Earl E. Bakken, Pacemaker Inventor and Medtronic Founder, Dies at 94 Starting in a garage, where he invented the battery-powered pacemaker, he and a brother-in-law created the world’s largest medical device company. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Global Health: Rapid Cure Approved for Sleeping Sickness, a Horrific IllnessShe Couldn’t Quit Smoking. Then She Tried Juul.Life after death SHOCK: Scientists working on way to make humans IMMORTALNASA announcement: Space agency reveals more information about ‘ALIEN ASTEROID’WATCH Leonid Meteor Shower 2018: How to watch the Leonids tomorrow night?Leonid meteor shower: When, where and how to see dazzling Leonid meteor shower