Jan 7, 2026 · Dr. Thomas J. Fogarty, a longtime Portola Valley resident who became as well-known for his Fogarty Winery as for his invention of the balloon catheter, a ground-breaking …

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5 days ago · Dr. Thomas J. Fogarty, founder of Fogarty Winery and inventor of groundbreaking medical devices, died on Dec. 28, 2025. Photo courtesy Thomas Fogarty Jr.

Jan 6, 2026 · Fogarty created many inventions that fundamentally changed cardiac surgical practice. He also received the Presidential Medal of Technology and Innovation from President …

Thomas J. Fogarty (February 25, 1934 – December 28, 2025) was an American surgeon and medical device inventor. He is best known for the invention of the embolectomy catheter (or …

6 days ago · Home City of Menlo Park Thomas J. Fogarty, MD passes away at age 91 by Contributed Content on January 7, 2026 Editor’s note: The following obituary was posted on …

Dr. Fogarty’s inventive spirit revealed itself early and extended well beyond medicine. At just 12 years old, frustrated by being jolted off the back of his friend’s motor scooter, he invented the …

Jan 5, 2026 · Fogarty was a prolific medtech inventor who pioneered minimally invasive surgery, later starting the innovation institute that bears his name.

Jan 6, 2026 · Dr. Tom Fogarty, inventor of the balloon catheter and founder of a Mountain View medical device incubator, died at 91 after mentoring innovators.

Dec 28, 2025 · In 1981, he founded the Thomas Fogarty Winery, located near San Francisco and he also founded the Fogarty Institute for Innovation. Fogarty held over 70 patents and won …