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;