Carmat SA announced the appointment of Wenzel Hurtak as Director of Manufacturing. Wenzel Hurtak is a seasoned medical device professional with a strong and broad expertise in R&D and Manufacturing. Engineering Graduate in Physics and Materials Science from the University of Groningen he has spent most of his career in Life Sciences companies such as Cordis /Johnson & Johnson where he held several management positions in Manufacturing and Process Engineering as well as Advanced R&D. In 2004, he joinedIntegra LifeSciences Corporation, a world leader in Neurosurgery and Orthopaedics, where he became Vice President of European Operations. Prior to joiningCARMAT, Wenzel Hurtak was Business Director New Products at Contract Medical International GmbH, a leader in Product Development for minimally invasive devices in cardiology and various other applications.