# Julio C. Palmaz — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Julio C. Palmaz has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Doctors Implant a Permanent Stent Using a Balloon](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/4733665/palmaz-balloon-expandable-stent) — granted 1988
  This patent describes the method for placing a permanent, expandable wire mesh tube inside a blood vessel or other body tube using a balloon-tipped catheter to widen it and keep it open.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/julio-c-palmaz

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