Ingemar Lundquist
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- Mary Lundquist (until her death)
- Linda Lundquist
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- Richard Lundquist
- Christian Lundquist
Ingemar Henry Lundquist (October 19, 1921 – February 25, 2007) was a Swedish inventor and mechanical engineer.[1] He became an American citizen in 1950.
Early life and education
Lundquist graduated from the Stockholm Institute of Technology in 1945 with a mechanical engineering degree.[1][2][3] He migrated to the United States in 1948 and became an American citizen in 1950.[1][3]
Career
He worked for various medical technology companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, including Advanced Cardiovascular Systems and E. P. Technologies.
Patents
Lundquist had hundreds of inventions,[4] typically working in his garage or basement.[1] He held more than a hundred patents.[3] His inventions included over-the-wire balloon angioplasty,[5] T.U.N.A.,[6] and somnoplasty.[7] He also worked on cardiac stem-cell therapy.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Kucklick, Theodore (2012). The Medical Device R&D Handbook, Second Edition [Hardcover]. CRC Press. p. 399. ISBN 978-1-4398-1189-4.
- ^ "Biography, Ingemar Henry Lundquist". memorialsolutions.com. Memorial Solutions. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Ingemar Henry Lundquist". Monterey Herald (memorial). March 10, 2007.
- ^ "Ingemar H. Lundquist inventor". patentbuddy.com. Patent Buddy. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ^ "System for filling and inflating and deflating a vascular dilating catheter assembly". patents.com. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ^ "US Patent No: 5,807,309 Transurethral needle ablation device and method for the treatment of the prostate". patentbuddy.com. Patent Buddy. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ^ "Steerable medical probe with stylets US 5409453 A". google.com. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
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