Isolator
notes: label: Description
content: Prototype isolator developed at the Shriners Burn Institute, in Cincinnati, and used for children, in the years 1966-1972. An inscription reads “Life Island / Patient Isolation System / Matthews Research, Inc. / Alexandria, Virginia.” Frank E. Matthews (1924-1988), a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, developed a sterile environment for burn patients and disease victims, and organized the Matthews Research, Inc.
label: Description
content: Ref: Frank E. Matthews, “Isolator Assembly,” U.S. Patent 3,265,059 (Aug. 9, 1966), assigned to Matthews Research. Inc.
label: Description
content: “Frank E. Matthews,” Washington Post (Dec. 11, 1988), p. B12.
label: Description
content: R. P. Hummel, M. Maley, and B. G. MacMillan, “Technical Advances in Patient Isolation,” Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 3 (1969): 11-18.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0187.01
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0187.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0187
objectType: label: Object Name
content: isolator
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 66 in x 43 1/2 in x 23 in; 167.64 cm x 110.49 cm x 58.42 cm