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Difference between external and implanted pacemaker?
Answer External means on the outside. Implanted means that the pacemaker goes inside the body.
Who invent the artificial pacemaker?
John hopps invented the first external pacemaker. Later Earl Bakken improved this pacemaker by making it battery powered. And then Wilson Greatbatch invented the first implantable pacemaker!
In what decade was the first external heart pacemaker fitted?
October 8, 1958
Who made a electrical device called a pacemaker for the human heart?
John hopps invented the first external pacemaker. Later Earl Bakken improved this pacemaker by making it battery powered. And then Wilson Greatbatch invented the first implantable pacemaker!
Dose having a pacemaker make you ellegble for a handicap parking pass?
A doctor (preferrably the on who did the pacemaker surgury) is the only person that can make a determination that you are partially, or temporarily, or permanently disabled.
Is 90 too old to get a pacemaker?
No as long as there are no other debillitating condition which would prevent it- it gets done regulaly. there are external pacemakers as well.
What is the meaning of VVI mode pacemaker?
pacemaker is a pacemaker
What special equipment is connected to the heart to make it beat regularly?
artificial pacemaker
What is the meaning of VVI mode?
pacemaker is a pacemaker
How do I find out what material is used to make a pacemaker My daughter is allergic to metal, except titanium and platinum. Will she be able to have the needed pacemaker?
Most modern pacemakers are made of an outer shell of titanium. You can read more about pacemakers here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacemaker
Where are the cells located that make up the pacemaker?
If you mean the heart, there are two pacemakers. One is in the SA Node and the secondary (and slower) back up pacemaker is in a AV Node.
What special instrument is placed inside the heart and used as impulse generator to make it function normally?
The special instrument that is placed in the heart and used as a impulse generator is called pacemaker. The pacemaker helps the heart to make it fuction normally....
