TITLE: Balloon Catheter INVENTOR: Thomas Fogarty YEAR: 1965 PRINT#: F7101S Before Fogarty's invention, the success rate for removing an embolus, or blood clot, was forty to fifty percent. The balloon embolectomy catheter was used on a human patient for the first time six weeks after Fogarty came up with the idea in 1961. His invention and the many others that resulted from his original embolectomy catheter heavily influenced the way surgery was performed. As a result of the invention, Dr. Fogarty, still alive today, went on to win many prizes and patent over sixty inventions.Reproduction of the original patent artwork and application submitted by Thomas Fogarty to the US Patent & Trademark Office in 1965 Art is printed on premium paper for an aged and authentic look Framed art is double-matted and presented in a high-quality wood & glass frame Makes a great urologist urology doctor gift! 11x14 Framed Overall frame size 13-1/4 x 16-1/4 Mat is 2 in wide around art Double-matted: charcoal (top) and black (bottom) Frame is sealed and includes hanging hardware
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