An engineer brought together a group of Swiss watchmakers (specialists in micro engineering) and Swiss mountain tunnellers (with their ability to break through the toughest materials) and along with his own expertise in creating high quality and high durability springs for the car industry (Ferrari and Lamborghini!) they came up with a concept for the treatment of arterial blockages. This engineer was Mr. Straub, who suffered an unexpected arterial occlusion in the leg. He went to Dr. Schmidt with his newly created invention and asked to be treated with it. This was one of the first ever treatment with the Rotarex™S catheter, and the beginning of our success story.