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  2. Willem Einthoven - Wikipedia

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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").

  3. List of inventors - Wikipedia

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    James Henry Greathead (1844–1896), South Africa – tunnel boring machine, tunnelling shield technique Chester Greenwood (1858–1937), U.S. – thermal earmuffs Lori Greiner (born 1969), U.S. – Silver Safekeeper anti-tarnish lining (jewelry organizers) and multiple consumer products, 120 US and foreign patents

  4. List of Dutch inventions and innovations - Wikipedia

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    Dutch physiologist Willem Einthoven developed the string galvanometer in the early 20th century, publishing the first registration of its use to record an electrocardiogram in a Festschrift book in 1902. The first human electrocardiogram was recorded in 1887, however only in 1901 was a quantifiable result obtained from the string galvanometer.

  5. Einthoven's triangle - Wikipedia

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    Graphical representation of Einthoven's triangle. Einthoven's triangle is an imaginary formation of three limb leads in a triangle used in the electrocardiography, formed by the two shoulders and the pubis. [1] The shape forms an inverted equilateral triangle with the heart at the center. It is named after Willem Einthoven, who theorized its ...

  6. List of National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  7. Timeline of medicine and medical technology - Wikipedia

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    1887 – Willem Einthoven invents electrocardiography (ECG/EKG) [100] [101] 1890 – Emil von Behring discovers antitoxins and uses them to develop tetanus and diphtheria vaccines. 1895 – Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovers medical use of X-rays in medical imaging

  8. Thomas Lewis (cardiologist) - Wikipedia

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    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".

  9. List of Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine - Wikipedia

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    Willem Einthoven (1860–1927) Netherlands "for the discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram" [29] 1925 Not awarded: 1926 Johannes Fibiger (1867–1928) Denmark "for his discovery of the Spiroptera carcinoma" [10] 1927 Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857–1940) Austria