Company: PFSA
Filing Date: 2025-05-13
Form Type: CORRESP
Source: 0001213900-25-042453
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Company: Profusa, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-13
Form: CORRESP
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| Profusa, Inc.             
 626 Bancroft Way, Suite A 
 Berkeley, CA 94710        | NorthView Acquisition Corp.  
 207 West 25th St., 9th Floor 
 New York, NY 10001           |

May 13, 2025

VIA EDGAR

United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street NE
Washington, D.C. 20549

| Re: | NorthView Acquisition Corp.                            
 Profusa, Inc.                                          
 Amendment No. 14 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 
 Filed May 9, 2025                                      |
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|     | File No. 333-269417                                    |

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations of the Securities
and Exchange Commission promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, NorthView Acquisition Corp. and Profusa, Inc. each
hereby respectfully request that the effective date of the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended (the “Registration
Statement”) be accelerated to, and that the Registration Statement be declared effective at, 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 14,
2025, or as soon as practicable thereafter.

Please contact Ralph V. De Martino (email: ralph.demartino@afslaw.com or
telephone: (202) 724-6848) or Cody C. Boender (email: cody.boender@afslaw.com or telephone: (312) 258-5553) of ArentFox Schiff LLP or
Benjamin S. Reichel (email: breichel@egsllp.com or telephone: (646) 895-7160) or Nathan Hyman (email: nhyman@egsllp.com or telephone:
(212) 370-1300) of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP with any questions and please notify one or more of them when this request for acceleration
has been granted.

Very truly yours,

| Profusa, Inc. |                         |     | NorthView Acquisition Corp. |                         |
| By:           | /s/ Ben Hwang           |     | By:                         | /s/ Fred Knechtel       |
| Name:         | Ben Hwang               |     | Name:                       | Fred Knechtel