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Wilson Greatbatch (September 6, 1919 – September 27, 2011) was an American engineer and pioneering inventor. He held more than 325 patents and was a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame and a recipient of the Lemelson–MIT Prize [ 1 ] and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1990).
After completing post-doctoral training in electrochemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Buffalo, she worked at Greatbatch Inc. in Clarence, New York for 22 years. It was here, under the funding of Wilson Greatbatch, that Takeuchi continued development of the Li/SVO battery. She has also worked on ...
Wilson Greatbatch: 1919 Heart pacemaker [66] 1987 Andrew J. Moyer: 1899 Penicillin [67] 1987 Arnold Orville Beckman: 1900 pH meter [68] 1987 Igor Sikorsky: 1889 Helicopter [69] 1987 William Seward Burroughs I: 1857 Adding machine [70] 1988 An Wang: 1920 Magnetic core memory [71] 1988 Elisha Otis: 1811 Elevator brake [72] 1988 Frank B. Colton ...
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Wilson Greatbatch, engineer and inventor who held more than 325 patents; Arthur Hayes, co-founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX; George A. Hormel, founder of Hormel Foods Corporation; Jeremy Jacobs, chairman of Delaware North and owner of the Boston Bruins; Sidney Janis, writer, art dealer, and collector; founder of Sidney ...
Implantable pacemakers constructed by engineer Wilson Greatbatch entered use in humans from April 1960 following extensive animal testing. The Greatbatch innovation varied from the earlier Swedish devices in using primary cells (a mercury battery) as the energy source. The first patient lived for a further 18 months.
Greatbatch Promotes Bratton to President of Electrochem Solutions, Inc. FRISCO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Greatbatch, Inc (NYS: GB) , today announced it has promoted Susan M. Bratton to the ...
Wilson Greatbatch, engineer and pioneering inventor [110] Vladimir Haensel, chemical engineer who invented the platforming process [110] Michel T. Halbouty (Texas Delta, 1930), petroleum engineer, geologist, and wildcatter [27] George H. Heilmeier (Pennsylvania Delta, 1958), engineer, and a pioneering contributor to liquid crystal displays [112]