Earl Bakken

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electrical engineer entrepreneur human inventor

Earl Bakken was an American engineer and inventor best known for creating the first wearable, battery-powered pacemaker and co-founding the medical technology company Medtronic.

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Earl Bakken canonical 7
Earl Elmer Bakken 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electrical engineer ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
awardReceived Edison Medal ⓘ
IEEE Founders Medal ⓘ
National Medal of Technology and Innovation ⓘ
coFounded Medtronic ⓘ
coFounder Earl Bakken self-linksurface differs ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1924-01-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2018-10-21 ⓘ
developedFor treatment of heart block and cardiac arrhythmias ⓘ
educatedAt University of Minnesota ⓘ
familyName Bakken ⓘ
fieldOfWork biomedical engineering ⓘ
medical device technology ⓘ
founded The Bakken Museum ⓘ
founder Earl Bakken self-linksurface differs ⓘ
fullName Earl Bakken self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Earl Elmer Bakken
gender male ⓘ
givenName Earl ⓘ
hasEmployer Medtronic ⓘ
hasEthnicity Norwegian-American ⓘ
industry medical devices ⓘ
medical technology ⓘ
inspiredBy post-surgical cardiac care needs at University of Minnesota Hospitals ⓘ
knownFor co-founding Medtronic ⓘ
inventing the first wearable, battery-powered pacemaker ⓘ
pioneering implantable cardiac pacemaker technology ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableAchievement helping establish Medtronic as a leading global medical device company ⓘ
notableContribution advancement of cardiac rhythm management devices ⓘ
notableIdea use of transistorized, battery-powered circuits in pacemakers ⓘ
notableWork first wearable, battery-powered external pacemaker ⓘ
occupation businessperson ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Columbia Heights, Minnesota, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Hawaii ⓘ
surface form: Hawaii, United States
positionHeld Chairman of Medtronic ⓘ
Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic ⓘ
residence Hawaii ⓘ
surface form: Hawaii, United States

Minnesota ⓘ
surface form: Minnesota, United States

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Medtronic → foundedBy → Earl Bakken ⓘ
Earl Bakken → fullName → Earl Bakken self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Earl Elmer Bakken
Earl Bakken → coFounder → Earl Bakken self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Medtronic
Earl Bakken → founder → Earl Bakken self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Bakken Museum
MDT → foundedBy → Earl Bakken ⓘ
subject surface form: Medtronic plc
Bakken → hasNotableBearer → Earl Bakken ⓘ
Columbia Heights, Minnesota, United States → birthplaceOf → Earl Bakken ⓘ
subject surface form: Columbia Heights, Minnesota
The Bakken Museum → foundedBy → Earl Bakken ⓘ