Akaponesa mamirioni ehupenyu - Wilson Greatbatch
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Akaponesa mamirioni ehupenyu - Wilson Greatbatch

Ainzi "munhu ane mwero do-it-yourselfer". Iri dura renguva pfupi raive rekutanga prototype ye1958 pacemaker, chishandiso chakabvumira mamirioni avanhu kurarama hupenyu hwakajairika.

Akazvarwa munaGunyana 6, 1919 muBuffalo, mwanakomana wemutorwa kubva kuEngland. Yakatumidzwa zita reMutungamiriri weUS, aizivikanwawo muPoland, Woodrow Wilson.

DZVANYA: Wilson Greatbatch                                Zuva nenzvimbo yekuzvarwa: Gunyana 6, 1919, Buffalo, New York, USA (akafa Gunyana 27, 2011)                             Nationality: American Marital status: akaroora, vana vashanu                                Rombo: Yakavambwa nemuvambi, Greatbatch Ltd. isina kunyorwa pane stock exchange - kukosha kwayo kunofungidzirwa kune akati wandei mabhiriyoni emadhora.                           Dzidzo: Cornell University State University yeNew York kuBuffalo                                              Chiitiko: anounganidza foni, maneja wekambani yemagetsi, mudzidzisi weyunivhesiti, muzvinabhizimusi Zvaunofarira: DIY chikepe

Achiri kuyaruka, akatanga kufarira unyanzvi hwokugadzira redhiyo. Munguva yeGreat Patriotic War, akashanda muchiuto senyanzvi yekukurukurirana neredhiyo. Mushure mehondo, akashanda semugadziri wefoni kwegore, akazodzidza zvemagetsi nehuinjiniya kutanga paCornell University uyezve kuYunivhesiti kuBuffalo, kwaakawana dhigirii re masters. Akanga asiri mudzidzi akaisvonaka, asi izvi zvinotsanangurwa nechokwadi chokuti, kunze kwekudzidza, aifanira kushanda kuti atsigire mhuri yake - muna 1945 akaroora Eleanor Wright. Basa racho rakamubvumira kuti ave pedyo nezviitiko zvine chokuita nekukurumidza kukura kwemagetsi panguva iyoyo. Mushure mekugamuchira dhigirii ratenzi wake, akave maneja weTaber Instrument Corporation muBuffalo.

Nehurombo, kambani yakazeza kutora njodzi uye kuisa mari mune zvitsva zvitsva zvayaida kushanda pazviri. Saka akafunga kumusiya. Akaita mabasa akazvimirira papfungwa dzake. Panguva imwe cheteyo, kubva muna 1952 kusvika muna 1957, aidzidzisa kumba kwake kuBuffalo.

Wilson Greatbatch akanga ari musayendisiti anoshingaira uyo akafadzwa nemukana wekushandisa michina yemagetsi kuvandudza mararamiro edu. Akaedza nemichina yaigona kuyera BP, shuga yomuropa, kurova kwemwoyo, masaisai europi, uye chimwe chinhu chipi nechipi chaigona kuyerwa.

Unozoponesa zviuru zvevanhu

Muna 1956 akanga achishanda pamudziyo waifanira kushanda kurova kwemoyo kurekodha. Pakuunganidza matunhu, kwete resistor yakatengeswa, sezvakarongwa pakutanga. Iko kukanganisa kwakave kwakazara nemhedzisiro, semhedzisiro yaive mudziyo unoshanda zvinoenderana nerhythm yemoyo wemunhu. Wilson aitenda kuti kutadza kwemoyo uye kukanganisa kushanda kwetsandanyama yemoyo kunokonzerwa nekuzvarwa kana hurema hwakawanikwa hunogona kubhadharwa nekutsikisa.

Mudziyo wemagetsi watinodaidza nhasi pacemaker, yakasimwa mumuviri wemurwere, inoshandiswa kumutsa mutinhimira wemwoyo nemagetsi. Inotsiva iyo yakasikwa pacemaker, kureva, sinus node, kana ichirega kuita basa rayo kana kukanganisa kwekufambisa kunoitika muatrioventricular node.

Iro zano rekuisa pacemaker rakauya kuGreatbatch muna 1956, asi rakamborambwa. Mune maonero ake, chiyero che miniaturization yemagetsi panguva iyoyo yakarambidza kusikwa kwechinhu chinokurudzira chinobatsira, tisingatauri kuisa mumuviri. Zvisinei, akatanga basa pane miniaturization ye pacemaker uye kusikwa kwechidzitiro chinodzivirira hurongwa hwemagetsi kubva kumvura yemuviri.

Wilson Greatbatch ane pacemaker paruoko rwake

Musi waChivabvu 7, 1958, Greatbatch, pamwe chete navanachiremba pachipatara cheVeterans Administration muBuffalo, vakaratidza mudziyo wakaderedzwa kusvika pahuwandu hwemacubic centimita akati wandei unonyandura moyo wembwa. Panenge panguva imwe cheteyo, akaziva kuti akanga asiri iye ega munhu munyika aifunga nokushanda pacemaker. Panguva iyoyo, tsvakiridzo yakadzama mune iyi mhinduro yaive ichiitwa mune akati wandei nzvimbo dzeAmerica uye muSweden.

Kubva ipapo, Wilson akazvipira chete kushanda pakugadzira. Akaachengeta mudura remba yake muClarence, New York. Mudzimai wake Eleanor akamubatsira mukuyedza kwake, uye mukuru wake wekurapa akakosha aive Dr. William S. Chardak, Chiremba Mukuru wokuvhiya paBuffalo Hospital. Pavakatanga kusangana, Wilson anonzi akabvunza kana iye, sachiremba, aizofarira muchina unodyarwa pacemaker. Chardak akati, "Kana ukagona kuita chinhu chakadai, uchachengeta 10K." vanhu vanorarama gore negore."

Mabhatiri chimurenga chaicho

Yekutanga pacemaker yakavakirwa papfungwa yake yakaiswa muna 1960. Oparesheni iyi yakaitwa pachipatara cheBuffalo ichitungamirwa naChardak. Murwere ane makore makumi manomwe nemanomwe akagara nemudziyo uyu kwemwedzi gumi nemisere. Muna 77, chigadzirwa ichi chakapihwa rezinesi kuMedtronic yeMinneapolis, iyo yakakurumidza kuve mutungamiri wemusika. Parizvino, maonero aripo ndeokuti panguva iyoyo Chardak-Greatbatch mudziyo hauna kumira kunze kubva kune mamwe magadzirirwo enguva iyoyo aine akanakisa tekinoroji paramita kana dhizaini. Nekudaro, yakahwina mukwikwidzi nekuti vagadziri vayo vakaita zvirinani bhizinesi sarudzo kupfuura vamwe. Chimwe chiitiko chakadaro kwaiva kutengeswa kwerezinesi.

Injiniya yeGreatbatch yakaita mari yakawanda kubva pane zvaakagadzira. Saka akasarudza kutarisana nedambudziko rehunyanzvi hutsva - mercury-zinc mabhatiriiyo yakatora makore maviri chete, iyo isina kugutsa chero munhu.

Akawana kodzero ye lithium iodide bhatiri tekinoroji. Akachishandura kuita chigadziriso chakachengeteka, sezvo zvaive midziyo inoputika pakutanga. Muna 1970 akatanga kambani Wilson Greatbatch Ltd. (Iye zvino Greatbatch LLC), iyo yaiita kugadzirwa kwemabhatiri emagetsi emoyo. Muna 1971, akagadzira lithium iodide yakavakirwa. bhatiri RG-1. Iyi tekinoroji yakatanga kupikiswa, asi nekufamba kwenguva yakave nzira huru yekusimbisa matangi. Kukurumbira kwayo kunotemerwa nekuwanda kwayo simba density, kuderera kwekuzviburitsa uye kuvimbika kwese.

Greatbatch pane yakavakirwa solar kayak

Maererano nevakawanda, kwaiva kushandiswa kwemabhatiri aya kwakaita kuti kubudirira kwechokwadi kwemutangi kugoneke pamwero mukuru. Pakanga pasina chikonzero chekudzokorora maoparesheni mukuenzanisa kazhinji muvarwere vasina kumbobvira vasina hanya nehutano. Parizvino, inenge miriyoni yemidziyo iyi yakasimwa pasi rose gore negore.

Active kusvika kumagumo

X-ray mufananidzo wemurwere ane pacemaker

Zvigadzirwa zvakaita kuti Greatbatch azivikanwe uye akapfuma, asi akaramba achishanda kusvika akwegura. Akaita patent kupfuura 325 zvigadzirwa. Izvi zvinosanganisira, semuenzaniso, zviridzwa zvekutsvagisa AIDS, kana solar-powered kayak, umo muvambi pachake akafamba makiromita anopfuura 250 parwendo nemumadziva eNew York State kuti apemberere zuva rekuzvarwa kwake makore makumi manomwe nemaviri.

Gare gare muhupenyu hwake, Wilson akatanga mapurojekiti matsva uye ane shungu. Semuenzaniso, akaisa nguva yake nemari mukuvandudza tekinoroji yemafuta ezvirimwa kana kutora chikamu mubasa reYunivhesiti yeWisconsin-Madison pakuvaka fusion reactor. "Ndinoda kusundira OPEC kunze kwemusika," akadaro.

Muna 1988, Greatbatch yakapinzwa musangano rine mukurumbira. National Inventors Hall of Famesezvakangoita chidhori chake Thomas Edison. Aifarira kupa hurukuro kune vechidiki, panguva yaakadzokorora: “Usatya kukundikana. Zvipfumbamwe kubva mugumi zvigadzirwa zvichange zvisingabatsiri. Asi wegumi ndiye achava iye. Kuedza kwese kuchabhadhara. " Apo maziso ake akanga asingachamubvumiri kuti averenge pachake mabasa evadzidzi vouinjiniya, akamumanikidza kuaverengera munyori wake.

Greatbatch yakapihwa menduru iyi muna 1990. Menduru yeNyika yeTekinoroji. Muna 2000, akaburitsa nhoroondo yehupenyu hwake, Kugadzira Pacemaker: Mhemberero yeHupenyu-inoponesa Invention.

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