Leonard Pinchuk
Leonard Pinchuk · Science & Medicine
Biomedical engineer, inventor of biomedical polymers and vascular stents
1954
Canada · United States (Miami, Florida)
Leonard Pinchuk is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biomedical engineer, inventor of biomedical polymers and vascular stents
Biomedical engineer, serial inventor and entrepreneur with more than 120 US patents. His inventions include the Nylon-12 angioplasty balloon, the drug-eluting coronary stent, the InnFocus MicroShunt glaucoma implant and the widely used implantable polymer SIBS; devices based on his work have treated hundreds of millions of patients. Elected to the US National Academy of Engineering and awarded the 2019 Russ Prize, he is listed among Jewish figures in biomedical science in Jinfo.org's index.
Verify and go deeper with these external references.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
This page is published in seven languages from an English source. The translations are reviewed, but a mistake can still slip through. If you spot one on this profile — a wrong word, a lost date, a sentence that says something the English does not — please tell us.
Biomedical engineer, inventor of biomedical polymers and vascular stents
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Similar Contributors
Robert Langer
Aaron Ismach
Alan Heeger
Bernard Lown
