One of the most game-changing patents ever awarded in the field of medical devices, was for the revolutionary cardiac pacemaker (US Pat No. 3,057,356). This patent was issued in October 1962 to Wilson Greatbatch. Medical devices are defined as any instrument or material that is intended for use in the diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment, and alleviation of disease or injury in humans, or in investigating, replacing and modifying the human body or a certain bodily process.
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