据中新网及美国媒体报道,植入式心脏起搏器的发明者之一,美国人威尔森-格雷特巴奇(WilsonGreatbatch)于9月27日在他的诞生地纽约州水牛城(Buffalo)与世长辞,享年92岁。1960年由他参与研制的世界上第一个植入人体的心脏起搏器获得成功,并因此获得2001年度拉斯奖(拉斯奖全名:Fritz J.and Dolores H.Russ Prize,简称Russ Prize,为美国工程学界最高奖项之一,由美国国家工程院于1999年10月设立,每二年颁发一次)。他一生获得超过15 According to China.com.cn and the U.S. media, the American Wilson Gatchbatch, one of the inventors of implantable pacemakers, was on September 27 at his birthplace in Buffalo, New York Buffalo) died at the age of 92. The world’s first implantable pacemaker, developed by him in 1960, succeeded and won the Las Roth Award for 2001 (the full name of Russ: Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize, Russ Prize, one of the highest awards in the US engineering community, was established by the National Academy of Engineering in October 1999 and is presented every two years.) He earned more than 15 in his life