Jorge Reynolds Pombo
Jorge Reynolds Pombo is an
electrical and bio-
engineer born in
Bogotá,
Colombia on June 22, 1936. He is known for contributing to the invention of the pacemaker, being one of the first doctors in Latin America to make a significant contribution to the medical field. In 1957,
Earl Bakken of
Minneapolis,
Minnesota, produced the first wearable external pacemaker for a pediatric patient of
C. Walton Lillehei. The Swede
Rune Elmqvist (1906-1996) developed the first internally implanted pacemaker in 1958. During this time, Reynolds Pombo had designed and built an external pacemaker powered by a 12-volt battery. It was connected to a patient in December 1958.
Provided by Wikipedia
