Ingemar Lundquist
| Ingemar Henry Lundquist | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Spouse(s) | Mary |
| Children | Richard, and Cristian |
|
Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Mechanical Engineering |
| Institutions | Stockholm Institute of Technology |
| 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]
Patents
He was responsible for at least 78 patents, and hundreds of inventions.[2] Three of his most notable inventions were over the wire balloon angioplasty,[3] T.U.N.A.,[4] and Somnoplasty.[5] He worked out of his garage or basement workshops.[1]
Education
He was a graduate of the Stockholm Institute of Technology earning a mechanical engineering degree in 1945.[1][6]
Early life
In 1948, Ingemar Lundquist immigrated to the United States and he became an American citizen in 1950.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Kucklick, Theodore (2012). The Medical Device R&D Handbook, Second Edition [Hardcover]. CRC Press. p. 399. ISBN 978-1-4398-1189-4.
- ↑ "Ingemar H. Lundquist inventor". patentbuddy.com. Patent Buddy. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ↑ "System for filling and inflating and deflating a vascular dilating cathether assembly". patents.com. patents.com. 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. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Steerable medical probe with stylets US 5409453 A". google.com. Google. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Biography, Ingemar Henry Lundquist". memorialsolutions.com. Memorial Solutions. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
External links
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