Wayne Quinton was a developer of over thirty biomedical devices.

Quinton received a degree in biomedical technology from the University of Washington

University of Washington

University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

 in 1959. He previously attended Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho) and Montana State University.

Among Quinton's inventions was a shunt with Belding Scribner and David Dillard that allowed for repeated kidney dialysis procedures on an individual, making the process one that truly extended the patients life expectancy.

Quinton is a Latter-day Saint. He was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the age of 35. Quinton was raised in Rigby, Idaho

Rigby, Idaho

Rigby is a small city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Idaho, United States. The population was 2,998 at the 2000 census.The larger "Rigby area" includes such outlying unincorporated communities as Annis, Garfield, Grant, Labelle, and Clark...

.

Sources

• UW article on Quinton's inventions
• An article about Wayne Quinton featured in the June 2009 the UW Alumni Magazine, Columns.
• Seattle Times obituary of Scribner that mentions Quinton
• LDS Church News, Jan.16, 2010
• Meridian Magazine article by Mark W. Cannon on Latter-day Saint scientists.