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CoAptus Raises $3M for Heart Device

Luke Timmerman5/19/09

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 Biotech Editor of Xconomy, and the Editor of Xconomy Seattle. E-mail him at ltimmerman@xconomy.com or follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ldtimmerman.

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