Holger Hesse (1900âÂÂ1967) was a German engineer. Together with his partner, Danish anesthetist Henning Ruben, he invented the world's first non-electric, self-inflating resuscitator, the Ambu bag, in 1956.
References
- Life Science Encyclopedia, Bag valve mask
- The Ambu-Resuscitator, British Journal of Anesthesia Volume 35, Number 11 Pp. 748,
- Henning Ruben MD, 1914âÂÂ2004, Resuscitation, Volume 64, Issue 3, Pages 253âÂÂ256,