Elite II Pacemaker 7085
Elite II Pacemaker 7085
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- Description
- Dual chamber pacemaker with an ovoid body, a lithium battery, and an “ELITE II / DDDR 7085 / SN 3V1001078H / MEDTRONIC / USA” inscription.
- Earl Bakken (1924-2018), a graduate student in electrical engineering, and his brother-in-law Palmer Hermundslie, an engineer, started Medtronic, a repair business focused on medical electronics, in 1949. The firm introduced their battery-powered pacemaker in 1957.
- Object Name
- Pacemaker
- cardiology
- pacemaker
- Date made
- 1990's
- Circa 1992-1996
- maker
- Medtronic
- Medtronic Incorporated
- place made
- United States: Minnesota, Minneapolis
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5.4 cm x 4.1 cm x 1 cm; 2 1/8 in x 1 5/8 in x 3/8 in
- overall: 2 1/8 in x 1 5/8 in x 1/2 in; 5.3975 cm x 4.1275 cm x 1.27 cm
- ID Number
- 2001.0192.04
- accession number
- 2001.0192
- catalog number
- 2001.0192.04
- Credit Line
- Seymour Furman, M.D.
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Exhibition
- Places of Invention
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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