Stent out. Others attribute the noun "stent" to Jan F. Esser, a Dutch plastic surgeon who in 1916 used the word to describe a dental impression compound invented in 1856 by the English dentist Charles Stent (1807–1885), whom Esser employed to craft a form for facial reconstruction. The full account is described in the "Journal of the History of Dentistry". According to the author, from the use of Stent's compound as a support for facial tissues evolved the use of a stent to hold open various bodily structures. The first (self-expanding) "stents" used in medical practice in 1986 by Ulrich Sigwart
Charles Bingham Penrose Charles Bingham Penrose Charles Bingham Penrose (February 1, 1862 – February 28, 1925) was an American gynecologist who invented the surgical drain known as the Penrose drain. Born in Philadelphia, Penrose was the son of a medical school professor and his brothers included Pennsylvania state senator Boies Penrose and geologist Spencer Penrose. The grandson of prominent politician Charles B. Penrose, he married into the wealthy Drexel family of the same city. Penrose was an early advocate for the use of drainage tubes in abdominal surgery. After he contracted tuberculosis in 1891, Penrose left Pennsylvania for Wyoming, hoping that the change