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:Mars is within reach after NASA announces revolutionary plans for 'deep space gateway'The New Health Care: Why a Lot of Important Research Is Not Being DoneAntibiotics should be used when ‘ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY’ to prevent 700,000 deaths each yearLast chance to catch a glimpse of the incredible Supermoon 2017Scientists 'DON'T KNOW' how big a 'tremendous' eruption from Yellowstone volcano could beEruption warning: Antarctic volcano's ash could ‘encircle globe’ sparking health problems