German engineer
Holger Hesse |
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Born | 1900[1]
Berlin, Germany |
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Died | 1967[1] |
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Occupation | Engineer |
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Known for | Ambu bag |
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Holger Hesse (1900โ1967) was a German engineer. Together with his partner, Danish anesthetist Henning Ruben, he invented the world's first non-electric, self-inflating resuscitator, the Ambu bag, in 1956.[2]
References
- Life Science Encyclopedia, Bag valve mask
- The Ambu-Resuscitator, British Journal of Anesthesia Volume 35, Number 11 Pp. 748, doi:10.1093/bja/35.11.748
- Henning Ruben MD, 1914โ2004, Resuscitation, Volume 64, Issue 3, Pages 253โ256, doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.01.002