The Making Of The Pacemaker
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The Making Of The Pacemaker
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Author : Wilson Greatbatch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
The Making Of The Pacemaker written by Wilson Greatbatch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Wilson Greatbatch had a brilliant idea and the technical know-how to turn his idea into a practical device, for which millions of people today are grateful. This is the story of the first pacemaker by the man who invented it. In the 1950s, while experimenting with the newly invented transistor, Greatbatch discovered "by accident" the proper design for a blocking oscillator, which he knew would work as the basic component of the pacemaker. After years of patient refinement of the early prototypes, in 1960, human implantation proved to be successful, and the new device immediately gave many seriously ill patients a new lease on life. Reminiscent of Edison's many dogged attempts to find the right solution in pursuit of an ingenious idea, this is a human-interest story at its best.
Machines In Our Hearts
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Author : Kirk Jeffrey
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2003-04-01
Machines In Our Hearts written by Kirk Jeffrey and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-04-01 with Medical categories.
Today hundreds of thousands of Americans carry pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) within their bodies. These battery-powered machines—small computers, in fact—deliver electricity to the heart to correct dangerous disorders of the heartbeat. But few doctors, patients, or scholars know the history of these devices or how "heart-rhythm management" evolved into a multi-billion-dollar manufacturing and service industry. Machines in Our Hearts tells the story of these two implantable medical devices. Kirk Jeffrey, a historian of science and technology, traces the development of knowledge about the human heartbeat and follows surgeons, cardiologists, and engineers as they invent and test a variety of electronic devices. Numerous small manufacturing firms jumped into pacemaker production but eventually fell by the wayside, leaving only three American companies in the business today. Jeffrey profiles pioneering heart surgeons, inventors from the realms of engineering and medical research, and business leaders who built heart-rhythm management into an industry with thousands of employees and annual revenues in the hundreds of millions. As Jeffrey shows, the pacemaker (first implanted in 1958) and the ICD (1980) embody a paradox of high-tech health care: these technologies are effective and reliable but add billions to the nation's medical bill because of the huge growth in the number of patients who depend on implanted devices to manage their heartbeats.
Pacemakers Making Sure The Beat Goes On
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language : en
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The Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research presents the full text of an article entitled "Pacemakers: Making Sure the Beat Goes On." The foundation discusses how the pacemaker keeps the pace of the heart, the workings of the pacemaker, pacing for different needs, and setting the pace.
The Artificial Cardiac Pacemaker
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Author : H. J. Th Thalen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Artificial Cardiac Pacemaker written by H. J. Th Thalen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Cardiac Pacemakers categories.
Cardiac Pacemakers And Resynchronization Step By Step
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Author : S. Serge Barold
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2010-11-09
Cardiac Pacemakers And Resynchronization Step By Step written by S. Serge Barold and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-09 with Medical categories.
This new edition of the bestselling step-by-step introduction to cardiac pacemakers now includes additional material on CRT and an accompanying website. It retains the effective use of full-page illustrations and short explanations that gained the book such enormous popularity and now provides information on recent advances in cardiac pacing, including biventricular pacing for the treatment of heart failure.
Electrotherapy Of The Heart
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Author : Max Schaldach
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Electrotherapy Of The Heart written by Max Schaldach and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Since 1958, when the first cardiac pacing system was implanted, the exemplary collaboration between medicine and engineering has developed into an extremely successful therapy. The book highlights many of the recent and most important technological advances and shows the multidisciplinary nature of the technical task of pacemaker development which is based on the diverse components of physiology, electronics, physics, electrochemistry and the material sciences.
The Artificial Cardiac Pacemaker
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Author : Hilbert Jan Thomas Thalen
language : en
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Cardiac Pacing Defibrillation And Resynchronization
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Author : David L. Hayes
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2011-09-07
Cardiac Pacing Defibrillation And Resynchronization written by David L. Hayes and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-07 with Medical categories.
Consisting of 13 chapters, this book is uniformly written to provide sensible, matter-of-fact methods for understanding and caring for patients with permanent pacemakers, ICDs and CRT systems. Now improved and updated, including a new chapter on programming and optimization of CRT devices, this second edition presents a large amount of information in an easily digestible form. Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation offers sensible, matter-of-fact methods for understanding and caring for patients, making everyday clinical encounters easier and more productive. Readers will appreciate the knowledge and experience shared by the authors of this book.
Engineering In Medicine
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Author : M. Schaldach
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Engineering In Medicine written by M. Schaldach and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Medical categories.
After more than a decade of successful application of cardiac pace makers in the therapy of cardiac rhythm disorders, technological and clinical experience has reached a level, at which a technical survey of this field should be of general interest and might promote the further improvement of pace maker therapy. The papers contained in this book were presented at the International Symposium on Advances in Pacemaker Technology, held at Erlangen on Sep tember 26 and 27,1974 under the auspices of the Societas Physica Medica Erlangensis. One of the traditional aims of the Societas has been the advance ment of diagnosis and therapy by the adaptation of medical skill to modern technology and scientific engineering conceptions. The major objective of this book is to present, in expanded form, the lectures given by internationally known basic and clinical researchers in the field of artificial pacing of the heart and to make that information available to a wider public. The experience discussed covers the principles and main methods of pacing using implantable and external, fixed rate, R-wave or P-wave triggered pacemakers with electrodes placed in the myocardium either surgically or transvenously, and powered by zinc-mercury oxide or rechargeable batteries. Particular emphasis was put on problems of pressing importance at the present time, such as the increase of pacemaker longevity with lithium iodide and nuclear-powered batteries or improved electrodes, as well as the postoperative management of a steadily increasing number of pacemaker patients.
Understanding Your Pacemaker Or Defibrillator What Patients And Families Need To Know
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Author : David L. Hayes
language : en
Publisher: Cardiotext Publishing
Release Date : 2012-05
Understanding Your Pacemaker Or Defibrillator What Patients And Families Need To Know written by David L. Hayes and has been published by Cardiotext Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05 with Medical categories.
Explains everything you need to know about living with a pacemaker, ICD, or CRT device. By an experienced cardiologist, a cardiac device specialist, and a patient.