Wilson Greatbatch

Specialty: Biomedical Engineering (Biomedical Engineering)

Location: Buffalo, United States

Tier: TITAN

H-Index: 17

Years Active: 0

Hospital Affiliations

• University at Buffalo - Adjunct Professor

Techniques Invented

• Implantable cardiac pacemaker (1958) [Gold Standard]
• Lithium-iodide pacemaker battery [Gold Standard]

Key Publications

1. "A transistorized, self-contained, implantable pacemaker for the long-term correction of complete heart block." - PubMed (1960) [370 citations]
2. "History of implantable devices" - IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine (1991) [187 citations]
3. "Correction of complete heart block by a self-contained and subcutaneously implanted pacemaker. Clinical experience with 15 patients." - PubMed (1961) [135 citations]
4. "CORRECTION OF COMPLETE HEART BLOCK BY A SELF-CONTAINED AND SUBCUTANEOUSLY IMPLANTED PACEMAKER" - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (1961) [124 citations]
5. "Five years' clinical experience with an implantable pacemaker: an appraisal." - PubMed (1965) [113 citations]
6. "The long-term treatment of heart block" - Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases (1966) [101 citations]
7. "The Solid-State Lithium Battery: A New Improved Chemical Power Source for Implantable Cardiac Pacemakers" - IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (1971) [94 citations]
8. "POLARIZATION PHENOMENA RELATING TO PHYSIOLOGICAL ELECTRODES" - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (1969) [61 citations]
9. "CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH AN IMPLANTABLE PACEMAKER" - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (1964) [59 citations]
10. "Lithium/Carbon Monofluoride (Li/CFx): A New Pacemaker Battery" - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (1996) [53 citations]

Knowledge Graph Relationships

Wilson Greatbatch is a Biomedical Engineering specialist affiliated with University at Buffalo. Invented techniques: Implantable cardiac pacemaker, Lithium-iodide pacemaker battery. Authored 10 scholarly articles.