Can you give me information about nevin jenkins the inventor of life alert?
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We've all heard the slogan for the device that launched the infomercial of all infomercials. The campy TV ad, featuring an old lady falling and then using her Life Call Med Alert device to call paramedics, made the slogan into one of the most popular catchphrases of the '90s. But the device really did save lives, allowing many seniors to live at home alone.
Inventor Nevin Jenkins created the device when he was just 18 years old. While the device proved a huge hit, Jenkins found marketing it so difficult that he sold the idea, but retained royalties and manufacturing.
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