# William S Staewen — Patents explained on PatentBrief

William S Staewen has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How the First Automatic Implantable Defibrillator Works](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/3614954/implantable-defibrillator-mirowski) — granted 1971
  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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