Profile overview
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.
What did Leonard Pinchuk invent?
NAI Fellow associated with Nylon 12 angioplasty balloon, helical-wire stent, and modular stent-graft.
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.
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.





