Woman wearing her Medtronic transistorized battery-powered pacemaker with cloth pouch and shoulder strap
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Title
Woman wearing her Medtronic transistorized battery-powered pacemaker with cloth pouch and shoulder strap
Subject
Open Heart Surgery
Description
By 1958, Medtronic, Inc. manufactured a commercial model of the 1957 prototype devised by Earl Bakken for C. Walton Lillehei at the University of Minnesota. The "5800" came with a cloth strap and pouch for patients to wear with ease.
Creator
University of Minnesota
Source
"Transistorized battery operated pacemaker Medtronic, 1959," Box 112, C. Walton Lillehei papers, uarc2000-7, University of Minnesota Archives
Publisher
University of Minnesota
Date
1959
Rights
Use of this image is governed by U.S. and international copyright laws. Image is property of the University of Minnesota. Please contact the University of Minnesota Archives for permission to publish this image. http://special.lib.umn.edu/uarch
Format
Print Photograph
Language
eng
Identifier
oh0311
Coverage
Open Heart Surgery
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Original Format
Print Photograph
Citation
University of Minnesota, “Woman wearing her Medtronic transistorized battery-powered pacemaker with cloth pouch and shoulder strap,” Gallery, accessed September 22, 2023, http://gallery.lib.umn.edu/items/show/2990.