William H. Dobelle

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William H. Dobelle (born October 24, 1941 in Pittsfield , Massachusetts , † October 5, 2004 in New York City ) was an American physician and pioneer in the field of the development of prostheses and artificial organs.

Life

Dobelle was born the son of the well -known American orthopedic surgeon Martin Dobelle and came into contact with medical research and work at an early age. According to his own statements, he began medical research at the age of 8 and, at the age of thirteen, applied for a patent for an improvement in hip prostheses . Dobelle began his studies at Vanderbilt University when he was 14 . At the age of 15 he constructed an X-ray machine . He graduated from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Utah and became director of artificial organs at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center . His main field of research was the transmission of electronic signals to neurons . He developed a process for the production of an artificial eye, which transmits its signals via electrodes directly to the visual cortex . Another important development was the so-called diaphragmatic pacemaker .

Dobelle bought Avery Laboratories in 1983 and founded the Dobelle Institute in Portugal , through which he sold his inventions.

William Dobelle had been married to Claire Dobelle since 1990 and had three children. He died on October 5, 2004 from complications from his diabetes .

Honors and memberships

Dobelle was a founding member of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and a member of the National Academy of Science . In 2003 he was proposed for the Nobel Prize in Medicine together with Willem Johan Kolff .

literature

DK Eddington, WH Dobelle, DE Brackmann, MG Mladejovsky, JL Parkin: Auditory prostheses research with multiple channel intracochlear stimulation in man. In: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology. Volume 87, Number 6 Pt 2, 1978 Nov-Dec, pp. 1-39, ISSN  0003-4894 . PMID 736424 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Dr. William H. Dobelle, Medical Device Innovator, Dies ( September 30, 2007 memento in the Internet Archive ) in the Syosset Jericho Tribune October 22, 2004 (accessed August 9, 2013)
  2. ↑ a b c Dr. William Dobelle, Artificial Vision Pioneer, Dies at 62 in The New York Times, November 1, 2004 (accessed August 9, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Dobelle, William H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American medic
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsfield, Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 2004
Place of death New York City