1 1901 1901 01 01 1 founder william t. porter headquarters holliston massachusetts area served worldwide website www.harvardapparatus.com harvard apparatus is a major us manufacturer of specialized physiological research laboratory equipment with current headquarters in holliston massachusetts 2 contents 1 history 2 current organization and operation 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit harvard apparatus was founded in 1901 by william t. porter a physiologist at harvard medical school . frustrated by the lack of high quality and cost effective equipment then available porter began manufacturing physiology teaching equipment in a machine shop that he created on the medical school campus . this shop supplied equipment to harvard medical school and provided surplus equipment to other schools . charles w. eliot the president of harvard university although supportive of porter s work and mission was concerned that porter s enterprise would be viewed as a commercial venture operating on nontaxed property . so in 1901 eliot secured capital for porter to found the harvard apparatus company which was moved off the harvard campus to a converted barn in dover massachusetts . 3 4 the company invented the mechanical syringe pump in the 1950s and introduced the first microprocessor controlled syringe pumps in the 1980s . harvard apparatus also developed first volume controlled and then pressure controlled ventilators pulsatile blood pumps transducers amplifiers recorders glassware and many other specialized bioscience research products . current organization and operation edit harvard apparatus is now part of the harvard bioscience inc. family of companies . harvard bioscience nasdaq hbio is a global developer manufacturer and marketer of scientific instruments . its products are sold to thousands of researchers in over 100 countries ; the company has offices in the united states canada the united kingdom germany spain sweden france and china . see also edit c. f. palmer ltd a subsidiary paolo macchiarini references edit harvard university department of the history of science harvard apparatus company retrieved may 27 2013 . harvard apparatus official website contact page retrieved may 26 2013 circulation 1985 ; 71 ; 4 10 wb fry . biography of william t. porter retrieved may 26 2013 . american physiological society william townsend porter by a. clifford barger with information provided by harold sossen president of the harvard apparatus co. and hildegarde porter heffinger 1974 . retrieved may 26 2013 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title harvard apparatus & oldid 714629449 categories companies established in 19011901 establishments in massachusettsbiotechnology companies of the united stateslaboratory equipment manufacturerscompanies based in massachusetts navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 april 2016 at 22 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view