Itzhak Bentov

Itzhak Bentov (Ben-Tov) (Hebrew: יצחק בנטוב‎; August 9, 1923 - May 25, 1979) was a Czechoslovakian-born Israeli-American scientist and mystic, noted as the co-founder of Medi-Tech (acquired by Boston Scientific) and for his invention of the steerable cardiac catheter, in addition to his later work in consciousness research.