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Dr. Wilson Greatbatch, Invention Ambassador, teaches "The Music of My Heart"

On Friday, November 22, 1996, Dr. Wilson Greatbatch, inventor of the implantable cardiac pacemaker, met with students from Winchester Elementary School in Clarence, NY to teach "The Music of My Heart." The students visited the barn (now a museum) where Greatbatch made the first fifty pacemakers by hand and learned about the principles behind the pacemaker. They also learned about Greatbatch's lifelong fascination with inventing, which has led to some 150 patents and the 1996 Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award.

The students had a fun, educational experience and wrote these letters of thanks to Dr. Greatbatch.