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Willem Einthoven (21 May 1860 – 29 September 1927) was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph (ECG or EKG) in 1895 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1924 for it ("for the discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram").
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Willem Einthoven: 1860 Electrocardiograph [389] 2008 William P. Murphy Jr. 1923 Blood bag and disposable medical trays [390] 2008 Amos E. Joel Jr. * 1918 Mobile communication system [391] 2008 Nick Holonyak * 1928 visible light emitting diode [392] 2009 Bob Widlar: 1937 Linear integrated circuit [393] 2009 Carver Mead: 1934 Very large scale ...
From 1906, he corresponded with the Dutch physiologist Willem Einthoven concerning the latter's invention of the string galvanometer and electrocardiography, and Lewis pioneered its use in clinical settings. Accordingly, Lewis is considered the "father of clinical cardiac electrophysiology".
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Einthoven is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Louis Einthoven (1896–1979), Dutch lawyer; Willem Einthoven (1860–1927), German physiologist
[4] Einthoven developed a sensitive form of string galvanomter that allowed photographic recording of the impulses associated with the heartbeat. He was a leader in applying the string galvanometer to physiology and medicine, leading to today's electrocardiography. [5] Einthoven was awarded the 1924 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine for his ...