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Gerald E. McGinnis
Gerald Edward McGinnis (March 17, 1934 – January 25, 2024) was an American inventor and businessman who founded Respironics, a medical device company which sold the first mass-produced CPAP, CPAP machines. Born in Ottawa, Illinois, McGinnis studied mechanical engineering and eventually became a researcher for Westinghouse Electric while working on his master's degree at the University of Pittsburgh. He also researched endotracheal tube replacements at Allegheny General Hospital, eventually leaving in 1971 to create the medical device company Lanz Medical Products. After selling the company, McGinnis founded another medical device company called Respironics in 1976. In the early 1980s, the company developed a CPAP machine called the SleepEasy, receiving FDA approval in 1984. The machines were a commercial success and helped establish Respironics as a major player in the medical device industry. Early life McGinnis was born on March 17, 1934, in Ottawa, Illinois, to Joseph McGi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottawa, Illinois
Ottawa is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. It is located at the confluence of the navigable Fox River (Illinois River tributary), Fox River and Illinois River, the latter being a conduit for river barges and connects Lake Michigan at Chicago to the Mississippi River. The population estimate was 18,668, as of 2022. It is the principal city of the Ottawa micropolitan statistical area. History Ottawa occupies a place on the Illinois River that has long been one end of a portage trail between the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan. Here the river was reliably deep enough for canoes. The North Portage Trail connected the site over land and water to the Chicago River. Ottawa was the site of the first of the Lincoln–Douglas debates on August 21, 1858. During the Ottawa debate, Stephen A. Douglas, leader of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, openly accused Abraham Lincoln of forming a secret bipartisan group of Congressmen t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
