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American engineer, inventor, and holistic healthcare promoter (–)

Earl Elmer Bakken (January 10, &#; October 21, ) was an American engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist of Dutch and Norwegian American ancestry.

He founded Medtronic, where he developed the first external, battery-operated, transistorized, wearable artificial pacemaker in ^[1][2]

Early life and education

Bakken was born on January 10, , in Columbia Heights, Minnesota and was of Norwegian ancestry.

Bakken had a long-held fascination with electricity and electronics.

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Earl Bakken and his brother-in-law, Palmer Hermundslie, started a medical repair shop in Earl's garage.

Co-founder of Medtronic, Earl Bakken, passed away at the end of Medtronic hopes will help it to improve clinical outcomes for diabetes.

A self-described "nerd", Bakken designed a rudimentary electroshock weapon in school to fend off bullies. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in from the University of Minnesota. His electrical engineering education continued, and he obtained a Master's degree with a minor in mathematics, also from the University of Minnesota.^[1]

As a boy, Bakken was inspired by t