Acutus Medical Appoints Duane Wilder as Chief Commercial Officer
March 02, 2021 at 08:00 am EST
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Acutus Medical announced the appointment of Duane Wilder as the company’s Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Wilder joins Acutus with over 25 years of commercial experience in the medical technology industry. Most recently, Mr. Wilder served as Vice President of US Sales, for the Image Guided Therapy division of Philips, where he had National responsibility for all of Philips’ Image Guided Therapy equipment and service sales, as well as the disposable catheters used with the equipment. Previously, Mr. Wilder held roles of increasing responsibility at Volcano Corp. (prior to its acquisition by Philips) since 2002, culminating in his role as Senior Vice President, U.S. Commercial, where he was responsible for U.S. Sales, U.S. downstream marketing, and Global training.
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.