Pioneers of the Medical Device Industry in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Anthony J. Adducci

Titles: Pioneers of the Medical Device Industry in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Anthony J. Adducci (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Anthony J. Adducci attended college in Minnesota. He joined Medtronic in the early 1960s. In the early 1970s he helped found Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., the company that manufactured the first lithium battery powered pacemaker. In the early 1980s he founded Technology Enterprises and in the late 1990s, North American Banking Company. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Education; early work experience; product marketing and working with surgeons for Medtronic; Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. beginnings; Wilson Greatbatch's pacemaker with lithium battery; lawsuits between device companies; changes under FDA regulation; Lilly acquiring CPI; Technology Enterprises; current activities; growing startups.

Dates

• 08/09/2000 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Jeffrey, Kirk
• interviewee: Adducci, Anthony J.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 87
• Accession Number: AV2001.104.1

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Pioneers of the Medical Device Industry in Minnesota Oral History Project' <OH 87>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 22 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:17:00 running time

Subjects

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