DocumentCode
1246651
Title
Wilson Greatbatch
Author
Adam, J.A.
Volume
32
Issue
3
fYear
1995
fDate
3/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
56
Lastpage
61
Abstract
Millions of patients can thank this engineer literally from the bottom of their hearts because in 1958 he invented an implantable cardiac pacemaker, working in a barn outside Buffalo, N.Y. He has gone on improving it ever since, amid his countless other activities.<>
Keywords
biographies; pacemakers; Buffalo New York; Wilson Greatbatch; implantable cardiac pacemaker; medical device inventor; patent holder; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Biographies; Cardiology; Greatbatch, Wilson; Pacemakers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/6.367974
Filename
367974
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