Made in Ramsey County: VitalPath 2026

VitalPath is proud to be strategically situated in the heart of Minnesota’s Medical Alley, an epicenter of global MedTech innovation. In partnership with our medical device OEM customers, we are driven to help dramatically improve quality of life for patients around the world. We do this by designing, developing, and manufacturing exceptional, high-quality complex catheter solutions through impassioned customer relationships, innovative engineering, and operational excellence. These catheters are used in a variety of interventional markets to improve quality of life and restore patient health and vital function, including Electrophysiology, Structural Heart, Peripheral Vascular, Renal Denervation, Neurovascular, and Ventricular Assist.

VitalPath is proud to announce the expansion of its Maplewood, Minnesota facility, which now serves as a central hub in Minnesota’s Medical Alley for catheter innovation, development, and manufacturing.  

The expanded facility brings together executive leadership, catheter New Product Development (NPD), New Product Introduction (NPI), sustaining engineering, and manufacturing teams in a single location. Designed to support seamless collaboration across the product lifecycle, the site enables faster communication, more efficient decision-making, and closer alignment between development and manufacturing teams.

“By bringing our catheter NPD and NPI teams together in one location, we are creating a more connected environment for innovation, collaboration, and execution across our customers’ complex catheter programs,” said Bill Ellerkamp, CEO of VitalPath. “Our customers value the responsiveness, technical expertise, and collaborative partnerships they experience when working with our teams. This expansion further strengthens our ability to deliver those benefits while helping customers move their programs forward more effectively and efficiently.”

The facility also features a dedicated NPD laboratory, providing space for product development activities, prototyping, and customer collaboration. As a destination frequently visited by customers, our Maplewood facility further strengthens its role as a center for engineer-to-engineer engagement, technical problem-solving, and strategic partnership.

Complementing the Maplewood collaboration hub, is VitalPath’s extrusion and braiding center-of-excellence co-located in Maplewood and VitalPath’s Cokato, Minnesota site which also provides expertise in precision laser components, laser processing, and catheter assembly. Together, these facilities offer a vertically integrated ecosystem that supports customers from concept and development through commercialization and production scale-up.

We also recognize that none of this would be possible without our dedicated and passionate team members who bring vital energy to their work every day to truly make a difference. Everyone at VitalPath works hard to maintain our reputation as experts in manufacturing custom, highly complex catheter solutions, which is recognized by our customers and is what sets us apart from our competition. We are proud of these accomplishments and understand that our responsibility is to go above and beyond and to strive for improvement and excellence in all that we do.