Innoblative Designs last week named former Lumicell chief executive Kelly Londy as its new CEO. Apart from her two-year stint at the Lumicell helm, Londy was COO at Accuray (NSDQ:ARAY) and worked at GE Healthcare and Philips Healthcare. “Innoblative’s Sira RF ablation device offers unique capabilities that address shortcomings in the current advanced energy surgical market,” […]
IRRAS buys InnerSpace Neuro Solutions assets, posts Q1 earnings
IRRAS said today that it acquired the assets of InnerSpace Neuro Solutions in a deal worth $700,000, and released its first quarter earnings release. The Stockholm-based company said that assets purchased include proprietary single and multi-lumen cranial access bolts, parenchymal intracranial pressure monitoring tech and a cranial access kit. The devices already have FDA 510(k) […]
HydroCision names Tranchemontagne as CEO | Personnel Moves – March 12, 2019
HydroCision said early this month that it tapped former Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) exec Alain Tranchemontagne as its new chief executive officer. Prior to joining Boston-based HydroCision, Tranchemontagne held a position as U.S. business commercial development senior VP at Smith & Nephew. Before joining Smith & Nephew, Tranchemontagne also held positions at Covidien in senior marketing roles […]
IRRAS: Intracranial bleeding management device used on first U.S. patient
IRRAS AB announced today that a healthcare team in Southern California is the first to use the company’s IRRAflow device on a U.S. patient with intracranial bleeding. A University of California–Irvine (UCI) Medical Center team led by Dr. Sumeet Vadera successfully treated a patient who suffered a chronic subdural hematoma after a recent fall. The IRRAflow device – FDA […]
NuVasive taps Medtronic surgical innovation prez Barry as new CEO | Personnel Moves – October 19, 2018
NuVasive (NSDQ:NUVA) said today it named Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) surgical innovations prez J. Barry as its new CEO, replacing Gregory Lucier, effective November 5. Barry will also join the company’s board of directors, where Lucier will continue to serve as board chair and aid in transition efforts, the San Diego-based company said. NuVasive also said that it promoted current strategy, […]
Abbott promotes Ford to COO | Personnel Moves – October 15, 2018
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) said today that it promoted the head of its medical device division, the healthcare giant’s largest segment, to be its new operations chief. In naming former medical devices VP Robert Ford as COO, Abbott said Ford oversaw the integration of St. Jude Medical and was instrumental in the debut of Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre […]
Organovo CEO Murphy steps away, Crouch steps up | Personnel Moves | April 14, 2017
Organovo (PINK:ONVO) said earlier this week that Taylor Crouch has been appointed as CEO, replacing Keith Murphy who is stepping away from the company. The changes are slated to go into effect on April 21. Prior to being tapped for the corner office, Crouch operated as CEO of investigative clinical research company eStudySite, the San Diego, […]
