Jacuzzi, who had immigrated to the United States from Italy at the age of 17, had developed the initial technology, a pump that could create a swirling whirlpool within a standard bathtub, in 1947. The invention had arisen from necessity, to ease the rheumatoid arthritis of Candido's child, who would document the history in a 2005 book.
Jacuzzi, an Italian immigrant who arrived in the United States at 17, developed the first technology, a pump that creates a spinning vortex in a standard bathtub, in 1947. The invention was born out of necessity to ease Candido's child's rheumatoid arthritis, which is recorded in a 2005 book.