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2. Hypodermic needle - Wikipedia

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   Development of the fully disposable hypodermic needle was spurred on in the 1950s for several reasons. The Korean War created blood shortages and in response disposable, sterile syringes were developed for collecting blood. The widespread immunization against polio during the period required the development of a fully disposable syringe system ...

3. Colin Murdoch - Wikipedia

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   Colin Albert Murdoch ONZM (6 February 1929 – 4 May 2008) was a New Zealand pharmacist and veterinarian who made a number of significant inventions, in particular the tranquilliser gun, the disposable hypodermic syringe and the child-proof medicine container. He had a total of 46 patents registered in his name.

4. Syringe - Wikipedia

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   Medical syringes include disposable and safety syringes, injection pens, needleless injectors, insulin pumps, and specialty needles. [2] Hypodermic syringes are used with hypodermic needles to inject liquid or gases into body tissues, or to remove from the body.

5. Low dead space syringe - Wikipedia

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   The first hypodermic needle was first used by Dr. Alexander Wood and immediately efforts were made to improve the design. It was not until 1954, with the need for massive syringe distribution of Dr. Salk's polio vaccine, that the first disposable syringes were created. Initially, they were made of glass.

6. Sharps waste - Wikipedia

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   Sharps – like needles, syringes, lancets and other devices used at home to treat diabetes, arthritis, cancer, and other diseases – should be immediately disposed of after use. Sharps waste is a form of biomedical waste composed of used "sharps", which includes any device or object used to puncture or lacerate the skin.

7. Manuel Jalón Corominas - Wikipedia

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   improving models for the mop and the hypodermic syringe Manuel Jalón Corominas ( Logroño , 31 January 1925 – Zaragoza , 16 December 2011) [ 1 ] was a Spanish air force officer, aeronautical engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur.