AGA Medical Company Description
AGA Medical Holdings heals broken hearts. The company specializes in making medical devices for treating structural heart defects and vascular diseases. Its AMPLATZER occlusion devices use minimally invasive small catheters, which physicians can retrieve and position without the need for multiple devices or repetition of procedures. The company sells its devices, used primarily by pediatric cardiologists, radiologists, and vascular surgeons, in more than 100 countries through a direct sales force and distributors. Dr. Kurt Amplatz established AGA Medical Holdings in 1995 while working as a professor at the University of Minnesota Department of Radiology.
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