Rune Elmqvist
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Rune Elmqvist was a Swedish physician turned engineer who developed the first implantable pacemaker in 1958, working under the direction of Åke Senning, senior physician and cardiac surgeon at the Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Sweden.
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About this person
Country
SwedenCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1996 · aged 90
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