Pathway names Rafferty as sales VP

Pathway Medical Technologies, developer of peripheral arterial disease devices, has hired Joseph Rafferty as its vice president of sales. Rafferty joins the Kirkland, Wash.-based firm with more than 25 years of experience in the medical device industry.

In other news, Pathway has moved its operations to a new 51,000-square-foot facility, also located in Kirkland.

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