Silk Road Medical, Inc. Announces Changes to Board of Directors
December 04, 2020 at 02:35 am IST
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Silk Road Medical Inc. announced the appointment of Kevin Ballinger to the company's Board of Directors. Simultaneously, the company also announced the resignation of current board member, Ruoxi Chen. Both of these changes are effective immediately. Ballinger, the recently appointed Chief Executive Officer of Aldevron, brings decades of experience in the medical device industry. Prior to joining Aldevron, he spent 25 years at Boston Scientific, a company focused on a variety of interventional medical specialties. During his last nine years at Boston Scientific, he served as Executive Vice President and Global President of the Interventional Cardiology division.
Silk Road Medical, Inc. is a medical device company that is focused on reducing the risk of stroke and its impact. The Company has developed an approach for the treatment of carotid artery disease called TransCarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR). TCAR is a clinically proven procedure combining surgical principles of neuroprotection with minimally invasive endovascular techniques to treat blockages in the carotid artery at risk of causing a stroke. Its product portfolio consists of five single-use components: ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System, ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System, ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit, ENROUTE 0.014'' Guidewire and ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilation Catheter. It manufactures ENROUTE NPS and ENROUTE NPS PLUS, or its ENROUTE NPS products, at its facilities in Sunnyvale, California and Plymouth, Minnesota. These facilities provide an aggregate of over 35,000 square feet of space for its production and distribution operations.
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