Jorge reynolds pombo biography

Colombian engineer

Jorge Reynolds Pombo is an electrical and bio- engineer born in Bogotá, Colombia on June 22, 1936.

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He is known for contributing to the invention of the pacemaker, being one of the first doctors in Latin America to make a significant contribution to the medical field. In 1957, Earl Bakken of Minneapolis, Minnesota, produced the first wearable external pacemaker for a pediatric patient of C.

Walton Lillehei. The Swede Rune Elmqvist (1906-1996) developed the first internally implanted pacemaker in 1958. During this time, Reynolds Pombo had designed and built an external pacemaker powered by a 12-volt battery.

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It was connected to a patient in December 1958.^[1]

Studies and research

During his school years, he studied in Bogotá, Colombia. He attended Trinity College at Cambridge, England. Reynolds obtained an undergraduate degree in electronic engineering.

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