Cardiac Pacemakers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: GV Medical, Inc.
label: Collection Creator
content: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
label: Collection Creator
content: CABG Medical, Inc.
label: Collection Creator
content: ATS Medical, Inc.
label: Collection Creator
content: St. Jude Medical, Inc.
label: Collection Creator
content: Med General, Inc.
label: Collection Creator
content: Kips Bay Medical, Inc.
label: Collection Creator
content: Helix BioCore, Inc.
label: Collection Creator
content: Villafana, Manny, 1940-
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content: Manny Villafaña Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1961-1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1340, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series consists of promotional brochures, annual reports, and stock reports ranging from 1972 to 1984. Cardiac Pacemakers Inc., which Villafaña co-founded in 1971, introduced the first extended-life, lithium battery powered pacemakers to the medical industry.  Also included in this series are product and price lists (1961-1970) from Medtronic , Inc., a medical equipment company with which Villafaña was employed prior to Cardiac Pacemaker Inc.