Seymour London

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Seymour B. London (July 1, 1915 – July 14, 2010) was an American physician and inventor who created the first automatic blood pressure monitor.

London was born on July 1, 1915, in

Miami Heart Institute at Mount Sinai Medical Center.[1]

London developed the automated blood pressure machine after having to spend time on multiple occasions fumbling to take a patient's blood pressure by hand. He created the original prototype of his patented device using an old blood pressure cuff, a column of mercury, a pump from a fish tank and a microphone.

Journal of the American Medical Association.[2] In addition to a United States patent, the device was also patented in France, Germany and Italy. After his death, his daughter announced plans to donate the original model of the device to the Medical School of the University of Miami.[1]

London died on July 14, 2010, at age 95, at his home in

heart disease.[1]

References

  1. ^
    The Miami Herald
    , July 15, 2010. Accessed July 19, 2010.
  2. Journal of the American Medical Association
    , November 18, 1966. Accessed July 15, 2010.
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