Dr. Morton Mower, Jewish co-inventor of defibrillator, dies at 89
Mower began development in 1969 on a pint-sized defibrillator that could be surgically implanted underneath the abdomen to allow for quicker, more precise electric jolts.
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Mower began development in 1969 on a pint-sized defibrillator that could be surgically implanted underneath the abdomen to allow for quicker, more precise electric jolts.
Mower's implantable defibrillator is installed in hundreds of thousands of patients every year.
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