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First External Cardiac Pacemaker,
1950
June 30, 08 - Today, the IEEE Executive
Committee has approved the IEEE History Committee's recommendation that the
Toronto Section's nomination (2006-09) be accepted as an IEEE Milestone in
Electrical Engineering and Computing with the following citation:
First External Cardiac Pacemaker, 1950
"In 1950, in Room 64 of the Banting Institute at the University of Toronto, Drs.
Wilfred Bigelow and John Callaghan successfully paced the heart of a, dog using
an external electronic pacemaker-defibrillator having implanted, electrodes. The
device was developed by Dr. John Hopps at the National Research Council of
Canada. This pioneering work led to the use of cardiac pacemakers in humans and
helped establish the importance of electronic devices in medicine."
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