Dan T. Sheehan

STERIS Corp. provides infection prevention and other procedural products and services. Its product and services offers hospitals and surgery centers, medical device, pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturers, and research laboratory. The company was founded by Michael A. Keresman III, Raymond C. Kralovic and Edward T. Schneider in 1985 and is headquartered in Mentor, OH.

Affinity Capital Management Co (Affinity Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1993 by Edson Spencer. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

AcuFocus, Inc. develops KAMRA inlay for the treatment of presbyopia. Its KAMRA inlay is an intra-corneal inlay designed to create a small aperture effect, allowing the eye to see near and intermediate objects more clearly. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

AEGEA Medical, Inc. develops technology that utilizes convective water vapor to treat menorrhagia. The firm focuses on the development of its proprietary and innovative water vapor treatment for abnormal uterine bleeding. It has vapor system delivers controlled, low-pressure natural water vapor to the uterine cavity to efficiently ablate the inner lining of the uterus. The company was founded by Paul M. Goeld in 2008 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Microchips Biotech, Inc. develops drug delivery systems and bio sensing devices. Its technologies are designed to transform electromechanical medical devices into highly tuned biochemical sensing and therapy systems. The company was founded by Terrance G. McGuire, Michael J. Cima, John T. Santini, Jr. and Robert S. Langer, Jr. in 1999 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Part of Sandvik Aktiebolag, Medtronic, Inc. (Tennessee) is a company that manufactures instruments for spinal surgery. The company is based in Memphis, TN. Medtronic, Inc. (Tennessee was acquired by Sandvik Materials Technology AB on December 21, 2007.

Covidien Ventures (Covidien Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Covidien Plc founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Mansfield, Massachusetts.