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Guidant Corp. manufactures cardiovascular therapeutic devices. The company also provides cardiac and peripheral vascular repair surgical systems. It operates in Europe and Japan. Guidant was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

EndoGastric Solutions, Inc. develops natural orifice surgical products and procedures to advance the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. The firm offers EsophyX device and StomaphyX device. The company was founded by Stefan J. M. Kraemer, Clifton A. Alferness, Scott Jordan Wolf, James W. Fitzsimmons and John M. Adams in 2003 and is headquartered in Redmond City, WA.

Origin Medsystems, Inc., is a manufacturer of the products used in hernia repair surgery. This company is a subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Co.

Mayfield Fund LLC (Mayfield Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 1969 by Mark Jay Levin. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Rorer Group, Inc. developed pharmaceutical preparations. It also manufactured and supplied medical devices. The company was headquartered in Fort Washington, PA.

Save The Children Federation, Inc. operates as a nonprofit children's relief and development organization. The company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Fairfield, CT.

Avedro, Inc. develops ophthalmic medical devices and pharmaceutical products. The firm’s products include KXL System, Mosaic system, IROC system and Riboflavin family. Its procedure includes Lasic Xtra, accelerated cross-linking and photorefractive intrastromal cross-linking. The company was founded by David F. Muller and B. Stuart Trembly on November 6, 2002 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

CILCORP, Inc. distributes electricity and natural gas. The company also provides rate-regulated electric generation, transmission and distribution, natural gas distribution, and non-rate-regulated electric generation businesses in Missouri and Illinois. The company was founded in 1985 and is located in Peoria, IL.

Precision Light, Inc. develops 3D imaging systems which are used by plastic surgeons to enhance breast augmentation surgery. The company was founded by David Mordaunt on February 19, 2008 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.

WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc. develops and provides wavefront measurement technologies. It focuses on research, development, manufacturing, and distribution of the Optiwave Refractive Analysis (ORA) system with VerifEye used during cataract surgery. The firm offers ophthalmic medical devices. The company was founded by Kenneth C. Aldrich, William B. Adams, Thomas J. Berryman, and Tony Van Heugten in 1997 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

TearScience, Inc. diagnoses and treats meibomian gland dysfunction. It offers Lipiflow, Lipiscan, and Lipiview. The company was founded by Donald R. Korb and Timothy R. Willis in 2005 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Asante Solutions, Inc. operated as a medical device company that focuses on the management of diabetes for patients and healthcare practitioners. The firm offered Asante Snap insulin pump system (Snap system), a pump for individuals starting insulin pump therapy and for existing pumpers. The company was founded by James L. Peterson in 2006 and was headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

iScience Interventional Corp. discovers and develops microcatheter and imaging technologies that enable ophthalmologists to deliver site-specific ocular therapies. It encompasses microcatheter-based therapies designed to access anatomical structures within the eye to aspirate ocular fluids or deliver sterile ophthalmic solutions to the eye. The firm addresses the previously unmet need for treatment of sight-threatening diseases with the innovative, minimally invasive iCath™ procedures. The company was founded by Michael F. Nash and Stan Conston in 1999 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Sybron Dental Management, Inc. manufactures and markets dental implant and infection prevention products. It supplies dental equipment. The company is headquartered in Orange, CA

Valeritas Holdings, Inc. develops and commercializes insulin delivery devices. The company was founded by Leisa Swanson and Robert R. Gonnelli on August 2, 2006 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

Valeritas, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of drug delivery solutions for the treatment of diabetes. Its product, V-Go wearable insulin delivery device, which enables patients to closely mimic the body’s normal physiologic pattern of insulin delivery by using one type of insulin at a continuous preset basal rate over a 24-hour period and provides on-demand bolus dosing for meals and snacks. The company was founded on August 2, 2006 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

Embrace is a mobile experience engineering solution that helps engineers manage the complexity of mobile to build better experiences. The non-profit company is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The platform allows engineers to identify and prioritize issues with detailed behavioral and technical context to resolve them instantly. Embrace is supported by various investors and was selected by YCombinator to participate in their growth program. The American company was founded by Linus Liang.

VyncaCare, Inc. provides advance care planning technology solutions. Its solutions include accountable care organizations, health plans, hospitals and health systems, and post-acute. The company was founded by Ryan Van Wert and Rush Bartlett in 2013 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

De Novo Ventures LLC (De Novo ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Frederick Dotzler, Richard Ferrari and David Mauney. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.