Morton Mower
Morton Mower (born January 31, 1933 in Baltimore ) is an American medical doctor, known for the invention of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator .
Mower studied medicine at Johns Hopkins University and at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, graduating in 1959. After two years as a doctor in the US military in Bremerhaven, he completed a residency as a cardiologist at the Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. There he began working with Michel Mirowski on an implantable defibrillator (from 1969), AICD (Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator). They were joined by Stephen Heilman , founder of Medrad, and Alois Langer. The first implantation took place in 1980. In 1985 the AICD received approval from the US health authorities and was marketed by Eli Lilly. The licenses were from 1985 with Cardiac Pacemakers (Guidant), who further developed the device, in which Mower was also involved. Pacemaker functions were implemented and Mower developed cardiac resynchronization therapy. Mower was later head of cardiology at Sinai Hospital.
He was an Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University and also taught at Howard University Medical School in Washington DC
In 1996 he became chairman and CEO of Mower Research Associates in Baltimore.
In 2002 he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame . In 2015 he received the Prince Mahidol Prize . Mower holds 26 patents.
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| SURNAME | Mower, Morton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mower, Morton M. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baltimore |