Biotech, VC, deals
CoAptus Raises $3M for Heart Device
Luke Timmerman 5/19/09
CoAptus Medical, the Redmond, WA-based company that is developing a catheter device to seal up heart defects, has raised $3 million, according to a regulatory filing. CoAptus is led by CEO Joe Eichinger, a serial medical device entrepreneur, and its board includes former Heart Technology CEO David Auth and Robert Van Tassel, the founder of the Minneapolis Heart Institute.
Luke Timmerman is the National Biotechnology Editor for Xconomy. You can e-mail him at ltimmerman@xconomy.com, call 206-624-2374, or follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ldtimmerman.





