Khaled Bahi

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.

BeneChill, Inc. develops non-invasive cooling technology for cerebral ischemia treatment. The company was founded by Michael L. Berman and Denise Barbut in 2004 is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Marine Construction Technologies PBC develops technology that reduces noise from impact pile driving to protect marine mammals and other wildlife. The company was founded by Dave Marver and Per Reinhall and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Synthes, Inc. engages in the development, production, and marketing of instruments, implants, as well as biomaterials for surgical fixation, correction, and regeneration of the human skeleton and its soft tissues. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Solothurn, Switzerland.

Biosensors International USA is a minority-owned business that provides medical devices. It develops, manufactures and commercializes innovative medical devices used in interventional cardiology. The company was founded in 1990 and is located in Newport Beach, CA

ESBATech AG develops antibody fragment therapeutics. The firm's antibody fragment is derived from human antibody fragment scaffolds. It develops Immuna, an antigen-independent platform to screen, select, and optimize highly-stable and soluble, single-chain antibody fragments. The company was founded by Dominik Escher in September 1998 and is headquartered Schlieren, Switzerland.

The Health Industry Distributors Association provides legal information, networking and educational programs. It also hosts conferences for distributors and manufacturers, lobbies government on behalf of the industry, publishes newsletters & special issue reports and conducts research on industry trends. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA

Cardiac Science Corp. develops, manufactures, and markets Powerheart automated external defibrillators. Its offers power heart AED G5, G5 trainer, G3 plus, G3 Pro, G3 trainer, and rescue ready services. The company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Waukesha, WI.

Impulse Dynamics NV develops electrical therapies for the treatment of chronic heart failure. Its product Optimizer III is designed for the treatment of patients with moderate and severe heart failure. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles.

Precision Wire Components LLC manufactures custom medical wire components. They provide services in the areas of assembly, grinding, wire processing and coiling. They also offer metallurgical consulting, process and equipment validation, measurement capabilities, and inventory solutions for the medical devices of original equipment manufacturers. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in, Tualatin, Oregon.

Cirtec Medical Systems LLC provides outsourced design and manufacturing services for neuro-stimulation and cardiovascular devices. Its services include products management, design and development, device assemble and product transfers. The company was founded by Laurence S. Derose, Merwin Jerry Hansen and Michael Forman in 2009 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.

Acino Pharma AG engages in the development, production, and distribution of chemical and pharmaceutical products. It also acquires, manages, and sells participating interests in firms, real estate, and intellectual property rights. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Liesberg, Switzerland.

Haemonetics SA designs, manufactures, markets and services blood processing systems. The company is headquartered in Signy, Switzerland.

Aleva Neurotherapeutics SA develops next-generation implants for deep brain stimulation therapy. Its micro fabricated devices enable target specific stimulation and optimization of current therapies. The company was founded by Claudio Pollo, Jean-Pierre Rosat, Philipe Renaud, Paul Pyzowski and André Mercanzini and in August 2008 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

W Fund Management LLC (W Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Mr. Hamburg Robert. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Part of Biosensors International Group Ltd., Biosensors Europe SA develops, manufactures and commercializes medical devices. The company is based in Morges, Switzerland.

Middle Peak Medical, Inc. develops implants for treatment of mitral valve disease. Its technology has application in both percutaneous catheter-based intervention and in minimally invasive or open-heart cardiac surgery. The company was founded by Michael D. Lesh and Alexander Khairkhahan in 2011 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

The DePuy Synthes Inc. provides orthopaedic and neuro products and services in the areas of joint reconstruction, trauma, spine, sports medicine, neuro, cranio-maxillofacial, power tools and biomaterials. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Warsaw, IN.

Vicis LLC designs and manufactures football helmets that mitigate linear and rotational impact forces. The company was founded by Samuel R. Browd, David L. Marver, Jonathan Posner and Per Reinhall in 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

ONWARD Inc develops medical devices. It also provides stimulation system to rehabilitate individuals with spinal cord injury. The company was founded by Jocelyn Bloch, Sjaak Deckers, Grégoire Courtine, and Vincent Delattre in December 2014 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

VarmX BV is a spin-off from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) founded in 2016 by Professor Pieter Reitsma, a world-leading expert in hemostasis and thrombosis. VarmX is based in Leiden, NL. The Dutch company's lead compound, VMX-C001, is a modified recombinant blood factor X developed for the treatment of severe spontaneous bleeding and for the prevention of bleeding during urgent surgery in patients taking oral factor Xa inhibitors (FXa DOACs) as anticoagulation therapy. The company is supported by a strong syndicate of investors. Jan K. Öhrström has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Buttonwood Network, Inc. develops a software platform that enables entrepreneurs to raise capital funds. The company was founded by Marcello I. Hallitzer in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

M.A. Med Alliance SA is a company based in Nyon, Switzerland that specializes in developing innovative technology and commercializing advanced drug device combination products for the treatment of coronary and peripheral artery disease. The Swiss company's flagship product is the Selution SLR™ DEB, which is a novel sirolimus-eluting balloon platform technology. The CEO of the company is Jeffrey Bryan Jump.

Impulse Dynamics Ltd. (US) develops implantable device for the treatment of chronic heart failure. The company is headquartered in Mount Laurel, NJ.

Artidis AG develops nano mechanical biomarkers for rapid cancer diagnostics. The private company is based in Basel, Switzerland. The Swiss company was founded by Marija Plodinec, Marko Loparic, Philipp Oertle, Tobias Appenzeller. Marija Plodinec has been the CEO since incorporation.

Jointmetrix Medical LLC develops medical devices and technology. The private company is based in Seattle.

Veryan Medical Ltd. develops and commercializes novel vascular stent technology. The firm's products are designed to clinical performance and bio-mechanical performance of stented vessels. The company was founded by Colin G. Caro, Charles Richard Taylor and Paul Burke Gilson in 2003 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.