Table of Contents
168 relations: Abbott Laboratories, Accelerometer, Acoustic radiation, Adenosine triphosphate, Adrenaline, Albert Hyman, Allergy, American Heart Association, Anesthesia, Animal testing, Anthony Adducci, Antibiotic, Anticoagulant, Arc welding, ARCO, Arne Larsson (patient), Arrhythmia, Artificial heart, Asystole, Atomic battery, Atrial fibrillation, Atrial flutter, Atrioventricular block, Atrium (heart), Åke Senning, Basilic vein, Biological pacemaker, Biotronik, Birmingham, Boston Scientific, Bradycardia, Bundle branch block, Bundle of His, Button cell, C. Walton Lillehei, Carbon dioxide, Cardiac conduction system, Cardiac muscle, Cardiac pacemaker, Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., Cardiac resynchronization therapy, Cardiology, Cardioversion, Catheter, CE marking, Chlorhexidine, Christiaan Barnard, Circulatory system, Computer, Coronary sinus, ... Expand index (118 more) »
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Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories is an American multinational medical devices and health care company with headquarters in Green Oaks, Illinois, United States.
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Accelerometer
An accelerometer is a device that measures the proper acceleration of an object.
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Acoustic radiation
The acoustic radiations or auditory radiations are structures found in the brain, in the ventral cochlear pathway, a part of the auditory system.
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Adenosine triphosphate
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is a nucleotide that provides energy to drive and support many processes in living cells, such as muscle contraction, nerve impulse propagation, and chemical synthesis.
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Adrenaline
Adrenaline, also known as epinephrine, is a hormone and medication which is involved in regulating visceral functions (e.g., respiration).
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Albert Hyman
Albert Salisbury Hyman (1893 - 1972), a Harvard-trained New York cardiologist, together with his brother Charles, constructed in 1930-1932 an electro-mechanical device which was one of the earliest artificial pacemakers.
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Allergy
Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, are various conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment.
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American Heart Association
The American Heart Association (AHA) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke.
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Anesthesia
Anesthesia or anaesthesia is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical or veterinary purposes.
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Animal testing
Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research, and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals, such as model organisms, in experiments that seek to control the variables that affect the behavior or biological system under study.
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Anthony Adducci
Anthony J. Adducci (August 14, 1937 – September 19, 2006) was a pioneer of the medical device industry in Minnesota.
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Antibiotic
An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria.
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Anticoagulant
An anticoagulant, commonly known as a blood thinner, is a chemical substance that prevents or reduces the coagulation of blood, prolonging the clotting time.
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Arc welding
Arc welding is a welding process that is used to join metal to metal by using electricity to create enough heat to melt metal, and the melted metals, when cool, result in a binding of the metals.
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ARCO
ARCO is a brand of gasoline stations owned by Marathon Petroleum.
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Arne Larsson (patient)
Arne Larsson (26 May 1915 – 28 December 2001) was the first patient to receive an artificial cardiac pacemaker.
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Arrhythmia
Arrhythmias, also known as cardiac arrhythmias, are irregularities in the heartbeat, including when it is too fast or too slow.
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Artificial heart
An artificial heart is an artificial organ device that replaces the heart. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and artificial heart are implants (medicine).
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Asystole
Asystole (New Latin, from Greek privative a "not, without" + systolē "contraction") is the absence of ventricular contractions in the context of a lethal heart arrhythmia (in contrast to an induced asystole on a cooled patient on a heart-lung machine and general anesthesia during surgery necessitating stopping the heart).
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Atomic battery
An atomic battery, nuclear battery, radioisotope battery or radioisotope generator is a device which uses energy from the decay of a radioactive isotope to generate electricity.
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Atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF, AFib or A-fib) is an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) characterized by rapid and irregular beating of the atrial chambers of the heart.
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Atrial flutter
Atrial flutter (AFL) is a common abnormal heart rhythm that starts in the atrial chambers of the heart.
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Atrioventricular block
Atrioventricular block (AV block) is a type of heart block that occurs when the electrical signal traveling from the atria, or the upper chambers of the heart, to ventricles, or the lower chambers of the heart, is impaired.
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Atrium (heart)
The atrium (entry hall;: atria) is one of the two upper chambers in the heart that receives blood from the circulatory system.
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Åke Senning
Åke Senning (14 December 1915 in Rättvik, Sweden – 21 July 2000 in Zurich, Switzerland) was a Swedish cardiac surgeon who worked at University Hospital of Zürich from 1961 until his retirement in 1985.
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Basilic vein
The basilic vein is a large superficial vein of the upper limb that helps drain parts of the hand and forearm.
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Biological pacemaker
A biological pacemaker is one or more types of cellular components that, when "implanted or injected into certain regions of the heart," produce specific electrical stimuli that mimic that of the body's natural pacemaker cells. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and biological pacemaker are cardiac electrophysiology, Embedded systems, implants (medicine), Neuroprosthetics and Prosthetics.
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Biotronik
Biotronik (BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG; Biotronik Worldwide) is a limited partnership multi-national cardiovascular biomedical research and technology company, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and Biotronik are cardiac electrophysiology and implants (medicine).
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Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.
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Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific Corporation (BSC), headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts and incorporated in Delaware, is a biomedical/biotechnology engineering firm and multinational manufacturer of medical devices used in interventional medical specialties, including interventional radiology, interventional cardiology, peripheral interventions, neuromodulation, neurovascular intervention, electrophysiology, cardiac surgery, vascular surgery, endoscopy, oncology, urology and gynecology. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and Boston Scientific are implants (medicine).
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Bradycardia
Bradycardia, also called bradyarrhythmia, is a resting heart rate under 60 beats per minute (BPM).
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Bundle branch block
A bundle branch block is a partial or complete interruption in the flow of electrical impulses in either of the bundle branches of the heart's electrical system. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and bundle branch block are cardiac electrophysiology.
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Bundle of His
The bundle of His (BH) or His bundle (HB) ("hiss". Cengage Learning; 2016.. pp. 129–.) is a collection of heart muscle cells specialized for electrical conduction. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and bundle of His are cardiac electrophysiology.
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Button cell
A button cell, watch battery, or coin battery is a small single-cell battery shaped as a squat cylinder typically in diameter and high – resembling a button.
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C. Walton Lillehei
Clarence Walton Lillehei (October 23, 1918 – July 5, 1999), was an American surgeon who pioneered open-heart surgery, as well as numerous techniques, equipment and prostheses for cardiothoracic surgery.
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Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
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Cardiac conduction system
The cardiac conduction system (CCS, also called the electrical conduction system of the heart) transmits the signals generated by the sinoatrial node – the heart's pacemaker, to cause the heart muscle to contract, and pump blood through the body's circulatory system. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and cardiac conduction system are cardiac electrophysiology.
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Cardiac muscle
Cardiac muscle (also called heart muscle or myocardium) is one of three types of vertebrate muscle tissues, with the other two being skeletal muscle and smooth muscle. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and Cardiac muscle are cardiac electrophysiology.
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Cardiac pacemaker
Image showing the cardiac pacemaker or SA node, the primary pacemaker within the electrical conduction system of the heart The contraction of cardiac muscle (heart muscle) in all animals is initiated by electrical impulses known as action potentials that in the heart are known as cardiac action potentials. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and cardiac pacemaker are cardiac electrophysiology.
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Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. (CPI), doing business as Guidant Cardiac Rhythm Management, manufactured implantable cardiac rhythm management devices, such as pacemakers and defibrillators. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. are biomedical engineering, cardiac electrophysiology, Embedded systems and implants (medicine).
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Cardiac resynchronization therapy
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT or CRT-P) is the insertion of electrodes in the left and right ventricles of the heart, as well as on occasion the right atrium, to treat heart failure by coordinating the function of the left and right ventricles via a pacemaker, a small device inserted into the anterior chest wall. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and Cardiac resynchronization therapy are cardiac electrophysiology and implants (medicine).
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Cardiology
Cardiology is the study of the heart.
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Cardioversion
Cardioversion is a medical procedure by which an abnormally fast heart rate (tachycardia) or other cardiac arrhythmia is converted to a normal rhythm using electricity or drugs.
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Catheter
In medicine, a catheter is a thin tube made from medical grade materials serving a broad range of functions.
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CE marking
The presence of the logo (from French, "conformité européenne" meaning "European conformity") on commercial products indicates that the manufacturer or importer affirms the goods' conformity with European health, safety, and environmental protection standards.
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Chlorhexidine
Chlorhexidine is a disinfectant and antiseptic with the molecular formula C22H30Cl2N10, which is used for skin disinfection before surgery and to disinfect surgical instruments.
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Christiaan Barnard
Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8 November 1922 – 2 September 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation.
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Circulatory system
The circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other vertebrate.
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Computer
A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation).
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Coronary sinus
The coronary sinus is the largest vein of the heart.
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Crown Street Women's Hospital
Crown Street Women's Hospital (now-closed) was once the largest maternity hospital in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Defibrillation
Defibrillation is a treatment for life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, specifically ventricular fibrillation (V-Fib) and non-perfusing ventricular tachycardia (V-Tach). Artificial cardiac pacemaker and Defibrillation are cardiac electrophysiology and medical devices.
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Earl Bakken
Earl Elmer Bakken (January 10, 1924 – October 21, 2018) was an American engineer, businessman and philanthropist of Dutch and Norwegian American ancestry.
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Electric discharge
In electromagnetism, an electric discharge is the release and transmission of electricity in an applied electric field through a medium such as a gas (i.e., an outgoing flow of electric current through a non-metal medium).
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Electrical injury
An electrical injury, (electric injury) or electrical shock (electric shock) is damage sustained to the skin or internal organs on direct contact with an electric current.
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Electrocardiography
Electrocardiography is the process of producing an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), a recording of the heart's electrical activity through repeated cardiac cycles. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and Electrocardiography are cardiac electrophysiology.
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Electrode
An electrode is an electrical conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e.g. a semiconductor, an electrolyte, a vacuum or air).
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Electromagnetic field
An electromagnetic field (also EM field) is a physical field, mathematical functions of position and time, representing the influences on and due to electric charges.
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Electrophysiology
Electrophysiology (from Greek ἥλεκτ, ēlektron, "amber"; φύσις, physis, "nature, origin"; and -λογία, -logia) is the branch of physiology that studies the electrical properties of biological cells and tissues.
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Epoxy
Epoxy is the family of basic components or cured end products of epoxy resins.
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Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States.
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Femoral vein
In the human body, the femoral vein is the vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the femoral sheath.
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Fluoroscopy
Fluoroscopy, informally referred to as "fluoro", is an imaging technique that uses X-rays to obtain real-time moving images of the interior of an object.
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General anaesthetic
General anaesthetics (or anesthetics) are often defined as compounds that induce a loss of consciousness in humans or loss of righting reflex in animals.
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Guidant
Guidant Corporation, part of Boston Scientific and Abbott Labs, designs and manufactures artificial cardiac pacemakers, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, stents, and other cardiovascular medical products.
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Heart
The heart is a muscular organ found in most animals.
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Heart block
Heart block (HB) is a disorder in the heart's rhythm due to a fault in the natural pacemaker.
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Heart failure
Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome caused by an impairment in the heart's ability to fill with and pump blood.
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Heart rate
Heart rate is the frequency of the heartbeat measured by the number of contractions of the heart per minute (beats per minute, or bpm).
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Heart Rhythm Society
The Heart Rhythm Society is an international non-profit organization that promotes education and advocacy for cardiac arrhythmia professionals and patients. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and Heart Rhythm Society are cardiac electrophysiology.
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Hermetic seal
A hermetic seal is any type of sealing that makes a given object airtight (preventing the passage of air, oxygen, or other gases).
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Immune system
The immune system is a network of biological systems that protects an organism from diseases.
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Implant (medicine)
An implant is a medical device manufactured to replace a missing biological structure, support a damaged biological structure, or enhance an existing biological structure. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and implant (medicine) are biomedical engineering, implants (medicine) and Prosthetics.
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Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) is a device implantable inside the body, able to perform defibrillation, and depending on the type, cardioversion and pacing of the heart. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator are cardiac electrophysiology, implants (medicine) and medical devices.
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Infective endocarditis
Infective endocarditis is an infection of the inner surface of the heart, usually the valves.
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Interventricular septum
The interventricular septum (IVS, or ventricular septum, or during development septum inferius) is the stout wall separating the ventricles, the lower chambers of the heart, from one another.
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Ionizing radiation
Ionizing radiation (US, ionising radiation in the UK), including nuclear radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have sufficient energy to ionize atoms or molecules by detaching electrons from them.
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John Alexander Hopps
John Alexander Hopps, (May 21, 1919 – November 24, 1998) was a co-developer of both the first artificial pacemaker and the first combined pacemaker-defibrillator, and was the founder of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society (CMBES).
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John Alexander MacWilliam
John Alexander MacWilliam (31 July 1857 – 13 January 1937), a physiologist at the University of Aberdeen in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was a pioneer in the field of cardiac electrophysiology.
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John Callaghan (physician)
John Carter Callaghan, (October 1, 1923 – April 6, 2004) was a Canadian cardiac surgeon who "pioneered open-heart surgery in Alberta" Born in Hamilton, Ontario on October 1, 1923, he received his medical degree from the University of Toronto in 1946.
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Jorge Reynolds Pombo
Jorge Reynolds Pombo is an electrical and bio- engineer born in Bogotá, Colombia on June 22, 1936.
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Karolinska Institute
The Karolinska Institute (KI; Karolinska Institutet; sometimes known as the (Royal) Caroline Institute in English) is a research-led medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area of Sweden and one of the foremost medical research institutes globally.
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Lead (electronics)
In electronics, a lead or pin is an electrical connector consisting of a length of wire or a metal pad (surface-mount technology) that is designed to connect two locations electrically.
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Lead-acid battery
The lead-acid battery is a type of rechargeable battery first invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston Planté.
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Leon Abrams
Leon David Abrams FRCS (1923–2012) was a British cardiothoracic surgeon who developed and implanted the first variable rate heart pacemaker, together with Ray Lightwood, at the University of Birmingham.
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Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada (LAC; Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is the federal institution tasked with acquiring, preserving, and providing accessibility to the documentary heritage of Canada.
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Lithium iodide
Lithium iodide, or LiI, is a compound of lithium and iodine.
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Lithium metal battery
Lithium metal batteries are primary batteries that have metallic lithium as an anode.
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LivaNova
LivaNova, plc is an Italian-American medical device manufacturer based in the UK. The company develops devices used for cardiac surgery and neuromodulation. The company was formed in 2015 by a $2.7B merger between Houston, Texas-based Cyberonics, Inc. and Milan, Italy-based Sorin S.p.a. The company trades on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol "LIVN".
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Local anesthetic
A local anesthetic (LA) is a medication that causes absence of all sensation (including pain) in a specific body part without loss of consciousness, providing local anesthesia, as opposed to a general anesthetic, which eliminates all sensation in the entire body and causes unconsciousness.
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Magnetic field
A magnetic field (sometimes called B-field) is a physical field that describes the magnetic influence on moving electric charges, electric currents, and magnetic materials.
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Magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to form pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes inside the body.
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Manny Villafaña
Manny Villafaña (born 1940 in New York City), a child of Puerto Rican immigrants, he attended Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx.
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Mark Cowley Lidwill
Mark Cowley Lidwill (1878-1969) was a medical pioneer in anaesthesiology and cardiology.
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Medical device
A medical device is any device intended to be used for medical purposes. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and medical device are medical devices.
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Medtronic
Medtronic plc is an American-Irish medical device company.
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Mercury battery
A mercury battery (also called mercuric oxide battery, mercury cell, button cell, or Ruben-Mallory) is a non-rechargeable electrochemical battery, a primary cell.
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MicroPort
MicroPort is a multinational medical technology developer and manufacturer that is primarily headquartered in Shanghai, China.
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Microprocessor
A microprocessor is a computer processor for which the data processing logic and control is included on a single integrated circuit (IC), or a small number of ICs.
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Montevideo
Montevideo is the capital and largest city of Uruguay.
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Muscle contraction
Muscle contraction is the activation of tension-generating sites within muscle cells.
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National Academy of Medicine
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), known as the Institute of Medicine (IoM) until 2015, is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization.
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Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization (NGO) (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government.
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Orestes Fiandra
Orestes Fiandra (August 4, 1921 in Montevideo, Uruguay – April 22, 2011 in Montevideo, Uruguay), was a professor and researcher in medicine and cardiology in Uruguay.
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Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.
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P wave
A P wave (primary wave or pressure wave) is one of the two main types of elastic body waves, called seismic waves in seismology.
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Pacemaker failure
Pacemaker failure is the inability of an implanted artificial pacemaker to perform its intended function of regulating the beating of the heart. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and pacemaker failure are Embedded systems, implants (medicine) and Prosthetics.
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Pacemaker syndrome
Pacemaker syndrome is a condition that represents the clinical consequences of suboptimal atrioventricular (AV) synchrony or AV dyssynchrony, regardless of the pacing mode, after pacemaker implantation.
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Paul Zoll
Paul Maurice Zoll (July 15, 1911 – January 5, 1999) was a Jewish American cardiologist and one of the pioneers in the development of the artificial cardiac pacemaker and cardiac defibrillator.
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Pectoralis major
The pectoralis major is a thick, fan-shaped or triangular convergent muscle of the human chest.
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Peter Sleight
Professor Peter Sleight M.D.(Cantab.), D.M. (Oxon.) FRCP FACC (27 June 1929 – 7 October 2020)'Sleight, Prof.
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Portland, Oregon
Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region.
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Pulse (signal processing)
A pulse in signal processing is a rapid, transient change in the amplitude of a signal from a baseline value to a higher or lower value, followed by a rapid return to the baseline value.
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Purkinje fibers
The Purkinje fibers, named for Jan Evangelista Purkyně, (Purkinje tissue or subendocardial branches) are located in the inner ventricular walls of the heart, just beneath the endocardium in a space called the subendocardium. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and Purkinje fibers are cardiac electrophysiology.
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QRS complex
The QRS complex is the combination of three of the graphical deflections seen on a typical electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG). Artificial cardiac pacemaker and QRS complex are cardiac electrophysiology.
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QT interval
The QT interval is a measurement made on an electrocardiogram used to assess some of the electrical properties of the heart. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and QT interval are cardiac electrophysiology.
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is a major, 1,215 bed, tertiary NHS and military hospital in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, situated very close to the University of Birmingham.
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Radcliffe Infirmary
The Radcliffe Infirmary was a hospital in central north Oxford, England, located at the southern end of Woodstock Road on the western side, backing onto Walton Street.
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Ray Lightwood
Raymond Lightwood (1922–2001) was a British medical engineer who developed the first variable rate heart pacemaker, together with Leon Abrams at the University of Birmingham.
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Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (abbreviated RPAH or RPA) is a large teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Missenden Road in Camperdown.
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Rune Elmqvist
Rune Elmqvist (1 December 1906 – 15 December 1996) was a Swedish physician turned engineer who developed the first implantable pacemaker in 1958, working under the direction of Åke Senning, senior physician and cardiac surgeon at the Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Sweden.
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Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County.
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Seat belt
A seat belt, also known as a safety belt or spelled seatbelt, is a vehicle safety device designed to secure the driver or a passenger of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result during a collision or a sudden stop.
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Sedation
Sedation is the reduction of irritability or agitation by administration of sedative drugs, generally to facilitate a medical procedure or diagnostic procedure.
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Silicon
Silicon is a chemical element; it has symbol Si and atomic number 14.
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Sinoatrial node
The sinoatrial node (also known as the sinuatrial node, SA node or sinus node) is an oval shaped region of special cardiac muscle in the upper back wall of the right atrium made up of cells known as pacemaker cells.
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Sinus node dysfunction
Sinus node dysfunction (SND), also known as sick sinus syndrome (SSS), is a group of abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) usually caused by a malfunction of the sinus node, the heart's primary pacemaker.
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Sinus rhythm
A sinus rhythm is any cardiac rhythm in which depolarisation of the cardiac muscle begins at the sinus node.
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Sorin Group
The Sorin Group was a medical products group based in Italy, with significant operations in France, the United States, and Japan, specializing in cardiac devices.
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St. Jude Medical
St.
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Sternum
The sternum (sternums or sterna) or breastbone is a long flat bone located in the central part of the chest.
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Steroid
A steroid is an organic compound with four fused rings (designated A, B, C, and D) arranged in a specific molecular configuration.
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Stillbirth
Stillbirth is typically defined as fetal death at or after 20 or 28 weeks of pregnancy, depending on the source.
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Subclavian vein
The subclavian vein is a paired large vein, one on either side of the body, that is responsible for draining blood from the upper extremities, allowing this blood to return to the heart.
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Supraventricular tachycardia
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is an umbrella term for fast heart rhythms arising from the upper part of the heart.
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Surgery
Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (i.e., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery such as gastric bypass), to reconstruct or improve aesthetics and appearance (cosmetic surgery), or to remove unwanted tissues (body fat, glands, scars or skin tags) or foreign bodies.
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
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T wave
In electrocardiography, the T wave represents the repolarization of the ventricles. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and t wave are cardiac electrophysiology.
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Telectronics
Telectronics Pty Ltd was an Australian company best known for its role in developing the pacemaker.
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The BMJ
The BMJ is a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal, published by BMJ Group, which in turn is wholly-owned by the British Medical Association (BMA).
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Thermoregulation
Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different.
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Thoracotomy
A thoracotomy is a surgical procedure to gain access into the pleural space of the chest.
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Thrombosis
Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system.
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Titanium
Titanium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ti and atomic number 22.
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Toronto General Hospital
The Toronto General Hospital (TGH) is a major teaching hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and the flagship campus of University Health Network (UHN).
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Trabecula
A trabecula (trabeculae, from Latin for 'small beam') is a small, often microscopic, tissue element in the form of a small beam, strut or rod that supports or anchors a framework of parts within a body or organ.
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Transcutaneous pacing
Transcutaneous pacing (TCP), also called external pacing, is a temporary means of pacing a patient's heart during a medical emergency. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and Transcutaneous pacing are cardiac electrophysiology.
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Transistor
A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power.
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Transvenous pacing
Transvenous cardiac pacing (TVP), also called endocardial pacing, is a potentially life-saving intervention used primarily to correct profound bradycardia. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and Transvenous pacing are cardiac electrophysiology.
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Tricuspid regurgitation
Tricuspid regurgitation (TR), also called tricuspid insufficiency, is a type of valvular heart disease in which the tricuspid valve of the heart, located between the right atrium and right ventricle, does not close completely when the right ventricle contracts (systole).
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Tricuspid valve
The tricuspid valve, or right atrioventricular valve, is on the right dorsal side of the mammalian heart, at the superior portion of the right ventricle.
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Twiddler's syndrome
Twiddler's syndrome is a malfunction of a pacemaker due to manipulation of the device and the consequent dislodging of the leads from their intended location.
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University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street, named The Heart Hospital until refurbished and renamed in 2015, was a specialist cardiac hospital located in London, United Kingdom until 2015.
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University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a public research university in Birmingham, England.
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University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota (formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), colloquially referred to as "The U", is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.
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University of Sydney
The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public research university in Sydney, Australia.
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University of Toronto
The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park.
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Vacuum tube
A vacuum tube, electron tube, valve (British usage), or tube (North America) is a device that controls electric current flow in a high vacuum between electrodes to which an electric potential difference has been applied.
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Valve replacement
Valve replacement surgery is the replacement of one or more of the heart valves with either an artificial heart valve or a bioprosthesis (homograft from human tissue or xenograft e.g. from pig).
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Venae cavae
In anatomy, the venae cavae (vena cava) are two large veins (great vessels) that return deoxygenated blood from the body into the heart.
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Ventricle (heart)
A ventricle is one of two large chambers located toward the bottom of the heart that collect and expel blood towards the peripheral beds within the body and lungs.
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Ventricular assist device
A ventricular assist device (VAD) is an electromechanical device that provides support for cardiac pump function, which is used either to partially or to completely replace the function of a failing heart. Artificial cardiac pacemaker and ventricular assist device are implants (medicine), medical devices and Prosthetics.
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Ventricular dyssynchrony
In cardiology, ventricular dyssynchrony is a difference in the timing, or lack of synchrony, of contractions in different ventricles in the heart.
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Ventricular fibrillation
Ventricular fibrillation (V-fib or VF) is an abnormal heart rhythm in which the ventricles of the heart quiver.
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Ventricular tachycardia
Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach or VT) is a cardiovascular disorder in which fast heart rate occurs in the ventricles of the heart.
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Wilfred Gordon Bigelow
Wilfred Gordon "Bill" Bigelow (June 18, 1913 – March 27, 2005) was a Canadian heart surgeon known for his role in developing the artificial pacemaker and the use of hypothermia in open heart surgery.
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Wilson Greatbatch
Wilson Greatbatch (September 6, 1919 – September 27, 2011) was an American engineer and pioneering inventor.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
1959 introductions
- ACT (test)
- Artificial cardiac pacemaker
- Astronaut
- Bubbling Under Hot 100
- Dig Allen Space Explorer
- Eurail
- Illinois Tollway oasis
- Kingsway (cigarette)
- Learning English (version of English)
- Moon landing
- Postcodes in the United Kingdom
- Rolls-Royce Pegasus
- Rosa 'Garden Party'
- Seal of Mauritania
- Swingometer
- Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
- Weather satellite
Colombian inventions
- Artificial cardiac pacemaker
- John Hancock Center
- Kangaroo care
- Llinás's law
- One Magnificent Mile
- Sophrology
- U.S. Bank Center (Milwaukee)
- Willis Tower
- Zumba
Neuroprosthetics
- Argus retinal prosthesis
- Artificial cardiac pacemaker
- Auditory brainstem implant
- Biological pacemaker
- Brain implant
- Brain–computer interface
- Chronic electrode implant
- Cochlear implant
- Cortical implant
- Cortical modem
- Cyberware
- Deep brain stimulation
- Direct acoustic cochlear implant
- Eduardo Reck Miranda
- Functional electrical stimulation
- Giles Brindley
- Lumbar anterior root stimulator
- Neural dust
- Neuroprosthetics
- Neurotrophic electrode
- Optogenetics
- Peripheral nerve interface
- Responsive neurostimulation device
- Retinal implant
- Sacral anterior root stimulator
- Sensory substitution
- Stéphanie P. Lacour
- Stent-electrode recording array
- Thalamic stimulator
- Vagus nerve stimulation
- Visual prosthesis
References
Also known as Anti-tachycardia pacing, Artificial pacemaker, Biventricular pacemaker, Cardiac pacing, DDD pacemaker, Demand pacemaker, Dual-Chamber Pacemaker, Electric pacemaker, Electrical pacemaker, Electronic pacemaker, External pacing, Fast-pacing, Heart pacemaker, Implanted pacemaker, Overdrive pacing, Pace maker, Pace-maker, Pacemaker, Pacemaker device, Pacemakers, Pacing Technology, Permanent pacemaker, Rate-Responsive Pacemaker, Sheldon Thaler, Single chamber pacemaker, Single chamber pacemakers, Single-Chamber Pacemaker, Single-chamber pacemakers, The internal pacemaker, Triggered Pacemaker, Ventricular pacing.