Answer External means on the outside. Implanted means that the pacemaker goes inside the body.
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!
October 8, 1958
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!
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.
pacemaker is 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.
pacemaker is a pacemaker
artificial 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
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.
How did the pacemaker effect the world?