Enpath Medical, Inc. :: careers ::  overview

Become a leader at Enpath, where innovation and quality to improve patients’ lives is what motivates us. Be a part of our continued growth as new ideas are developed and goals are accomplished.
Lead Technologies Division :: Principal R&D Engineer
Lead Technologies Division :: Process Development Engineer
Lead Technologies Division :: R&D Engineer
Lead Technologies Division :: Sr. R&D Engineer

Enpath Medical, Inc. :: advanced catheters :: Deflectable Sheaths

Enpath develops and manufactures innovative advanced delivery systems that solve procedural difficulties and enable safe, simple delivery of therapeutic and diagnostic devices. Guided by our physician advisors, we develop innovative, patented features and technology that you can incorporate into your product.
Unison™ Steerable Sheath (Deflectable Catheter)
INNOVATIVE FEATURES POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS
:: Deflectable tip
:: Variable durometers
:: Braided and lined
:: 1:1 deflection ratio
:: Access port
:: Hemostasis valve
:: Position lock
:: Kink resistant
Navigate tortuous anatomy to assist in:
:: Mitral valve repair
:: Cardiac ablation
:: Stent placement
:: Transseptal puncture
:: Epicardial access
:: Other
Contact Enpath Medical for more information

Enpath Medical, Inc. :: about :: privacy

Enpath Medical, A Subsidiary of Greatbatch, Ltd.

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Information we collect and how we use it:

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Privacy FAQ

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4. What is sensitive information?

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5. What is aggregated non-personal information?

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Enpath Medical, Inc. :: about :: management biographies

Vice President & General Manager of Introducers

Mark C. Kraus

was named Vice President & General Manager of the Introducer division in December 2005. During his tenure with Enpath Medical, Mr. Kraus has held various positions of increasing responsibility including Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer & President of the Delivery Systems Division. From February 2002 to the date of Medamicus’ acquisition of Biomec Cardiovascular, Mr. Kraus held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Medamicus. Mr. Kraus has been with Medamicus/Enpath Medical since February 1992. He was elected Vice President of Operations in January 1998, was named Vice President and General Manager of the percutaneous delivery solutions division in January 1999. Prior to that he served as Director of Manufacturing from July 1996; Manufacturing Manager of the gynecology division from January 1995; Manufacturing Manager of the percutaneous delivery solutions division from November 1992; and Sales Engineer from February 1992. Mr. Kraus also held Manufacturing Engineering positions with GV Medical, Inc. from 1990 to 1992, and Honeywell, Inc. from 1987 to 1990.

Vice President & General Manager Stimulation Leads & Advanced Delivery Systems

F. Anthony Headley, Jr., P.E.

joined the company in April 2007 as Vice President and General Manager of the Stimulation Leads and Advanced Delivery Systems division. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Headley served as Director of Research & Development in the Endoscopy Division of Boston Scientific since 2001. Mr. Headley has over 17 years of medical device and industry experience in research & development, engineering & operations management. He has held various positions with increasing levels of responsibility with Boston Scientific, Symbiosis Corporation, Parvacure Medical, and Auxis Inc. Mr. Headley earned his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech. Additionally, he has been a licensed Professional Engineer since 1996.

Corporate Controller and Corporate Secretary

Michael D. Erdmann

was named Corporate Controller and Corporate Secretary for the organization in October 2003. He had previously been the Controller since January 1996. He spent the first three years of his career as a Cost Accountant with Empi, Inc. In 1987 he left Empi to become Vice President of Operations for HiTech Companies, located in Dallas, TX. He joined AudioScience, Inc. in 1990 and served as Controller for five years. During 1995 he served as Vice President of Operations for IPC Corporation prior to joining MedAmicus, Inc. Mr. Erdmann is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Vice President of Sales & Marketing

Steven D. Mogensen

joined the company in February, 2006. Mr. Mogensen has over 20 years of experience in the medical device industry. Previously Mr. Mogensen was President and Co-founder of a privately held diagnostic imaging company. Mr. Mogensen also served as Vice President of Sales for one of MedSource Technologies divisions as well as managing the marketing functions for MedSource. Mr. Mogensen also held a variety of sales and marketing positions in his 12 year tenure with Smiths Medical.

Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance
Mike Winegar has over 20 years of medical device regulatory, quality, and clinical research experience. Prior to joining Enpath, Mike has held key management roles in various large and small medical device firms, including Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Myocor, and ev3.

Enpath Medical, Inc. :: services :: deflectable sheaths and custom delivery solutions

Enpath develops and manufactures innovative advanced delivery systems that solve procedural difficulties and enable safe, simple delivery of therapeutic and diagnostic devices. Guided by our physician advisors, we develop innovative, patented features and technology that you can incorporate into your product.

Potential Applications

Navigate tortuous anatomy to assist in:
– Mitral valve repair
– Stent placement
– Transseptal puncture
– Epicardial access
– Other
 
Innovative features
– Deflectable tip
– Variable durometers
– Braided and lined
– 1:1 deflection ratio
– Access port
– Hemostasis valve
– Position lock
– Kink resistant

Enpath Medical, Inc. :: services :: contract development

Partnering with both small, start-up companies and industry giants, Enpath Medical has designed and developed an array of implantable stimulation leads covering a variety of clinical applications. Enpath Medical’s product development team draws upon 75 years of combined experience in CRM and Neurostimulation Lead design, development and manufacturing. This capability allows us to provide creative solutions to your product development challenges, while ensuring a timely, cost-effective, manufacturable and reliable commercial product.

Enpath Medical offers the following development service benefits:

Dedicated cross-functional project teams
Delivery of complete Design History File with verifications, validations, FMEAs, and Hazard Analysis
In-house regulatory submission support
Production scale-up capabilities for commercial manufacture
ISO 9001:1994/EN ISO 13485:2000 certified

Enpath Medical, Inc. :: services :: contract manufacturing

Enpath Medical Lead Technologies has an ISO 9001/EN46001 certified, FDA registered, and CE compliant manufacturing facility with 26,000 square feet of manufacturing, laboratory, and office space. In addition, 5000 sq. ft. of that space is dedicated to Class 10,000 clean room product assembly and sterile packaging. Enpath Medical Lead Technologies also has extensive labeling capabilities and warehousing for strategic sourcing and final shipment. For processing specialized components in the manufacture of implantable stimulation leads, Enpath Medical also has the unique advantage of being able to leverage our in-house laser capabilities. Like the spectrum of contract development services, Enpath Medical can provide any or all of the manufacturing services listed below:

–   Complete manufacturing transfer of your existing product lines
–   Concurrent manufacturing engineering for products in the development stage
–   Design, fabrication, and validation of tooling and fixtures
–   Manufacturing process development and validation
–   Sterilization, shelf life, and packaging validation
–   Qualification and clinical trial samples
–   FDA submission support and documentation
–   Full-scale production
–   Complete packaged product with ship-to-stock service

Enpath Medical, Inc. :: introducers :: PTFE InterLock™ Peelable Introducer

Enpath offers a broad line of peelable introducers in a wide variety of sizes. Our introducers feature smooth sheath and dilator transitions, low profile handles and reliable peel performance. The locking hub ensures one to one rotation and prevents dilator pop-out. Our design features facilitate problem-free access in a variety of clinical applications.
PTFE InterLock™ Peelable Introducer
:: CONFIGURATIONS
:: In bulk (non-sterile)
:: In sterile procedure kits (call for kit configuration information)
MICRO SIZES (.018″ guidewire compatible)
INTRODUCER
FRENCH SIZE
SHEATH I.D.
(IN)
SHEATH LENGTH
(CM)
BULK MODEL
NUMBER
3.5 .050 6 10613-001
3.5 .050 11 10613-002
4.5 .066 6 10613-003
4.5 .066 11 10613-004
5.0 .073 6 10613-005
5.0 .073 11 10613-006
6.0 .084 6 10613-007
6.0 .084 11 10613-008
7.0 .097 6 10613-009
7.0 .097 11 10613-010
STANDARD SIZES (.035″ / .038″ guidewire compatible)
INTRODUCER
FRENCH SIZE
SHEATH I.D.
(IN)
SHEATH LENGTH
(CM)
BULK MODEL
NUMBER
7 .099 15 10491-004
8 .112 15 10491-005
9 .119 15 10491-006
10 .138 15 10491-007
12 .159 15 10491-008
13 .172 15 10491-009
14 .190 14 10491-010
15 .198 14 10491-011
16 .209 14 10491-012

Enpath Medical, Inc. :: introducers :: Kink-Resistent Slittable Introducer and Slitter

A specifically designed sheath with braid reinforced wall construction makes this introducer our most kink resistant and trackable design ever. Coupled with our patented slitter, sheath removal is attained by a simple two-handed technique.
 
:: CONFIGURATIONS
:: In bulk (non-sterile)
:: In sterile procedure kits (call for kit configuration information)
* SLITTER FRENCH SIZE SLITTER MODEL NUMBER
4 10013-003
5 10013-004
6 10009-003
7 10009-004
9 10009-005
11 10009-006
* Slitter should be sized to the desired implant device.