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Heliane canepa biography of nancy
Ms. Canepa has been with Schneider almost since it was founded in 1977, when it started manufacturing the first angioplasty balloons for Andreas Gruentzig. This interview was conducted in November 1996 by Burt Cohen.
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Q: Tell me what it was like working in the beginning days of angioplasty.
Canepa: Well, we started in a garage.
We had a production team of ten people. And, of course, there was no clean room.
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We made about five catheters a week. And we were not allowed to sell one catheter to a doctor who didn't show us a certificate from Andreas Gruentzig, a training certificate. So, we had a window in this garage and we opened it.
We gave the catheter and we wanted cash � Swiss francs � not U.S. dollars, no checks. And we sent the doctors back to the bank so that they could bring Swiss francs. And at that time they were very