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Medtronic is the top medical device company in the world for 2018 with an impressive annual revenue nearly $30 billion in 2017. The company experienced a 3% increase in revenue compared with 2016 figures and they reported 'balanced, diversified growth across all groups and regions'.
Earl Bakken. Earl Elmer Bakken (January 10, 1924 – October 21, 2018) was an American engineer, businessman and philanthropist of Dutch and Norwegian American ancestry. He founded Medtronic, where he developed the first external, battery-operated, transistorized, wearable artificial pacemaker in 1957. [ 1][ 2]
[1] [2] In 1989, he joined Medtronic as president and chief operating officer. [1] [2] He was elected chief executive officer in 1991 and chairman of the board in 1996. [1] [2] He was a professor at the Harvard Business School in Boston from 2004 to 2016 and is currently a senior fellow.
University at Buffalo. Occupation. Engineer. Wilson Greatbatch (September 6, 1919 – September 27, 2011) was an American engineer and pioneering inventor. He held more than 325 patents and was a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame and a recipient of the Lemelson–MIT Prize [ 1] and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1990).
MiniMed Paradigm is a series of insulin pumps manufactured by Medtronic for patients with diabetes mellitus. The pump operates with a single AAA battery and uses a piston-plunger pump to infuse a programmed amount of insulin into the patient through a length of tubing. The Paradigm uses a one-way wireless radio frequency link to receive blood ...
Winston Roger Wallin (6 March 1926 – 20 December 2010) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic from 1985-1991 [ 1] and as President and Chief Operating Officer of Pillsbury from 1977 to 1985. [ 2] He also formed, along with his wife Maxine, the Wallin Foundation, later ...
Arthur D. Collins Jr. is an American executive, the retired chairman of the board of Medtronic, Inc., and formerly served the company as president and chief executive officer. [1] He is now a senior advisor to Oak Hill Capital Partners [2] and a managing partner at Acorn Advisors, LLC. [3] Collins is also the author of the children's book ...
Michelson, 75, seems an unlikely antagonist in a dog-bite case. After reaching a $1.35-billion patent dispute settlement with medical device maker Medtronic two decades ago, he has made a name for ...