sept. 15, 1942).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Millburn
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Diabetes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0280.01
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0280.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0280
objectType: label: Object Name
content: insulin injector demonstration kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (inserts (3) material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (injector material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic, vinyl (case, injector material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: maroon (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 21.2 cm x 12 cm; 2 3/4 in x 8 3/8 in x 4 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 8 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in; 6.985 cm x 21.59 cm x 12.065 cm