When was the cardiac pacemaker invented

Innovation Storybook. Author s. Ingenium — Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation. More Stories by. Oh Canada! McIntosh Red Apple. Hawker Hurricane. Silver Dart. Hand Telephone. Related Stories. Greatbatch W. The making of the pacemaker. Prometheus Books. Greatbatch W, inventor. Medical cardiac pacemaker.

United States patent US 3,, Veterans Crisis Line: Press 1. Talk to the Veterans Crisis Line now. It became the workhorse for many medical devices in addition to pacemakers. According to the New York Times , Greatbatch held more than patents on a wide variety of devices. He remained active well into his 80s.

Among his most recent interests was the prospect for power generation from helium fusion. ANCHOR The invention of the transistor meant that the electrodes which the pacemaker relied on no longer used vacuum tubes, and a small device could be used.

In John Hopps had a pacemaker fitted to regulate his own heart, and received a replacement pacemaker 13 years later. Cardiac pacemakers Pacemakers are electronic devices, usually implanted, that provide an electronic signal to regulate the heartbeat.