Elite II Pacemaker 7085
date: label: Date made
content: 1990's
label: Date made
content: Circa 1992-1996
name: label: maker
content: Medtronic
label: maker
content: Medtronic Incorporated
notes: label: Description
content: Dual chamber pacemaker with an ovoid body, a lithium battery, and an “ELITE II / DDDR 7085 / SN 3V1001078H / MEDTRONIC / USA” inscription.
label: Description
content: Earl Bakken (1924-2018), a graduate student in electrical engineering, and his brother-in-law Palmer Hermundslie, an engineer, started Medtronic, a repair business focused on medical electronics, in 1949. The firm introduced their battery-powered pacemaker in 1957.  
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Minnesota, Minneapolis
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Seymour Furman, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0192.04
label: accession number
content: 2001.0192
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0192.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pacemaker
label: Object Name
content: cardiology
label: Object Name
content: pacemaker
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.4 cm x 4.1 cm x 1 cm; 2 1/8 in x 1 5/8 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 1 5/8 in x 1/2 in; 5.3975 cm x 4.1275 cm x 1.27 cm