| 1963 |
Clare Barkalow founded the company as Michigan Instruments in
Grand Rapids, Michigan, with a handful of other researchers from
Lear Siegler. The automated chest compressor was actually
invented in the Advanced Engineering Projects department at Lear
Siegler. Its unofficial tradename was the ‘ECC’ for External
Cardiac Compressor. Some of the original product testing was
done using baboons! A special cage had to be constructed in
order to keep and restrain it. |
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| 1965 |
The ‘ECC’
was brought to the market as the Model 1001 around the same time
that CPR itself was first ‘invented’. About 100 systems were
manufactured and sold in the U.S. It included a pneumatically
powered chest compressor but no ventilator. |
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| 1966 |
The first
published CPR guidelines were released by the National Research
Council of the American Heart Association. Clare Barkalow led
the way as one of the foremost authorities on CPR. |
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| 1967 |
Developed
Model 1002 which was just a ventilator designed to be used with
the Model 1001. |
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| 1968 |
The Model
1001 and the Model 1002 were combined resulting in the Model
1003 which was the first system to have both a chest compressor
and a ventilator. The Model 1003 was marketed and sold through
various distributors under their own names. One of these was
Dixie U.S.A. Dixie was one of the first sales organizations to
market emergency medical products. |
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| 1972 |
Dixie took
over marketing the product exclusively internationally. The
Thumper® tradename was introduced. |
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| 1974 |
The Model
1004 was introduced and
the first unit to have a color coded
scheme for prescribing chest compression depth based on patient
size. |
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| 1976 |
Medical
Device Amendments were passed into law. MII
then became obligated to list the device with the FDA. |
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| 1976 |
Training &
Test Dual Adult Lung Model was introduced under the tradename
TTL® and VentAid®. It had originally been created around 1968
for use in-house as a development tool to help with the design
of the Thumper ventilator. |
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| 1980 |
Testing of
hospital equipment started to be standardized. |
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| 1982 |
Adult Infant
Lung Model introduced as the ‘LifeSpan’ TTL. |
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| 1983 |
Relocated to
6300 28th Street |
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| 1984 |
The
Programmable Thumper® based on a 6502 embedded microprocessor
system was developed and quickly became the standard tool for
CPR research. |
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| 1985 |
The Model
1005 was introduced. This system had an improved pneumatic
control system relying on lower presser components and an
increased capacity for patient size and chest force. |
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| 1988 |
First trip
to Japan to kickoff a field study and the introduction of the
Thumper to the medical community. |
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| 1991 |
PneuView®
DOS software with the electronic instrumentation was introduced. |
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| 1993 |
Relocated to 4717
Talon Court SE |
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| 1997 |
PneuView®
Windows Software with the electronic instrumentation was
introduced. The single lung was invented. |
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| 1998 |
The Model
1007 was introduced in Japan. |
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| 1999 |
The Model
1007 was introduced in the U.S. |
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| 2005 |
The Model
1007 was introduced in France. |
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| 2006 |
Development
of Thumper CC and CCV.
The Thumper was introduced in Ireland. |
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| 2008 |
Development
of the Life-Stat™ Model 1008 was completed
and released on September 19.
This model featured electronic system control and is current
with AHA guidelines. |
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Thumper
Model 1007CC
