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HYCOR Biomedical, a manufacturer of in vitro diagnostic devices, announced the appointment of four new members to its senior management team, including Eric Whitters as COO, Tommy Chiu as vice president of operations, Ulf Bladin as vice president and general manager for EMEA territory, and Kim Walker as vice president of regulatory, quality and clinical affairs.

Baltimore-based image-fusion medical device manufacturer Clear Guide Medical has named Bob Cathcart as its new chief executive officer. Cathcart, who most recently served as senior vice president of global sales at Hansen Medical, has more than three decades of experience in the medical device field. He will succeed Clear Guide co-founder Dorothee Heisenberg as CEO. Heisenberg will remain with the company as executive vice president.

Lumicell has appointed Felix Geissler as its new chief medical officer. Geissler most recently served as medical head for the oncology department at Sanofi Genzyme and has previously worked for Novartis and BMS and as a transplant surgeon at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison. He will collaborate with the imaging company’s R&D and marketing departments to develop its overall business strategy.