Those inventions included the first commercial rechargeable implantable pacemaker, which was one of the first pacemakers to use radio waves for telemetry, and the implantable insulin pump. The insulin pump business was spun off into MiniMed in 1983 and then acquired by Medtronic in 2001.
The inventions comprised the initial commercial rechargeable implantable pacemaker, which employed radio waves for telemetry, and the implantable insulin pump. In 1983, the insulin pump division was spun off as MiniMed and then acquired by Medtronic in 2001.