Former Medtronic PLC chair and CEO Bill Hawkins has been elected chairman of 4Tech Inc., a clinical-stage startup firm that developed the TriCinch transcatheter tricuspid valve repair device.
Bill Hawkins Appointed Chair At Tricuspid Valve Startup 4Tech
Medtech veteran Bill Hawkins is the new board chair of 4Tech, a startup developing transcatheter tricuspid valve repair devices.
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