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 March 29, 2024, https://gallerytemp.reclaim.hosting/items/show/2990.