Person

Ebsary, Richard Vivian (Viv) (1905 - 1992)

AM

Born
12 May 1905
Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia
Died
31 December 1992
Avalon, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Biomedical engineer, Inventor and Philanthropist

Summary

Viv Ebsary was a pioneering biomedical engineer, recognised for his expertise in designing, developing and manufacturing innovative medical equipment. Ebsary, with paediatric surgeon Douglas Cohen and anaesthetist Dr Victor Hercus, successfully designed and built the first heart-lung machine in Sydney, that radically changed paediatric cardiac surgery. He also made portable anaesthetic machines, hypothermia machines, respiratory intensive care units, and other medical equipment including implants, devices for correcting spinal deformities, and chair-lift appliances.

The registered company he established as V R Ebsary & Co in 1932, was changed to Ebsray Pumps Pty Limited in 1947, and the ongoing development and success of Ebsray Pumps has further enabled other technological developments in both industrial and medical fields.

His distinguished contributions to biomedical engineering were recognised when in 1984 the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children named its cardiac ward in his honour, and in 1989 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia.

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Chronology

1989
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - In recognition of service to biomedical engineering

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Newspaper Articles

  • 'An unsung hero of medical technology [Obituary: Richard Vivian Ebsary]', Sydney Morning Herald (1993), 4. Details

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Ken McInnes

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