Ingemar Henry Lundquist

Ingemar Lundquist
Born Ingemar Henry Lundquist
(1921-10-19)October 19, 1921
Stockholm, Sweden
Died February 25, 2007(2007-02-25) (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 & American
Spouse(s) Mary
Children Richard, and Cristian

Engineering career

Engineering discipline Mechanical Engineering
Institution memberships Stockholm Institute of Technology
Employer(s) Torex, Inc., Ultimax, Inc., Vidamed, Inc.
Significant 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 was a 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. 1 2 3 4 Kucklick, Theodore (2012). The Medical Device R&D Handbook, Second Edition [Hardcover]. CRC Press. p. 399. ISBN 978-1439811894.
  2. ↑ "Ingemar H. Lundquist inventor". patentbuddy.com. Patent Buddy. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  3. ↑ "System for filling and inflating and deflating a vascular dilating cathether assembly". patents.com. patents.com. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  4. ↑ "US Patent No: 5,807,309 Transurethral needle ablation device and method for the treatment of the prostate". patentbuddy.com. Patent Buddy. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  5. ↑ "Steerable medical probe with stylets US 5409453 A". google.com. Google. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  6. ↑ "Biography, Ingemar Henry Lundquist". memorialsolutions.com. Memorial Solutions. Retrieved 2013-07-08.

External links

Database of patents for Ingemar Lundquist

Media related to Ingemar Lundquist at Wikimedia Commons


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