Key Highlights
- Drawing on his love of fly-fishing, he developed a balloon catheter that removes blood clots from patients’ limbs in a minimally invasive way.
- It has saved millions of lives.
Thomas Fogarty, 91, Who Helped Revolutionize Vascular Surgery, Dies
Drawing on his love of fly-fishing, he developed a balloon catheter that removes blood clots from patients’ limbs in a minimally invasive way. It has saved millions of lives.
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Medical DevicesInnovationDeaths (Obituaries)Surgery and SurgeonsFogarty, Thomas JStanford UniversityFogarty Innovation
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