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Josh Yehoshua Shachar (draft)
Josh Yehoshua Shachar (born May 13, 1956) is an Israeli-American mathematician, author and inventor. He is the CEO and chairman of a number of corporate entities, and the founder of Magnetecs Corp., which developed the CGCI (Catheter Guidance Control & Imaging) magnetic surgical robotic system that was personally invented by Mr. Shachar.

Early Life and Education
Shachar attended UCLA as a Fullbright Scholar where he was a student of Richard Feynman, Alonzo Church and Edward Teller (clarification needed)

Medical Device Development
In 2003 Shachar began development of a magnetic control array to steer a catheter fitted with a ferro-magnetic tip. After securing the first patent for this technology, the proof-of-concept device was scaled up into a fully functioning prototype (CGCI "I") which was used to establish the clinical relevance and viability of the system (citation needed). After entering into a partnership with St. Jude, under the direction of Josh Shachar, Magnetecs succeeded in completing the CGCI "II" system which was subsequently installed at La Paz Hospital in Madrid, Yonsei University in Seoul, and Na Homolce Hospital in Prague.

Other medical devices invented by Shachar include a Metronomic Feedback Pump, Microfluidic Biosensor with Reader, Smart Brain Retractor and related surgical instruments, Spinal Fusion Implant, (sources)