Going back in time...

If I could go back in time and play a significant role in making any biomedical device, I would choose to work on the pacemaker which was created in the 1950s. I have had a special interest in pacemakers ever since my father worked as a quality consultant for Intermedics, a company that produced pacemakers. Pacemakers are implanted in the heart to help to regulate heartbeats, and with modern technology, cardiologists are even able to program such devices externally. The first pacemakers made in the 1950s were external and were bulky, extremely expensive, and even painful for patients. However, in just a few decades, bioengineers and physicians have nearly perfected the device so it can painlessly and effectively regulate the beat of the body's most important internal organ. This medical breakthrough was extremely useful and even after over half a century is still saving and prolonging lives. As I look up to my father with his contribution to pacemakers throughout his time with Intermedics, I would love to have contributed in some way to what is in my opinion one of the great contributions of biomedical engineering to health and medicine.