Dr. Patricia Era Bath (November 4, 1942 – May 30, 2019) was an American ophthalmologist, inventor, humanitarian, and academic. She was the inventor of laser cataract surgery. Her invention was called Laserphaco…

Marie Van Brittan Brown (October 30, 1922- February 02, 1999) was a nurse, as well as an inventor. Along with her husband, Albert Brown Brown, an electronics technician, invented a…