Instruments for transluminal coronary angioplasty, c 1990.

These are a mini-profile balloon dilation catheter for transluminal coronary angioplasty, 1989, manufactured by CR Bard (Ireland) Ltd, and a syringe used to inflate balloons during transluminal coronary angioplasty, c 1990, made by USCI. An angioplasty is a surgical procedure where a balloon is inserted into a blood vesel and then inflated in order to widen a narrowed section.