| Fogarty catheter | A catheter with an inflatable balloon near its tip; used to remove arterial emboli and thrombi from major veins (e.g., iliofemoral) and to remove stones from the biliary ducts. Synonym: balloon-tip catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Fogarty clamp | A clamp with rubber-shod blades having serrated surfaces, to provide an atraumatic grip on tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fogarty, Thomas | <person> U.S. Thoracic surgeon, *1934. See: Fogarty catheter, Fogarty clamp. (05 Mar 2000) |