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"We just look at where there's a need and
ask ourselves if we can do something."
- Dr. Tom Fogarty
World Renowned Surgeon /
Inventor Founds Crux Biomedical
Tom Fogarty, former Stanford University Professor and cardiovascular surgeon, has founded over 33 medical device companies and has been credited with over 125 patents. It has been estimated that Dr. Fogarty’s medical devices have touched the lives of over 25 million patients worldwide.
The founding of Crux Biomedical in 2004 was another step in Fogarty’s passion to provide clinicians with improved medical treatments for potentially life threatening conditions of the human vascular system.
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MIAMI, Feb. 1 2006: Crux announces successful implantation and retrieval of the Crux filter at the French Hospital (Asuncion, Paraguay) with Dr. Adrian Ebner and Dr. Frank Arko, co-founder of Crux and Chief of Endovascular Surgery at University of Texas Southwestern. “I was amazed how easy it was to retrieve the Crux filter in our initial implants outside the United States. We were able to deploy or remove the filter in less than 5 minutes”.
ATLANTA, Oct. 3 2007: Dr. David Rosenthal , chief of vascular surgery at Atlanta Medical Center comments after implanting first Crux filter in the US. “The Crux filter was extremely easy to deploy. We are excited with the devices’ ability to routinely self-center in the vena cava and as result, we anticipate improved retrievability”
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