▁of ▁radi ology ▁which ▁came ▁with ▁the ▁benefits ▁of ▁a ▁newly ▁fitted ▁labor atory ▁where ▁he ▁worked ▁with ▁colle agues ▁to ▁util ize ▁these ▁techniques ▁to ▁develop ▁select ive ▁coron ary ▁c ath eter ization . ▁O vert ime , ▁his ▁names ake , ▁the ▁Jud kins ▁c ath eter , ▁was ▁developed ▁using ▁a ▁heat - fix ation ▁method ▁which ▁perman ently ▁set ▁the ▁shape ▁of ▁a ▁st iff ▁wire ▁inside ▁of ▁a ▁c ath eter . ▁He ▁published ▁these ▁find ings ▁in ▁Rad i ology ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁and ▁by ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁his ▁pres h aped ▁Jud kins ▁c ath eters ▁were ▁being ▁commer cially ▁produced . ▁ ▁Late ▁years ▁By ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁he ▁was ▁promoted ▁to ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁Director ▁of ▁Card i ov asc ular ▁Rad i ology ▁at ▁U O MS ▁and ▁was ▁subsequently ▁offered ▁a ▁post ▁as ▁fac ulty ▁at ▁L oma ▁L inda ▁University . ▁He ▁took ▁this ▁offer ▁and ▁moved ▁with ▁his ▁wife ▁back ▁to ▁California , ▁and ▁took ▁the ▁positions ▁of ▁chair ▁of ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Rad iation ▁Sciences ▁and ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁card i ov asc ular ▁labor ator ies ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 0 – 1 9 7 8 , ▁during ▁which ▁time ▁his ▁l abs ▁were ▁frequ ented ▁by ▁phys icians ▁from ▁around ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁Jud kins ▁retired ▁from ▁active ▁teaching ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁after ▁suffering ▁a ▁stroke . ▁He ▁then ▁continued ▁to ▁author