For many of us in our 60s this next person did something life changing. Patricia Bath, a self-proclaimed nerd, is also the first African American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention. Dr. Bath’s patent (no. 4,744,360), a method for removing cataract lenses, transformed eye surgery, using a Laser device making the procedure more accurate. Thank you Dr. Bath for not listening to the naysayers and making life for our aging eyes more clear.
Resources:
- This Is Not Just Black History | Patricia Bath, posted by Blue Cross NC (2019), https://youtu.be/8GtI7nwxaR8
- Dr. Patricia E. Bath, the First Black Female Doctor to Receive a Medical Patent | Black Inventors posted by The Root (2018), https://youtu.be/ZW_QcaAdrCw
- Patricia Bath On Being The First Person To Invent & Demonstrate Laserphaco Cataract Surgery | TIME (2018), https://youtu.be/gcE_QMTBNW4
