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  2. Mark Cowley Lidwill - Wikipedia

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    Mark Cowley Lidwill (1878-1969) was a medical pioneer in anaesthesiology and cardiology. Supported by physicist Edgar H. Booth, he invented the pacemaker . [ 1 ]

  3. Albert Hyman - Wikipedia

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    The first artificial pacemaker was invented by Australian anaesthesiologist Dr Mark C Lidwell. He used it to resuscitate a newborn baby at the Crown Street Women's Hospital, Sydney in 1926. However, Hyman used and popularised the term "artificial pacemaker," which remains in use today. [3] [4]

  4. The Amazon Prime symbol probably doesn't mean what you think ...

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    In actuality, any of Amazon's 3 million marketplace sellers can use the Amazon warehouse to house and ship their items and get the so-called "coveted" mark on its products.

  5. Pacemaker - Wikipedia

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    A pacemaker, also known as an artificial cardiac pacemaker, is an implanted medical device that generates electrical pulses delivered by electrodes to one or more of the chambers of the heart. Each pulse causes the targeted chamber(s) to contract and pump blood, [ 3 ] thus regulating the function of the electrical conduction system of the heart .

  6. Diaphragm pacing - Wikipedia

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    There are currently three commercially distributed diaphragm pacing devices: Synapse Biomedical, Inc.'s NeuRx (US), Avery Biomedical Devices, Inc.'s Mark IV Breathing Pacemaker (US), [21] and Atrotech OY's Atrostim PNS (Finland). [24] The Synapse and Avery devices are distributed worldwide and approved for use in the United States. [21]

  7. A pacemaker for the brain helped a woman with crippling ... - AOL

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    Emily Hollenbeck lived with a recurring depression she likened to a black hole, where gravity felt so strong and her limbs so heavy she could barely move. Researchers say the treatment — deep ...

  8. Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Cardiac Pacemaker's microlyth pacemaker. The company sold 8,500 pacemakers, increasing sales from zero in 1972 to over $47 million. In early 1978, CPI was concerned about a friendly takeover attempt. Despite impressive sales, the company's stock price had fluctuated wildly the year before, dropping from $33 to $11 per share.

  9. Cardiac pacemaker - Wikipedia

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    Image showing the cardiac pacemaker or SA node, the primary pacemaker within the electrical conduction system of the heart The cardiac pacemaker is the heart 's natural rhythm generator. It employs pacemaker cells that produce electrical impulses, known as cardiac action potentials , which control the rate of contraction of the cardiac muscle ...