Douglas J. Duchon

ev3, Inc. is a provider for specialists treating a range of vascular diseases and disorders. ev3 is committed to the peripheral vascular and neurovascular markets offering a portfolio of treatment options, including interventional technologies used such as plaque excision systems, PTA balloons, stents, embolic protection, thrombectomy, embolization coils, liquid embolics, occlusion balloons and procedural support.

Celleration, Inc. manufactured medical devices. It developed and marketed a proprietary technology to accelerate healing in wounds by delivering therapeutic, low frequency ultrasound without direct contact of the delivery device to the wound surface. The firm’s core product was the MIST Therapy System, impacted all critical aspects of the wound healing process providing clinical and economic benefits to institutions treating nonresponding wounds. The company was founded by Gene Berghoff, Dennis L. Davey and Eliaz P. Babaev in 1999 and was headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.

Impres Medical, Inc. developed medical devices for the treatment of gynecological disorders. The company was founded in 1999 and was headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

ACIST Medical Systems, Inc. provides technology for contrast imaging system in the fields of cardiology and radiology. The company was founded by Robert F. Wilson in 1991 and is located in Eden Prairie, MN.

Part of Sanofi, BioSurface Technology, Inc. is a commercial biotechnical research company. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company was founded by David L. Castaldi, Ben R. Bronstein. BioSurface Technology was acquired by Genzyme Corp., part of Sanofi from April 08, 2011 on December 16, 1994.

Worrell Design, Inc. designs, researches, and engineers marketable products and methods to its partners in the industrial, consumer, medical and technology industries. Its clients include Honeywell, Best Buy, Imation, Medtronic, Guidant, Jacuzzi and Plantronics. The company was founded by W. Robert Worrell in July, 1976 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Part of Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Alps Electric (North America), Inc. is a company that specializes in the development, manufacturing, and sale of electronic components such as switches, sensors, data communication modules, and automotive devices and modules. The company is based in Campbell, CA. The company aims to create new value that satisfies stakeholders and is friendly to the environment.

Hemosphere, Inc. operates as a medical device company. It engages in the development and commercialization of a vascular access device for treating hemodialysis patients with compromised vasculature. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.