Object Details
- Description
- Herbert Beutel, a Medtronics salesman who recognized the advantages of the new lithium battery for pacemakers, established Intermedics in Freeport, Tx., in late 1973. The firm introduced the term INTERLITH to commerce in 1976. An inscription on the case of this pacemaker reads “C-MOS-I / INTERLITH / Intermedics, Inc. / FREEPORT, TEXAS / U.S.A.”
- Ref: “Intermedics: Is Glitter Gone?” New York Times (March 20, 1979), p. D8.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Intermedics
- Date made
- 1976
- Credit Line
- Arthur A. Ciarkowski
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- rubber (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 cm x 4.7 cm x 1.5 cm; 2 3/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 9/16 in
- overall: 2 3/8 in x 2 in x 5/8 in; 6.0325 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.5875 cm
- Object Name
- Pacemaker
- cardiology
- pacemaker
