General Motors Research Laboratories

General Motors Research Laboratories are the part of General Motors responsible for creation of the first known operating system (GM-NAA I/O) in 1955 and contributed to the first mechanical heart, the Dodrill-GMR, successfully used while performing open heart surgery.[1]

References

  1. American Heart Association. The Mechanical Heart celebrates 50 lifesaving years. 22 10 2002. 9 February 2008 http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml;jsessionid=EFNP3NSFUBXLICQFCXQCDSQ?identifier=3005888%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D


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