Baumanometer
notes: label: Description
content: William A. Baum (1891-1964) invented a machine for measuring blood pressure, termed it a Baumanometer and established a firm to make and market it.
label: Description
content: Ref: William A. Baum, “Manometer,” U.S. Patent 1,594,039 (July 27, 1926), assigned to W. A. Baum Co.; the patent application was filed in 1920.
label: Description
content: “W. A. Baum, Inventor of a Medical Device,” New York Times (Oct. 27, 1964), p. 39.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0277.11
label: accession number
content: 2000.0277
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0277.11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sphygmomanometer
label: Other Terms
content: Sphygmomanometer; Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 cm x 10 cm x 4 cm; 11 13/16 in x 3 15/16 in x 1 9/16 in