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Dr. Robert Fischell (born 1930) is a physicist, inventor, and holder of more than 200 U. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. S. and foreign medical patents. [1][2][3] His inventions have led to the creation of several biotechnology companies. He worked at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory full time for 25 years, and part time for an additional 13 years. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL located in Laurel Maryland, is a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center employing He contributed to APL's satellite navigation work, and later developed a rechargeable implantable pacemaker that could be programmed with radiowaves,[4][5][6][7] (Pacesetter Systems Inc. Pacesetter Systems Inc. was a biotechnology company founded by Alfred E , purchased by Siemens, now the CRM division of St. Jude Medical). St Jude Medical Inc ( is a $29 billion global medical device company with headquarters in St He and his team at Hopkins also helped miniaturize the implantable cardiac defibrillator. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator ( ICD) is a small battery -powered electrical impulse generator which is implanted in patients who are at risk of Sudden [8] Dr. Fischell went on to invent the implantable insulin pump (MiniMed, spun off from Pacesetter Systems, Inc. An insulin pump is a medical device used for the administration of Insulin in the treatment of Diabetes mellitus, also known as continuous subcutaneous Medtronic Inc ( based in Minneapolis Minnesota[http //wwwmedtronic Pacesetter Systems Inc. was a biotechnology company founded by Alfred E in 1985), numerous coronary stents used to open clogged arteries (IsoStent, Inc. In Medicine, a stent is a tube that is inserted into a natural conduit of the body to prevent or counteract a disease-induced localized flow constriction merged with Cordis, in turn purchased by Johnson & Johnson),[9] and two extraordinary feedback systems that provide early warning of epileptic seizures (NeuroPace, Inc. CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service, is an information resource dedicated to European research and development activities Johnson & Johnson ( is a global American Pharmaceutical, Medical devices and consumer packaged goods Manufacturer founded in 1886 An epileptic seizure is caused by excessive and/or hypersynchronous electrical Neuronal activity and is usually self-limiting ) and heart attacks (Angel Medical Systems, Inc. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply ). [3] Fischell recently donated $30 million to the University of Maryland College Park Foundation to establish a bioengineering department and an institute for biomedical devices at the James Clark School of Engineering. [10]

In 2005, he was awarded the TED Prize, receiving $100,000 and three wishes, including a braintrust on medical liability and the successful design of a device to cure migraines. TED ( Technology Entertainment Design) is an annual conference that defines its mission as "ideas worth spreading"

Dr. Fischell has 3 sons (from oldest to youngest), David, Tim, and Scott Fischell. He is currently married to Susan R. Fischell and they live in Maryland.

References

  1. ^ MIT Inventor of the Week Archives. Accessed February 22, 2007.
  2. ^ "NHM Board Welcomes Renowned Health and Medical Figures as Newest Trustees," National Health Museum News, Accessed February 22, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Industry Pioneer - Robert Fischell," Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry - August 2004. Accessed February 22, 2007.
  4. ^ Love JW, Lewis KB, Fischell RE, "The Johns Hopkins rechargeable pacemaker. Historical aspect." JAMA 1975 Oct 6;234(1):64-6.
  5. ^ "Programmable Pacemaker," Spinoff (Publication of NASA featuring commercial applications of space technology), 1996. Accessed February 25, 2007.
  6. ^ Fischell R. (1998), "Applications of Transit Satellite Technology to Biomedical Devices," Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest; Vol 19, No. 1.
  7. ^ "The Alfred Mann Foundation," Mission and History, Accessed February 25, 2007.
  8. ^ Neal E. (2003), "Technology for Humanity: Robert Fischell," Discover, Vol. 24, No. 11.
  9. ^ "Cordis Acquires IsoStent Technology; Continues Collaborative Radioactive Stent Research," PRNewswire, Accessed February 22, 2007.
  10. ^ The Fischell Department of Bioengineering and the Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices. Accessed February 22, 2007.

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