MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANY NAMES PRESIDENT, CEO

Providence-based Afferent Corp., an early-stage medical device company focused on treating chronic neurologic dysfunction, announced Tuesday that David M. Hable has joined the company as president and CEO. Hable was also named to the company's board of directors. A medical device industry executive, Hable formerly served as the worldwide president of Codman & Shurtleff, a division of Johnson & Johnson, considered a market leader in medical devices for neurosurgery.

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