Kazi Mobin-Uddin (July 16, 1930 – June 10, 1999) was an American surgeon specializing in vascular surgery research.

Early life

He was born in British India and educated at the Aligarh Muslim University.

Career

In 1969 he developed the first

Inferior vena cava filter An inferior vena cava filter is a medical device made of metal that is implanted by vascular surgeons or interventional radiologists into the inferior vena cava to prevent a life-threatening pulmonary embolism (PE) or venous thromboembolism (VT ...

while on faculty at

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for patients with

deep vein thrombosis Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a type of venous thrombosis involving the formation of a blood clot in a deep vein, most commonly in the legs or pelvis. A minority of DVTs occur in the arms. Symptoms can include pain, swelling, redness, and enla ...

. He published his findings in

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and

Archives of Surgery ''JAMA Surgery'' is an international peer-reviewed journal, which began publication in 1920.Kibbe, MD, Melina R. and Howard Bauchner, MD (2020)"Announcing the 100th Anniversary of JAMA Surgery, 1920 to 2020" editorial, JAMA Network, January 8, 202 ...

. Till then patients with

required a high-risk invasive surgical procedure to prevent

thrombus A thrombus (plural thrombi), colloquially called a blood clot, is the final product of the blood coagulation step in hemostasis. There are two components to a thrombus: aggregated platelets and red blood cells that form a plug, and a mesh of ...

embolization Embolization refers to the passage and lodging of an embolus within the bloodstream. It may be of natural origin ( pathological), in which sense it is also called embolism, for example a pulmonary embolism; or it may be artificially indu ...

to the

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magazine reported on the discovery in its October 20, 1969 issue calling it "Umbrella of life." The Mobin-Uddin umbrella was released for general clinical use in 1970. American College of Chest Physicians has incorporated

into guidelines for management of

in their 2012 guidelines. Over 50,000

are placed in

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each year.

References

1930 births 1999 deaths Indian expatriates in the United States American surgeons Aligarh Muslim University alumni 20th-century surgeons American physicians of Indian descent {{US-physician-stub