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Vital Path Appoints Rich Rivard As Chief Commercial Officer

PRIVATEJul 11, 2024almost 2 years ago

Position

Chief Commercial Officer

Company

VitalPath

Rich Rivard
New HopeManufacturingBiotechnologyHealth CareMedical DeviceImage Recognition

Description

VitalPath has named Rich Rivard as its Chief Commercial Officer, with over 25 years of progressive sales, commercial excellence, and strategic leadership experience.

Company Information

Company

VitalPath

Location

New Hope, Minnesota, United States

About

VitalPath manufactures custom, highly complex catheter solutions for medical device companies. We specialize in meeting customers’ most challenging requirements, like single or multidirectional deflection, pushability, kink resistance, and torque response. With more than 20 years of experience, we serve customers in the cardiovascular, electrophysiology, neurovascular, peripheral vascular, and structural heart markets. VitalPath comprises the companies formerly known as Catheter & Medical Design LLC (CMD); VitalDyne Medical Inc., which CMD acquired in March 2021; and Modern Catheter Technologies, acquired in January 2022. Headquartered in the Minneapolis area, VitalPath is ISO 13485:2016 certified and has an FDA-registered facility.

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