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Medical & Dental

Leonard Pinchuk

Nylon 12 angioplasty balloon, helical-wire stent, and modular stent-graft

United StatesEvidence: high confidenceChecked July 2026

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Who is Leonard Pinchuk?

Leonard Pinchuk is an inventor associated with United States. Their documented work in medical & dental includes Nylon 12 angioplasty balloon, helical-wire stent, and modular stent-graft, the contribution at the center of this evidence-backed profile.

NAI's profile of Leonard Pinchuk focuses on Nylon 12 angioplasty balloon, helical-wire stent, and modular stent-graft. Pinchuk's major accomplishments include the invention of the Nylon 12 angioplasty balloon (used by all interventional cardiology companies), the helical wire stent, the modular stent-graft, a drug-eluting stent, several biomaterials, a novel glaucoma tube and the next generation intraocular lens.

Known forNylon 12 angioplasty balloon, helical-wire stent, and modular stent-graft
FieldMedical & Dental
Associated withUnited States
Evidence reviewed2 sources
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What did Leonard Pinchuk invent?

NAI Fellow associated with Nylon 12 angioplasty balloon, helical-wire stent, and modular stent-graft.

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What did Leonard Pinchuk accomplish?

Its documented significance comes from the biography's account: Pinchuk's major accomplishments include the invention of the Nylon 12 angioplasty balloon (used by all interventional cardiology companies), the helical wire stent, the modular stent-graft, a drug-eluting stent, several biomaterials, a novel glaucoma tube and the next generation intraocular lens.

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What is known about Leonard Pinchuk today?

Present in the current NAI Fellows Directory checked 2026-07-27, without the directory’s deceased asterisk marker.