20 medical device startups you need to know

Imperative CareCampbell, Calif.Founded: 2015Technology for stroke treatment

Imperative Care‘s TracStar LDP, touted as the first LDP on the market, is a 0.088 in. large bore access catheter designed to get closer to the treatment site for stroke procedures, while its Zoom aspiration portfolio, designed to work with LDP, delivers trackable aspiration catheters that are optimized for fast, effective clot removal, treating occlusions from ICA to M2.

The company closed an $85 million Series C financing round in December 2019. –SW

Investors include: 3H Health Investment, Ally Bridge, Bain Capital, Incept, Rock Springs Capital