Itzhak Bentov
Itzhak Bentov · Science & Medicine
Inventor who developed the steerable cardiac catheter used in angiography
1923, Humenné, Czechoslovakia — 1979, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Israel · United States
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Itzhak Bentov was a Czech-born Israeli-American inventor and biomedical engineer who developed the first practical steerable cardiac catheter, a device that advanced angiography and catheter-based diagnosis and treatment. He was Jewish; he emigrated to Mandatory Palestine and later to the United States, where he also became known as a writer on consciousness. He died in the 1979 crash of American Airlines Flight 191.
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Inventor who developed the steerable cardiac catheter used in angiography
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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