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
Link To Document :
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