Alois Langer
Alois Langer (born February 24, 1945 in Pittsburgh ) is an American electrical engineer, known for his involvement in the development of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).
Langer graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in electrical engineering in 1967 and a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University . As a project engineer at Medrad (President Stephen Heilman ), he led the development of the ICD, for which the cardiologists Michel Mirowski and Morton Mower from the Sinai Hospital in Baltimore gave the impetus. In 1980 it was ready for use and the first device was implanted in a patient.
He later developed a method of sending electrocardiograms over the phone to monitor patients at home (called Telemetry @ Home), for which he started his own company (Cardiac Telecom Corporation).
In 2002 he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame .
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| SURNAME | Langer, Alois |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American electrical engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittsburgh |