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Paul Maurice Zoll (July 15, 1911 – January 5, 1999) [1] was a Jewish [2] American cardiologist and one of the pioneers in the development of the artificial cardiac pacemaker and cardiac defibrillator.
1955 - Dr. Paul Zoll, MD, developed a pulse generator that stimulates the heart. Manufactured as the PM-65 by Electrodyne, it was intended for use as emergency support during cardiac surgery. 1957 - After a power outage caused a PM-65 to stop functioning, Dr. C. Walton Lillehei asked Earl Bakken to create a device that worked on batteries.
In November 1952, cardiologist Paul Zoll published an early report on resuscitation of the heart. "The purpose of this report is to describe the successful use in 2 patients of a quick, simple, effective and safe method of arousing the heart from ventricular standstill by an artificial, external, electric pacemaker", he wrote.
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 .
The first successful defibrillation of a human was reported in 1947 by Cleveland surgeon Claude Beck, and the first successful human transthoratic defibrillation by Boston cardiologist Paul Zoll in 1956. Cardiac pacemaker therapy would not become reality in clinical medicine until the 1950s (transthoracic and temporary pacing) and the 1960s ...
Pacemakers are also sometimes used to regulate the heartbeats in people with congenital heart disease, a group of conditions that affect about 1% of people born in the U.S., ...
Martin Zoll (1900–1967), a professional football player who was an original member of the Green Bay Packers; Paul Zoll (1911–1999), American cardiologist who was one of the pioneers in the development of the cardiac pacemaker and defibrillator; Samuel Zoll (1934–2011), an American lawyer, judge and politician
In 1971 Telectronics commenced testing samples of a new type of energy source for pacemakers, the lithium cell (lithium battery) being developed by Wilson Greatbatch and in 1972 commenced development of a range of integrated circuits capable of operation from the 2.8 volts of the cell while providing a stimulating pulse of 4.5 volts.