Earl Bakken
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Earl Ethan Bakken (January 10, 1924 ā October 21, 2018) was an American engineer, businessman and philanthropist. He founded Medtronic, where he developed the first external, battery-operated, transistorized, wearable artificial pacemaker in 1957.[1]
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Born | Earl Ethan Bakken (1924-01-10)January 10, 1924 |
Died | October 21, 2018(2018-10-21) (aged 94) Kona District, Hawaii, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
Occupation | inventor |
Known for | founding Medtronic, inventing the wearable portable pacemaker, founding Bakken Museum |
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Bakken retired from Medtronic in 1989 and moved to a 9-acre estate in the Kona District of Hawaii he calls Bakken Hale.[2]
Bakken died at his Hawaii home on October 21, 2018 at the age of 94.[3]