“Nine things out of 10 I try, fail. And the tenth one, if I'm lucky, will pay for the other nine.”

— Wilson Greatbatch

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About Wilson Greatbatch

Inventor • American

Wilson Greatbatch was an American engineer and prolific inventor who held more than 325 patents. He is most famous for his invention of the first practical and reliable implantable cardiac pacemaker, a device that has...

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