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Bessie studied physiotherapy and industrial design. She went to work at Veterans’ Hospital Base 81, where she helped to rehabilitate World War II veterans, especially those who were disabled and trying to readapt to their lives stateside.
“You’re not crippled, only crippled in your mind,” she would tell them while teaching them how to write with their feet or their teeth.
But there were also amputated patients. One day, a doctor told her: “If you really want to do something to help these boys, why don’t you make something by which they can feed themselves”. And so she took action.
It took her ten months to create the first design of the “invalid feeder”, an electronic feeding tube for people who had lost limbs or were in bed or in a wheelchair. She worked at her kitchen, using plastic, a file, an ice pick, a hammer, and some dishes and boiling water to melt the plastic into a mold.
The tube would be attached to a food receptacle, which in turn was powered by a motor; every time the patient bit down on the tube, it would send a morsel of food zooming into their mouths. This allowed patients to control exactly how much to eat, and they could do so unassisted.
The device turned out to be so successful and Bessie patented it. Then she spent about four years and $3,000 making improvements, having invented a working model made of stainless steel, which she demonstrated at a New Jersey hospital.
As a serial innovator at heart, she didn’t stop there. Bessie also created “portable receptacle support”. It consisted of a bowl that the patient could strap around the neck to eat from, with the goal of being able to feed themselves, which she also patented. People with impairment of the use of hands and arms would be able to drink fluid from cups or bowls supported by the device.
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