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Cordis Corp. develops and manufactures devices for interventional vascular medicine and electrophysiology. The firm's products include guidewires, balloons, forceps, catheters, and stents to treat a variety of circulatory system problems including coronary artery disease and cerebral aneurysms. The company was founded by William P. Murphy Jr. in 1959 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Capital Health Venture Partners is an alternative investment manager. The private company is based in Chicago, IL and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded in 1985 by Daniel J. Mitchell.

Oxford Bioscience Partners is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1992 by Edmund Martin Olivier, Alan G. Walton and Cornelius T. Ryan. The firm is headquartered in Boston.

Q Therapeutic Products, Inc. develops novel products to treat debilitating and fatal diseases. The company was founded by Dennis B. Farrar and Mahendra S. Rao in 2004 and is headquartered in Salt Lake, UT.

FlowMedica, Inc. develops intravascular systems and medical devices. The company's products include Benephit CV, PVSolo, PVMini, and XT Infusion systems. It also develops novel, proprietary, and minimally invasive intravascular systems for implementing Targeted Renal Therapy. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Aptus Endosystems, Inc. develops and manufactures medical equipment. It focuses on developing technologies to transform Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR), empowering physicians to perform minimally invasive aneurysm repair while still providing the control and potential long term durability of open surgical repair. The company was founded by Alan Kaganov and Lee Bolduc on August 7, 2002 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Coherex Medical, Inc. designs, develops, and markets catheter-based technologies for the treatment of structural heart defects. It offers WaveCrest device that is placed in the opening of the left atrial appendage to reduce complications associated with other device types, as well as simplifies the implant procedures. The company was founded by Brian K. Whisenant and Clark C. Davis in 2003 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Q Therapeutics, Inc. engages in developing adult stem cell therapies to treat debilitating disease of the central nervous system. Its product, Q-Cells will undergo first-in-human trials for ALS. The firm’s therapeutic strategy is intended to restore the normal activity of neurons by providing the support functions present in healthy central nervous system tissue. The company was founded by Dennis B. Farrar, Mahendra S. Rao, Mani Ramaswami, and Steven Goldman on March 28, 2002 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Solace Therapeutics, Inc. develops non-surgical treatments for common bladder disorders. It offers medical devices for stress urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, male voiding dysfunction, and lower urinary tract symptoms. The company was founded by Kevin G. Connors in 2002 and is headquartered in Framingham, MA.

Lineagen, Inc. provides diagnostic evaluation services. It focuses on genetic disorders such as autism, multiple sclerosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. The firm provides FirstStep, which provides physicians with integrated genetic testing, counseling, and developmental screening services. The company was founded by Stephen M. Prescott, Andy Peiffer, Michael S. Paul, Mark F. Leppert, Al R. Harris and Alex S. Lindell in 2006 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Pelion Venture Partners (Pelion Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1986 by Jim C. Dreyfous and Joel D. Kellman. The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City. Utah.

WholeHealth Living, Inc. perates outpatient healthcare facilities. It is an internet-enabled provider of integrative health care solutions for managed care organizations, health plans, practitioners, wellness, fitness centers and consumers (patients). The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Sterling, VA.

Frontenac Co. LLC (Frontenac) is a private equity firm founded in 1971. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

The Pratt & Whitney Co., Inc. designs, manufactures, and services aircraft engines and auxiliary power units. It offers commercial engine, military engine, and auxiliary power units. The company was founded by Frederick Rentschler in 1925 and is headquartered in East Hartford, CT.

Part of Medtronic Plc, World Medical Manufacturing Corp. is a company that makes stents for use in heart surgery. The company is based in Santa Rosa, CA. The company was founded by Howard J. Leonhardt. World Medical Manufacturing was acquired by Arterial Vascular Engineering, Inc., part of Medtronic Plc from January 28, 1999 on December 15, 1998 for $62 million.

Spray Venture Partners LP (Spray Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Kevin Connors. The firm is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

X-Cell Medical, Inc. develops drugs for cardiovascular clinical applications. It focuses on delivery of drugs with safety and efficacy profiles for cardiovascular indications including restenosis, myocardial infarction and vulnerable plaque. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Monmouth Junction, NJ.

Part of General Electric Co., GE Medical Systems Ceská Republika sro is a company based in Prague, Czechia. The Czech company distributes and services medical equipment.

Aspen Avionics, Inc. manufactures and distributes advanced technology aviation products. It produces flight display systems for general aviation aircrafts, class III aircrafts, and helicopters. The firm engages in bringing the advanced technology and capability from the commercial and business aviation markets into general aviation cockpits. The company was founded in 2004 by Peter Lyons and Jeff Bethel and is headquartered in Albuquerque, NM.

VeraLight, Inc. develops noninvasive technologies for the disease detection and health monitoring of diabetes epidemics. It offers a noninvasive diabetes screening system designed to provide a method for screening pre-diabetes based on the presence of diabetes-related biomarkers found in skin. The company was founded by David Van Avermaete and John Maynard in October 2004 and is headquartered in Albuquerque, NM.

Tryton Medical, Inc. manufactures and sells stent systems for the treatment of bifurcation lesions. Its tri-zone technology provides scaffolding within the side branch, radial strength in the transition zone and minimal coverage in the main vessel zone. The firm also provides side branch stent systems which are used to treat a range of bifurcated lesions. The company was founded by H. Richard Davis, Aaron V. Kaplan and Dan Cole in 2003 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Outcome Capital LLC is a life sciences and healthcare advisory and investment banking firm that specializes in providing innovative companies with a value-added, market-aligned approach to mergers & acquisitions, partnering, and corporate finance. The firm was founded by Jonathan R. Wallace and is based in Boston, MA, with subsidiaries in the United States. The firm's multi-disciplinary team of industry experts draws from their broad relationships and a wide range of scientific, operational, strategic, and transactional expertise across the value chain to assist management teams and their boards in navigating both financial and corporate markets and implementing the best path for success.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation operates as a non-profit academic, research, and medical center. It offers clinic and hospital care with research and education services. The company was founded by Charles Posternack, George W. Crile, Frank E. Bunts, William E. Lower and John Phillips on February,5 1921 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Athena Feminine Technologies, Inc. develops, produces, and markets health products to diagnose and treat medical conditions in the pelvic area in adult women in the United States. It offers Pelvic Muscle Trainer that detects and rehabilitates common physiological changes that occur in adult women. The company was founded by Barbara Sarkis in 1996 and is headquartered in Orinda, CA.

UpStart Ventures LLC (UpStart Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Signal Peak Ventures LLC (Signal Peak Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Ron Heinz, Brandon Tidwell and Scott Petty. The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

EndoSpan Ltd. develops novel endovascular system for endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. The firm is opening up options for repairing aneurysms and dissections in patients with anatomy previously unsuitable for endovascular therapy. The company was founded by Rafi Benary and Alon Shalev in 2009 and is headquartered in Herzlia, Israel.

InterVene, Inc. develops non-implantable, catheter-based vein valve creation therapy. Its BlueLeaf endovenous valve formation system allows physicians to create new vein valves for patients who are unable to efficiently pump blood out of their legs and back to their heart. The company was founded by Fletcher Wilson in 2011 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Kidneycure Ltd. develops cell therapies to prevent progression of chronic kidney diseases. The company was founded by Benjamin and Dekel Orit Harari-Steinberg and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

ELT Sight, Inc. engages in the provision of healthcare services. It focuses on micro-invasive glaucoma surgery. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Veniti, Inc. operates as a medical device company which focuses on the treatment of venous insufficiency. Its products include VENI RF Plus which uses radio frequency generated steam to destroy problematic veins that manifest as varicose veins; VENI Vena Cava Filter system which is engineered to improve the accuracy, efficiency of deployment, placement and retrieval; and VICI Venous Stent which is designed specifically for the treatment of venous outflow obstruction. The company was founded by Sean C. Morris and Mark Klopp in 2009 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Caliber Therapeutics, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the development of products for atherosclerotic diseases. It offers targeted angioplasty drug delivery balloon, a stent-free delivery platform of anti-restenotic drugs, which enables controlled and targeted drug delivery, reduces thrombosis risk, and reduces the need to implant permanent devices. The company was founded on August 3, 2009 and is headquartered in New Hope, PA.