Denis Harrington, who until recently was head of sales for Boston Scientific Corp.’s cardiovascular and CRM business, has left the company to become president and CEO of a Twin Cities startup called BridgePoint Medical Inc.

BridgePoint Medical Inc. has raised $9.1 million from the sale of equity. The company based in Plymouth, Minnesota, is developing balloon catheter system to treat chronic coronary and peripheral total occlusions, a condition in which clots frequently clog blood vessels.

BridgePoint Medical Inc. has raised $1 million from the sale of debt and stock warrants, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.The company, based in Plymouth, Minnesota, is developing balloon catheter system to treat chronic coronary and peripheral total occlusions, a condition in which clots frequently clog blood vessels.Last year, European regulators [...]

Ground was supposed to have been broken in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to Tower Investments. Now, after delays and increasing skepticism from the public, John Pierce, senior vice president at Tower Investments LLC, said that plans have changed.

The company has developed two interventional catheters that are designed to help cardiologists navigate diseased arteries in order to restore blood flow and place stents.