
Date: 1986
Who: Patricia Era Bath
Where: Los Angeles, California
What: The first African American to finish a residency in ophthalmology, Dr. Bath became the first female African American medical doctor to receive a medical patent when she invented a laser cataract treatment device called a Laserphaco Probe in 1986.
Learn more :What do we know about Dr. Patricia Bath, the inventor of laserphaco? (medicalnewstoday.com)
Núñez Valdés, J., Pablos Pons, F. D., & Ramos Carrillo, A. (2022). Pioneering black African American women chemists and pharmacists. Foundations, 2(3), 624-638.
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