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Surgery & Medical Devices · Recorded milestone

Implantable defibrillator

Recorded year1980

Michel Mirowski's implanted defibrillator senses a deadly heart rhythm and shocks it back to normal.

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.