CAS Medical appoints Patton as prez, CEO

CAS Medical Systems (CASMED) has appointed Thomas M. Patton president, CEO and a member of its board of directors, effective Aug. 27.

Prior to joining CASMED, a Branford, Conn.-based developer of noninvasive patient monitoring technology, Patton served as the CEO of Wright Medical Group, an orthopedic device company in Memphis, Tenn.; and as President of Novametrix Medical Systems, a patient monitoring company in Wallingford, Conn.

Most recently, he acted as an advisor to the healthcare-focused private equity group of Ferrer Freeman & Company, and as CEO of QDx, a start-up developer of hematology diagnostics platform software.

 

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