Henry Heimlich from a heart attack in his home in Hyde Park, Cincinnati, on December 12. He was 96 years old. Henry Heimlich Henry Judah Heimlich (; February 3, 1920 – December 17, 2016) was an American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher. He is widely credited as the inventor of the Heimlich maneuver, a technique of abdominal thrusts for stopping choking, described in "Emergency Medicine" in 1974. He also invented the Micro Trach portable oxygen system for ambulatory patients and the Heimlich Chest Drain Valve, or "flutter valve", which drains blood and air out of the chest cavity. Heimlich was born in
John Clarkson Jay John Clarkson Jay John Clarkson Jay (September 11, 1808 – November 15, 1891) was an American physician and notable conchologist. He was the grandson of Founding Father John Jay. Jay was born on September 11, 1808 in New York City. He was the eldest of eight children born to Peter Augustus Jay (1776–1843), the Recorder of New York City, and Mary Rutherfurd (née Clarkson) Jay (1786–1838). His siblings included Mary Rutherfurd Jay, who married Frederick Prime; Sarah Jay, who married William Dawson; Catherine Helena Jay, who married Dr. Henry Augustus DuBois; Anna Maria Jay, who married Henry Evelyn Pierrepont; among