Biography:Ingemar Lundquist
Ingemar Henry Lundquist | |
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| Born | Ingemar Henry Lundquist October 19, 1921 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | February 25, 2007 (aged 85) Carmel Valley Village, California |
| Resting place | Mountain View Cemetery (Oakland, California) 37°50′07″N 122°14′13″W |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Citizenship | Swedish and American |
| Education | Stockholm Institute of Technology |
| Spouse(s) | Linda |
| Children | Richard, Cristian |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Mechanical Engineering |
| Employer(s) | Torex, Inc., Ultimax, Inc., Vidamed, Inc. |
| Projects | Balloon Angioplasty, Somnoplasty, T.U.N.A. |
Ingemar Henry Lundquist (born in Stockholm, Sweden, October 19, 1921, died in Carmel Valley Village, California, February 25, 2007) was a prolific inventor and mechanical engineer.[1]
Early life and education
Lundquist graduated from the Stockholm Institute of Technology in 1945 with a mechanical engineering degree.[1][2][3] He migrated to the United States in 1948 and became an American citizen in 1950.[1][3]
Career
He worked for various medical technology companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, including Advanced Cardiovascular Systems and E.P. Technologies.
Patents
Lundquist had hundreds of inventions,[4] typically working in his garage or basement.[1] He held more than a hundred patents.[3] His inventions included over-the-wire balloon angioplasty,[5] T.U.N.A.,[6] and somnoplasty.[7] He also worked on cardiac stem-cell therapy.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kucklick, Theodore (2012). The Medical Device R&D Handbook, Second Edition [Hardcover]. CRC Press. p. 399. ISBN 978-1-4398-1189-4.
- ↑ "Biography, Ingemar Henry Lundquist". memorialsolutions.com. Memorial Solutions. http://www.memorialsolutions.com/sitemaker/sites/PaulMo1/obit.cgi?user=588_ILundquist69. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Ingemar Henry Lundquist". Monterey Herald. March 10, 2007. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/montereyherald/obituary.aspx?n=ingemar-henry-lundquist&pid=86761247.
- ↑ "Ingemar H. Lundquist inventor". patentbuddy.com. Patent Buddy. http://www.patentbuddy.com/Inventor/Lundquist-Ingemar-H/239821. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ↑ "System for filling and inflating and deflating a vascular dilating cathether assembly". patents.com. patents.com. http://patents.com/us-4332254.html. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ↑ "US Patent No: 5,807,309 Transurethral needle ablation device and method for the treatment of the prostate". patentbuddy.com. Patent Buddy. http://www.patentbuddy.com/Patent/5807309. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Steerable medical probe with stylets US 5409453 A". google.com. Google. https://www.google.com/patents/US5409453. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
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