Leland C. Clark Jr. was an American biochemist born in Rochester, New York. He is best known as the inventor of the Clark electrode, a device used for measuring oxygen in blood, water and other liquids. Clark is considered the father of biosensors, and the modern glucose sensor used daily by millions of diabetics is based on his research. He conducted pioneering research on heart-lung machines in the 1940s and 1950s and held more than 25 patents. He developed a fluorocarbon-based liquid that mice could breathe successfully in place of air, but his lifelong goal of developing artificial blood remained unfulfilled at his death. He is the inventor of Oxycyte, a third-generation perfluorocarbon therapeutic oxygen carrier designed to enhance oxygen delivery to damaged tissues.
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He is most well known as the inventor of the Clark electrode
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Leland C. Clark Jr. (December 4, 1918 - September 21, 2005)
In Field: Biomedical Engineering, Introduction
He is most well known as the inventor of the Clark electrode, a device used for measuring oxygen in blood, water and other liquids.
In Group: Medical Device Inventors, Introduction
He conducted pioneering research on heart-lung machines in the 1940s and '50s and was holder of more than 25 patents.
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