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Thomas J. Fogarty

American surgeon (1934-2025) · United States · Doctors · Died at 91

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Thomas James Fogarty was an American surgeon and medical device inventor. He is best known for the invention of the embolectomy catheter, which revolutionized the treatment of blood clots (emboli).

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A life in dates

2025Died28 December 20252012National Medal of Technology and InnovationAward2001National Inventors Hall of FameAward2000Lemelson-MIT PrizeAward1934Born25 February 1934

Awards

National Medal of Technology and Innovation2012

National Inventors Hall of Fame2001

Lemelson-MIT Prize2000

About this person

Thomas James Fogarty was an American surgeon and medical device inventor. He is best known for the invention of the embolectomy catheter, which revolutionized the treatment of blood clots (emboli).

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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United States