Patricia Bath was the first African American to complete a residency in ophthalmology also the first woman to lead a post-graduate training program in ophthalmology. Bath coined the term "Laser phaco" for the process, short for laser PHotoAblative Cataract surgery, and developed the laserphaco probe, a medical device that improves on the use of lasers to remove cataracts, and "for ablating and removing cataract lenses". Patricia was the first African American female doctor to receive a medical patent. She holds five patents in the United States. Three of Bath's five patents relate to the Laserphaco Probe. In 2000, she was granted a patent for a method for using pulsed ultrasound to remove cataracts and in 2003 a patent for combining laser and ultrasound to remove cataracts. In April 2019, Patricia testified in a hearing called the "Trailblazers and Lost Einsteins: Women Inventors and the Future of American Innovation" at the Senate Office Building in Washington D.C., where Bath had shown the gender disparities in the STEM field and a lack of female inventors. Relevant articles:
Bath, P.E., 2003. Combination ultrasound and laser method and apparatus for removing cataract lenses. U.S. Patent 6,544,254. Bath, P.E., Bath Patricia E, 1988. Apparatus for ablating and removing cataract lenses. U.S. Patent 4,744,360. Abdul-Rahman Adamu Bukari PhD student
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