Acutus Medical, Inc. Appoints John Sheridan as A New Director
March 18, 2021 at 06:00 am EDT
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Acutus Medical announced the appointment of John Sheridan to the Company's Board of Directors effective March 17, 2021. Since March 2019, Mr. Sheridan has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., a medical device company specializing in the design, development and commercialization of products for people with insulin-dependent diabetes. He has been a member of Tandem’s Board of Directors since June 2019 and a member of the executive management team since 2013. Prior to joining Tandem Diabetes Care, Mr. Sheridan served as Chief Operating Officer of Rapiscan Systems, Inc., a provider of security equipment and systems, from March 2012 to February 2013. Mr. Sheridan served as Executive Vice President of Research and Development and Operations for Volcano Corporation, a medical technology company, from November 2004 to March 2010. From May 2002 to May 2004, Mr. Sheridan served as Executive Vice President of Operations at CardioNet, Inc.
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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