Medtronic
The current CEO of Medtronic
Who is Geoff Martha?
an Indic language, in use since c1200 b.c. as the religious and classical literary language of India
What is Sanskrit?
It is the capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
What is Boston?
The international standard for Quality Systems for Medical Devices
What is ISO 13485?
A container for data
What is a variable?
The largest revenue producing business group for Medtronic
What is CVG ($10.5B)? (Cardio Vascular Group)
A series of postures and breathing exercises.
What is Yoga?
The revolutionary rider who warned that the "British were coming"
Who is Paul Revere?
The international standard for medical device software
IEC 62304
The process of setting the value of a variable for the first time
What is Initialization?
The document Earl Bakken created to describe the goal of Medtronic
What is the Medtronic Mission?
This person came to be known as the Buddha, or “Enlightened One.”
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
A superstition that evolved when the Boston Red Sox failed to win the World Series in 86 years.
What is the curse of the Bambino?
The way that medical devices are classified
What is the level of risk to patient?
A data type comprised of a sequence of characters
What is a string?
An estimate of the current number of Medtronic Employees around the world
What is 100,000?
An Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus.
What is the Ganges River?
The length of the Boston Marathon (in miles)
What is 26.2 miles?
The device classification of a Breast implant, pacemaker, stent, spinal implant
What are (examples of) Class III Devices?
an outline of a computer algorithm written in a form that can easily be converted to the actual programming statements?
What is pseudocode?
The founder of Medtronic
Who is Earl Bakken?
A traditional guide to medicine, diet, exercise, and disease, developed and remains an alternative form of healing
What is Ayurveda?
The city's nickname
What is Beantown?
The FDA requirement for Class III medical devices that would entail an Investigational New Device (IND) application and a patient safety trial
What is premarket authorization OR PMA?
The name of the software program for Medtronic's Hugo Program for Robotic Assisted Surgery?
What is EIN or Einstein?