Kerry Lee Nelson

Immunex Corporation is a leading biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving lives through immune system science innovation

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Rainbow Medical Ltd. (Rainbow Medical) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Efi Cohen Arazi and Yossi Gross. The firm is headquartered in HaMerkaz, Israel with an additional offices in China and United States.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Mitralign, Inc. operates as a valve repair company that engages in transcatheter annuloplasty system designed to treat both functional tricuspid regurgitation and mitral regurgitation. The Mitralign Percutaneous Annuloplasty System, MPAS, is intended for the treatment of symptomatic functional mitral regurgitation for annular reduction through tissue plication. The company was founded by Paul A. Spence and Richard P. Geoffrion in 2003 and is headquartered in Tewksbury, MA.

Direct Flow Medical, Inc. develops transcatheter heart valve technologies. It explores application of its technology beyond the aortic valve, to the mitral valve, and other valve anatomy. The firm’s Transcatheter Aortic Valve System is indicated for the treatment of patients with severe aortic stenosis, who are at risk for surgical aortic valve replacement. The company's system incorporates a polymer frame, which is expanded using pressurized saline and contrast for placement, assessment and repositioning. Direct Flow Medical was founded by Gordon B. Bishop and Randall T. Lashinski in June 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Rosa, CA.

Medtronic CoreValve LLC develops transcatheter technologies for failing aortic heart valves. Its proprietary ReValving System allows both percutaneous (PAVR) and transapical aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and is intended to provide an alternative to open-heart surgery. The company was founded by Jacques Seguin in 2001 and is located in Irvine, CA.

White Pine Medical, Inc. manufactures and markets medical devices. The company was founded in February 2010 and is headquartered in Park City, UT.

Vascular Dynamics, Inc. provides blood pressure modulation devices. It develops and commercializes a passive, catheter-delivered implant for the treatment of hypertension. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Tel-Aviv University operates as a university in Israel. Its faculties include arts, engineering, science, humanities, law, life science, management, medicine, and social science. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Ramat Aviv, Israel.

Emerson Hospital, Inc. provides medical and health care services. The firm offers anticoagulation center, behavioral health, comprehensive breast health program, concussion care, nutritional counseling, orthopedics, pain management, palliative care, pathology, home care, hospice care, and infusion services. The company was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in Concord, MA.

Merck Serono SA operates as a holding company in the pharmaceutical field. It engages in the research, development, manufacture, and distribution of therapeutic products for the treatment of human diseases. The company was founded on May 21, 1987 and is headquartered in Coinsins, Switzerland.

CollPlant Ltd. specializes in the development and commercialization of medical products. It develops and commercialize tissue repair products for orthobiologics and advanced wound care markets. The company was founded by Tsafrir Feigin Yehuda and Oded Shoseyov in 2004 and is headquartered in Ness Ziona, Israel.

GluSense Ltd. develops technology for Continuous Glucose Monitoring. The firm develops a miniature, Long-Term, Implantable Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) system for diabetes patients, this system includes a miniature sensor implanted under the skin and an external wearable unit, e.g. a watch. Its wearable unit reads the signal from the implant and provides basic display and alarms. The company was founded by Yossi Gross in 2007 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.

Nano Retina Ltd. develops artificial retina designed to restore sight. It also develops an implantable bionic chip, designed to return sight to those blinded by retinal degenerative diseases. The company was founded by Yossi Gross and James R. Von Her, II in 2009 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.

Nitinol Devices & Components, Inc. engages in the provision of medical device contract manufacturing solutions. It offers nitinol components, balloon expandable stents and balloon catheters, guidewires, biomedical textiles, and equipment. The company was founded by Thomas Duerig in 1991 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Bioventus LLC is a holding company, which manufactures medical equipment. It develops bone healing devices and distributes osteoarthritis injection therapies. Its products include ultrasound bone healing device, joint therapies, and osteoarthritis injection therapies. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Everly Health Solutions provides remote diagnostic solutions. It offers lab connectivity, compliance and patient outreach solutions. The firm's platform enables testing solutions for health and wellness, telemedicine, diagnostic labs, and payer markets. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

ChroniSense Medical Ltd. provides healthcare services. It develops wearable medical-grade devices that monitor vital signs and other health factors. The firm''s sensors measure medical data from blood oxygen and ECG to blood pressure, cardiac output and vascular resistance, and communicate that data to caregivers in real time. The company was founded by Danny B. Lange and Yossi Gross in 2015 and is headquartered in Yokneam, Israel.

Viridix Ltd. provides irrigation services. The company was founded by Arik Shitrit and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.