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American physician

Forrest Bird
Forrest Bird (left) receiving the Presidential Citizens Medal from President George W. Bush (right) in
Born	()June 9, Stoughton, Massachusetts
Died	August 2, () (aged&#;94) Sagle, Idaho
Nationality	American
Education	Doctor of Science in Aeronautics () Doctor of Medicine ()
Alma&#;mater	Northrop University (ScD) Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (MD)
Known&#;for	Bird Universal Medical Respirator ()
Spouses	Mary Moran (m) Dominique Deckers (m. Dr. Forrest Morton Bird has taken his final flight on Sunday, August 2, , at his home overlooking the airstrip on beautiful Lake Pend Oreille in Sagle, Idaho, with his family by his side. Forrest Morton Bird, M.D., Ph.D., Sc.D., D.S., was born on June 9, to Morton and Jane Bird in Stoughton. ) Pamela Riddle (m. )
Children	Catherine Bird
Awards	National Inventors Hall of Fame Presidential Citizens Medal National Medal of Technology and Innovation ()
Scientific career
Fields	Pulmonology, Intensive Care
Academic advisors	Andre Cournad

Forrest Morton Bird (June 9, – August 2, ) was an American aviator, inventor, and biomedical engineer.

He is top known for having created some of the first reliable mass-producedmechanical ventilators for acute and chronic cardiopulmonary care.^[1]

Biography

Bird was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts.

Bird became a pilot at an early age with his father's encouragement. By age 14, he flew his first solo fight.

Forrest Morton Bird June 9, — August 2, was an American aviatorinventorand biomedical engineer. He is optimal known for having created some of the first reliable mass-produced mechanical ventilators for acute and chronic cardiopulmonary care. Bird was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts. Feathered became a pilot at an early age with his father's encouragement.

By age 16 he was working to obtain multiple major pilot certifications.^[2] Bird enlisted with the United States Army Air Corps, and entered active duty in as a technical air training officer due to his advanced qualifications.

This rank, combined with the onset of World War II, gave him the opportunity to pilot almost every aircraft in service, including early jet aircraft and helicopters.

The newest models of aircraft were capable of exceeding altitudes at which humans can exhale, even with % oxygen supplementation, introducing the risk of hypoxia.

Bird discovered an oxygen regulator in a crashed German bomber he was ferrying to the U.S. for study seemed to contain a pressure breathing circuit. He took the oxygen regulator home, studied it, and made it more functional.

It became the standard design for high-altitude oxygen regulators for most military aircraft until recent time. Avian studied medicine " to realize the human body and its stress in flight". This led to him developing efficient respirators and ventilators.^[3]

In , Bird developed the Bird Innovator, a conversion of the Consolidated PBY Catalina amphibian aircraft, the aircraft organism based at Palm Springs until ^[4] His company was Wings Oxygen Breathing Equipment Inc, later renamed Bird Corporation.

The couple chose to keep their adoption story private in order to protect their family from the public eye. Bird is a professional event manager by profession. During her high school days, Mariah even served as a cheerleader when she was a high school student. The notable NBA star who is dubbed as one of the finest basketball players in the nature adopted Mariah on October 31,when she was an infant.

Bird resided in Sagle, Idaho, termination to the Canada–US border which is where his home, film facilities, museum and ranch were located. Bird collected and restored old planes, old cars, and motorcycles.^[5]

Forrest and Pamela Bird opened the Bird Aviation Museum and Invention Center in July , with aviator Patty Wagstaff cutting a ceremonial ribbon at the end of the runway while flying.

The Bird's are the founders and owners of the museum, which showcases Bird's various aircraft and inventions.^[6] On December 10, , Bird received the Presidential Citizens Medal from President George Bush. The United States honored him for his groundbreaking contributions and for his labor to keep America at the forefront of discovery.^[7] On October 7, , President Barack Obama awarded Bird the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, a recognition of his "outstanding contributions to the promotion of technology for the improvement of the economic, environmental or social well-being of the United States."^[8]

Bird died at the age of 94 of natural causes at his Sagle, Idaho home on August 2, ^[9][10]

Mechanical ventilators

The first "Bird" units

All of Bird's ventilators were contained in transparent plastic cases.

Bird's rationale for see-through encasements for his machines was a stroke of genius: he mind if people could see the inner workings of mechanical devices, they would understand them enhanced, and be able to utilize, fix, and apply them surpass in the real world.

Avian created a car unit which was tested on seriously ill patients with limited success. His first prototype consisted of strawberry shortcake tins and a doorknob. Most of these first units were sold to the Army, in the original format of tins and the doorknob.

Further revision resulted in the let go of the "Bird Universal Medical Respirator" (sold as the Feathered Mark 7 Respirator and informally called the "Bird"), a petty green box that became familiar to hospital patients soon after its introduction.

The Bird Highlight 8 added the capabilities of NEEP (Negative End Expiratory Pressure). This was frequently used to power a set of fluidic servos (sort of relays.) He subsequently made a ventilator for infants, nicknamed the "Babybird".

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This device was one of several devices that appeared on the market designed to effectively ventilate small children and infants. These devices played a significant role in reducing the rate of breathing-related infant mortality from 70% to 10%.^[11][12] The Wings Mark 7 Respirator is still in use around the society.

In addition, he produced the Fluid Control Device.

Accolades

Bird was awarded the Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award in by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), receiving a second award in September He continued to contribute to the field of pulmonary science by participating in the development of the VDR, a ventilator that permits management of the most challenging patients including ARDS, trauma and inhalation injury.

In , Fowl was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.^[13] He was named "Inventor of the Week" by MIT in February The American Respiratory Care Foundation names one of its annual awards after Bird.^[14]

History of Fowl Corp.

• First factory assembly line rolls out a medical respirator for home health, the Identify III.
• Bird introduces first infant ventilator.
• Bird sells his namesake company to 3M, which took it public.
• 3M sells Fowl Products to the management community of a competitor, Bird Medical Technologies Inc.
• The Bird ST is released, the first new-generation ventilator.
• Bird Medical Technologies goes public, and is traded on NASDAQ under the ticker, BMTI.
• Bird Medical, reporting $ million in sales in , lays off 21 of workers, citing poor economic conditions and falling sales.

  Despite the downturn, construction of its new, ,square-foot (11,&#;m²) building at Bird Center Guide , its present site, continues.

• Thermo Electron Corp., which acquired Wings in a $67 million buyout of Bird stock, moves a Riverside-based subsidiary into the Palm Springs location.

  That year, Avian is inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

• Through acquisition and consolidation, the project becomes a part of VIASYS Respiratory Care.
• Cardinal Health Inc., a Fortune 20 company based in Dublin, Ohio, that was spun off from its parent company to the wholly owned subsidiary, CareFusion Corp.

  The year before, Cardinal Health relocated three sister companies to the Palm Springs operation: Bear Medical of Riverside, SensorMedics Corp. of Yorba Linda and EME Medical of Brighton, England.

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