Artificial Cardiac Pacemaker

Invented in 1958 by Rune Elmqvist

Rune was born in 1906 and died in 1996

White hat

He asked questions.

Very fact-based.

He thought like a computer

he had no emotion and was all work-based

Green hat

Asked himself “how else can this be done”

Grew from past ideas

Growth mindset

Thought of how to help people by creating a human life-altering invention

modern pacemaker is part of the informational invention

It is recently not needed to be made in a huge industrial manufacturing factory.

in 2020 The average pacemaker lasts from 5 to 15 years in your body.

Pacemakers can save your life without you even knowing.

Pacemakers are known as mini defibrillators because they start your heart when it stops.

The smallest pacemaker in the world is the size of a vitamin pill.

it was made in a huge factory

pacemakers were distributed throughout the world

In my opinion, a pacemaker is both

WANT:People who have early onsetting heart problems might want a pacemaker

NEED:Someone who has had a heart attack might need surgery to get a pacemaker to survive

NEED:Health scare you might need a pacemaker

NEED: Doctor says you need to get one because your heart cannot take the strain