Howard Tatum
Howard Tatum | |
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| Born | 1915 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | 2002 (aged 86–87) |
| Occupation | Obstetrician |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Connell (m. c. 1980) |
Howard J. Tatum (1915 – 2002) was an American obstetrician. Along with Chilean physician Jaime Zipper, he invented the copper intrauterine device (IUD). The Tatum-T intrauterine device was the first T-shaped copper-bearing IUD to be sold in the United States, and his T-shaped design served as the foundation for other intrauterine devices.