Acutus Medical, Inc. Appoints Niamh Pellegrini to Board of Directors
August 12, 2021 at 09:02 pm
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Acutus Medical, Inc. announced the appointment of Niamh Pellegrini to the Company's Board of Directors, effective August 10, 2021. Ms. Pellegrini has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry and, since July 2019, has served as the Chief Commercial Officer of Nevro, Inc., a medical device company dedicated to helping patients suffering from chronic pain achieve lasting relief. Ms. Pellegrini has previously served as Vice President of Global Commercial Operations for Abbott Vascular, and as CEO and President at Autonomic Technologies, Inc.Ms. Pellegrini has also held positions in leadership, global business development, marketing, strategy and commercial with Thoratec Corporation and Johnson & Johnson.
Acutus Medical, Inc. is focused on the production of left-heart access products under its distribution agreement with Medtronic, Inc. (Medtronic). The Company is solely focused on supporting the manufacturing and distribution of products to Medtronic. It manufactures transseptal crossing devices and associated accessories, such as integrated transseptal dilators and needles, fixed-curve or steerable introducers, and steerable sheaths (Products). These Products are used to access the left side, or left atrium, of the cardiac anatomy and are used in a range of medical applications, including in electrophysiology and structural heart procedures. The technology supports physicians during a critical component of an ablation or structural heart procedure. The transseptal crossing devices that it manufactures for Medtronic include versions that are length-, diameter- and tip-matched and designed to lock into the hub of sheaths used in many left-heart procedures.
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