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Earl Elmer Bakken (January 10, 1924 – October 21, 2018) was an American engineer, businessman and philanthropist of Dutch and Norwegian American ancestry. He founded Medtronic, where he developed the first external, battery-operated, transistorized, wearable artificial pacemaker in 1957.… See more
Bakken was born on January 10, 1924, in Columbia Heights, Minnesota and was of Norwegian ancestry. Bakken had a long-held fascination with electricity and electronics. A self-described "… See more
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WEBOctober 2018 - Medtronic co-founder Earl E. Bakken, a pioneer in medical technology whose inventions impacted the lives of millions of people around the world, passed away Sunday in Hawaii. He was 94 years old. “All of …
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WEBOct 21, 2018 · Legendary Medtronic co-founder passes away in Hawaii. Company news. October 2018 - Medtronic co-founder Earl E. Bakken, a pioneer in medical technology whose inventions impacted the lives of …
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WEBOct 23, 2018 · Earl E. Bakken, an electrical engineer who built the first wearable, battery-powered pacemaker in the 1950s, an innovation that helped save millions of lives and set his company, Medtronic,...
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WEBOct 28, 2022 · A new exhibit at the Science Museum of London shines a bright spotlight on Earl Bakken’s legacy — and the role Medtronic plays in driving medical innovation. Expected to draw over 200,000 visitors, the …