Biography on wilson greatbatch

Wilson Greatbatch, the man who invented the first effective implantable pacemaker, died in the town he was born in, Buffalo, New York.

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Greatbach was The first successful cardiac pacemaker was implanted in a human in A pacemaker is a medical device that uses electrical impulses to control hearth rhythm, or to reproduce a heart rhythm. An implantable pacemaker, or internal pacemaker has electrodes that go into the heart, the circuitry and power supply are implanted internally.

There are various types of pacemakers. All of them are designed to treat a heart rate that is too slow — bradycardia. A pacemaker may work all the time to stimulate the heart into a fixed rhythm, or at a higher rate during physical exertion.

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Pacemakers may stimulate the heart if they detect too long a pause between heartbeats. A pacemaker, scaled in centimeters. The first patient to have one implanted survived for a further 18 months. Greatbatch has held over patents. Bush in Wilson Greatbatch right , , at Princeton Forrestal Village. Image from IEEE. Greatbatch and William Chardack designed and built the first fully implantable pulse generator in the USA.

It was successfully implanted in