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1986

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Black Doctor Devises Innovative Eye Surgery Equipment​

Los Angeles, California

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. ​

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