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Telehealth
Alexander Graham Bell
He calls someone to help him when he spills acid on himself
https://blog.evisit.com/history-telemedicine-infographic
This invention allows people to solve health problems over the phone. It`s comes in handy especially in emergency situations. -
Immunotherapy for Cancer Treatment
William B. Coley, M.D., a renowned surgeon at Memorial Hospital in New York, first attempts immune-modulating therapy for cancer with the inoculation of sarcoma patient Signor Zola with cultures of erysipelas.-https://www.cancerresearch.org/immunotherapy/timeline-of-progress
An important goal of immunotherapy is to help the immune system recognize cancer cells as non-self instead of self. -http://cisncancer.org/research/new_treatments/immunotherapy/importance.html -
Stem Cells
Martin Evans of Cardiff University, UK, then at the University of Cambridge, is first to identify embryonic stem cells – in mice. -https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24970-stem-cell-timeline-the-history-of-a-medical-sensation/
Given their unique regenerative abilities, stem cells offer new potentials for treating diseases such as diabetes, and heart disease.-https://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/1.htm -
Robotic Surgery
I could not find any inventor for this but the first robotic assisted surgery was in 1985 "when the PUMA 560 robotic surgical arm was used in a delicate neurosurgical biopsy, a non-laparoscopic surgery" https://www.roboticoncology.com/history-of-robotic-surgery/
Its a type of minimally invasive surgery which means that instead of operating on patients through large incisions, we use miniaturized surgical instruments -https://med.nyu.edu/robotic-surgery/physicians/what-robotic-surgery -
Human Genome Project
National Institutes of Health Director James Wyngaarden assembles scientists, administrators and science policy experts to lay out a plan for the Human Genome Project.-https://www.genome.gov/10001763/about-nhgri-a-brief-history-and-timeline/
By studying the similarities and differences between human genes and those of other organisms, researchers can discover the functions of particular genes and identify which genes are critical for life-https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/hgp/accomplishments -
Bionic Prosthetic
The first person to ever give someone a prosthetic limb was David Gow in 1993 and from there prosthetic have progressed but I could not find who invented bionic prosthetics
Bionic prosethetics are making many lives easier by giving them a perfectly usable limb -
3D printing body parts
Invented by: Anthony Atala
Rather than waiting on a list for a donation or something people can get transplants almost right away if we can officially start using this technology
https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2017/10/221323-3d-printing-human-body-parts/abstract -
Anti-Smoking Laws
From what I read no one really invented anti smoking laws themselves it was just a process that happened throughout years of research and anti-drug campaigns.
These laws protect people from bad disease that smoking and second hand smoke cause. -
Facial Transplants
Inventor: Bernard Devauchelle
A face transplant is performed to try to improve the quality of life for a person badly disfigured by facial trauma, burns, disease or birth defects. It is intended to enhance both appearance and functional abilities, such as chewing, swallowing, talking and breathing through the nose-https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/face-transplant/about/pac-20394037 -
Artificial pancreas
Invented by: Dana Lewis
By automating detection of blood sugar levels and delivery of insulin in response to those levels, an artificial pancreas has the potential to relieve the person with diabetes from some of this burden, providing optimal blood glucose control with minimal effort and reducing the potential for disease complications.-https://www.empoweryourhealth.org/magazine/vol7_issue2/the-promise-of-the-artifical-pancreas
