Awards & Winners

Forrest Bird

Date of Birth 09-June-1921
Place of Birth Stoughton
(Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Dr. Forrest Bird
Profession Inventor, Physician, Pilot
Forrest M. Bird is an American aviator, inventor and biomedical engineer. He is best known for creating some of the first reliable mass-produced mechanical ventilators for acute and chronic cardiopulmonary care.

Awards by Forrest Bird

Check all the awards nominated and won by Forrest Bird.

2008


National Medal of Technology and Innovation
(For his pioneering inventions in cardiopulmonary medicine, including the medical respirator; devices that helped launch modern-day medical evacuation capabilities; and intrapulmonary percussive ventilation (IPV) technologies, which have saved the lives of millions of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other conditions.)