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Bill Hawkins Appointed Chair At Tricuspid Valve Startup 4Tech

 
• By Sue Darcey

Medtech veteran Bill Hawkins is the new board chair of 4Tech, a startup developing transcatheter tricuspid valve repair devices.

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.

The appointment was announced Oct. 28. As the first chairman of 4Tech, Hawkins will help with the clinical validation and...

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