Sven Ivar Seldinger

Sven Ivar Seldinger (19 April 1921 – 21 February 1998), was a radiologist from Mora Municipality, Sweden. In 1953, he introduced the Seldinger technique to obtain safe access to blood vessels and other hollow organs.[1]

  1. ^ Seldinger SI (1953). "Catheter replacement of the needle in percutaneous arteriography; a new technique". Acta Radiologica. 39 (5): 368–76. doi:10.3109/00016925309136722. PMID 13057644.