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Morton Mower | |
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Born | Morton Maimon Mower[1] January 31, 1933 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Died | April 25, 2022 Denver, Colorado, U.S. | (aged 89)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | |
Occupation(s) | Cardiologist, inventor |
Known for | Co-inventor of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator |
Spouse |
Tobia Kurland (m. 1965) |
Children | 2 |
Morton Maimon Mower (January 31, 1933 – April 25, 2022) was an American cardiologist specializing in electrophysiology and the co-inventor of the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator. He served in several professional capacities at Sinai Hospital and Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. In 1996, he became the chairman and chief executive officer of Mower Research Associates. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2002 for the development of the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator with Michel Mirowski in the 1970s.[2] He continued his research in the biomechanical engineering laboratories at Johns Hopkins University.