Corporate Profile for Ventrica, Inc., dated March 15, 2002.Business Editors --(BUSINESS WIRE) The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0-
Published Date: March 15, 2002
Company Name: Ventrica, Inc.
Address: 5055 Brandin Court
Fremont, CA 94538
Main Telephone
Number: 510/438-7100
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.ventrica.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Mark Foley
Chief Financial
Officer: Bill Kemper
Investor Relations
Contact: John Groetelaars
Business number: 510/438-7100
Public Relations
Contact: Robin Gaffney
Business number: 510/438-7123
E-mail address: rgaffney@ventrica.com
Industry: Medical Devices
Company description: Ventrica, Inc. was founded in 1998 to develop technologies which enable less-invasive coronary coronary /cor·o·nary/ (kor´o-nar?e) encircling like a crown; applied to vessels, ligaments, etc., especially to the arteries of the heart, and to pathologic involvement of them. cor·o·nar·y adj. revascularization. The aim of the Company is to combine minimally invasive invasive /in·va·sive/ (-siv) 1. having the quality of invasiveness. 2. involving puncture of the skin or insertion of an instrument or foreign material into the body; said of diagnostic techniques. aspects of interventional cardiology interventional cardiology Cardiology The subspecialty of cardiology dedicated to the diagnosis, medical and mechanical therapy, pre- and post-procedure management of adult patients with acute and chronic forms of cardiovascular disease amenable to catheter-based in the treatment of heart disease with the long-term success of coronary artery bypass surgery Coronary artery bypass surgery, also coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and colloquially heart bypass or bypass surgery is a surgical procedure performed to relieve angina and reduce the risk of death from coronary artery disease. . The pursuit of this goal has yielded what the Company believes to be breakthrough technologies for automating the anastomotic a·nas·to·mo·sis n. pl. a·nas·to·mo·ses 1. The connection of separate parts of a branching system to form a network, as of leaf veins, blood vessels, or a river and its branches. 2. connection of blood vessels Blood vessels Tubular channels for blood transport, of which there are three principal types: arteries, capillaries, and veins. Only the larger arteries and veins in the body bear distinct names. . Ventrica, Inc. is a privately-held medical device company. |
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