Karl W. Edmark

Karl William Edmark (1924–1994) was an American cardiovascular surgeon, inventor of the DC defibrillator,^[1] inventor of the Edmark damped sinusoidal defibrillation pulse,^[2] and founder of the company Physio-Control.^[3][4][5]

Karl William Edmark
Born	March 3, 1924
Died	April 6, 1994 Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, US
Resting place	Dry Creek Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, US
Education	M.D.
Children	Karl W. Edmark III, Tomima Edmark, John Edmark, Charles Van Middlestate, Richard Edmark, and James Edmark