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Robert Berger Collection Finding Aid

In 1962, Dr. Robert L. Berger joined the Laboratory of Technical Development as a senior scientist in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD.  In 1977, he was named chief of a Section on Biophysical Instrumentation, a post he held until 1994.  He also served as Invention Development Coordinator for NHLBI from 1988-1994.  He published more than 100 scientific papers over his thirty-two-year career and was awarded several patents for instruments he developed, many of which are part of the NIH Stetten Museum collection.

Theodor Kolobow Collection Finding Aid

Dr. Theodor Kolobow came to NIH in 1962 and spent his career at the Laboratory of Technical Development of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). He became chief of the Section of Pulmonary and Cardiac Assist Devices in 1970. His work is a clear example of translational research, with laboratory developments rapidly implemented in clinical practice, and includes the membrane oxygenator used in ventilators, artificial kidneys, endotracheal tubes designs, and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). Dr. Kolobow's ideas lead to many other biotechnological advances, and over the course of his career he accumulated over 20 patents; many of his instruments are in the NIH Stetten Museum collection as well as the National Museum of American History.