Itzhak Bentov

Itzhak "Ben" Bentov (also Ben-Tov) (Hebrew: יצחק בנטוב) (August 9, 1923 – May 25, 1979) was a Czechoslovakia-born Israeli American scientist, inventor, mystic and author. His many inventions, including the steerable cardiac catheter, helped pioneer the biomedical engineering industry. He was also an early exponent of what has come to be referred to as consciousness studies and authored several books on the subject.