Roughly the size of a small paperback book, the external pacemaker was also Medtronic’s first product. Shortly after Bakken’s invention, the first implantable pacemaker was developed and soon ...
Christensen, Clayton M. "We've Got Rhythm! Medtronic Corp.'s Cardiac Pacemaker Business (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 698-056, March 1998.
The device is designed to surround a leadless pacemaker, such as the Medtronic Micra, which sits in the heart's right ventricle ... films on the external surface of the heart to harvest the mechanical ...