History/development of the pacemaker:
1932-American physiologist Albert Hyman built the first device called an ‘artificial pacemaker’. It was powered by a hand-cranked motor.
1958- Rune Elmqvist developed the first ever implantable artificial pace maker.
1958- Arne Larsson (1915–2001) became the first to receive an implantable pacemaker.
1960- Implantable pacemakers constructed by engineer Wilson Greatbatch entered use in humans; the patients who used these improved pacemakers lived a further 18 months.
1960- An improved version of the Swedish Elmqvist design was implanted in Montevideo, Uruguay in the Casmu Hospital by Doctors Orestes Fiandra and Roberto Rubio.
1960- it was found that the electrical leads of a pacemaker could be connected to the heart through veins, which eliminated the need to open the chest cavity and attach the lead to the heart wall.
1973- the implementation of a chip circuit into the pacemaker was completed, thereby making them considerably smaller, and the use of titanium in pacemaker casings made them light and resistant to body fluids.
1975- the introduction of the lithium-iodide battery prolonged the battery life of a pacemaker from 10-12 months to almost 10+ years.
1932-American physiologist Albert Hyman built the first device called an ‘artificial pacemaker’. It was powered by a hand-cranked motor.
1958- Rune Elmqvist developed the first ever implantable artificial pace maker.
1958- Arne Larsson (1915–2001) became the first to receive an implantable pacemaker.
1960- Implantable pacemakers constructed by engineer Wilson Greatbatch entered use in humans; the patients who used these improved pacemakers lived a further 18 months.
1960- An improved version of the Swedish Elmqvist design was implanted in Montevideo, Uruguay in the Casmu Hospital by Doctors Orestes Fiandra and Roberto Rubio.
1960- it was found that the electrical leads of a pacemaker could be connected to the heart through veins, which eliminated the need to open the chest cavity and attach the lead to the heart wall.
1973- the implementation of a chip circuit into the pacemaker was completed, thereby making them considerably smaller, and the use of titanium in pacemaker casings made them light and resistant to body fluids.
1975- the introduction of the lithium-iodide battery prolonged the battery life of a pacemaker from 10-12 months to almost 10+ years.