PatentBrief

Inventor

William S Staewen

Patents indexed

1

Year range

1971

Associated with

Years active

1971

Total patents

1

Most recent

1971

Frequent collaborator

Mieczyslaw Mirowski

Domains

biotechmedical_devices

Activity by decade

1970s
1

Patents

1

Career timeline

1 patents, in 1971

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US 3614954·1971·Medtronic Inc

How the First Automatic Implantable Defibrillator Works

A 1970 invention by Medtronic that monitors heart rhythms and automatically delivers an electric shock to restart the heart if it detects a dangerous malfunction.

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