Mark R. Stultz

EnteroMedics, Inc. is a medical device company, which in the design, and development of devices that use neuroblocking technology to treat obesity,metabolic diseases, and other gastrointestinal disorders. It offers vBlock system, which is a therapy to limit expansion of hte stomach, help control hunger sensations between meals, reduce the frequency and intensity of stomach contractions and produce a feeling of early and prolonged fullness. The company was founded by Mark B. Knudson, Robert S. Nickoloff, Timothy R. Conrad, Katherine S. Tweden and Richard R. Wilson on December 19, 2002 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Gyrus Medical Ltd. manufactures medical devices. It makes instruments used in minimally invasive surgical procedures which primarily focus on products used by general surgeons. The company is located in Cardiff, UK.

American Medical Systems, Inc. manufactured and marketed medical devices. The firm offered female urinary continence, female fecal continence, vaginal prolapse treatments, uterine health, erectile restoration, urinary continence, fecal continence, urethral stricture, prostate treatments and thermatrx solutions. The company was founded by Robert Buuck, Gerald Timm, William Bradley and F. Brantley Scott in 1972 and was headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

Torax Medical Inc. designs and develops medical devices to treat chronic diseases related to defective sphincter muscles. Its technology platform, Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation (MSA), uses attraction forces to augment weak or defective sphincter muscles to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and fecal incontinence (FI). The firm's products include LINX, a reflux management system for the treatment of GERD; and FENIX, a continence restoration system for the treatment of FI. The company was founded by Todd Berg in 2002 and is headquartered in Shoreview, MN.

SPR Therapeutics, Inc. develops medical devices that commercializes pain treatments utilizing its PNS products. It offers Smartpatch short-term therapy for sustained relief; Micropulse long term therapy through implantable PNS system and Smartpatch MicroLead, which includes a coiled wire construction that fosters rapid tissue ingrowth. The company was founded by Maria E. Bennett in January 2010 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Checkpoint Surgical, Inc. provides neurodevices to locate, evaluate and protect nerves and muscles in surgical procedures. Its product, the checkpoint stimulator/locator is a single-use, hand held stimulator with a broad range of stimulation parameters that are controllable by the surgeon with one hand and capable of eliciting a muscle contraction from stimulating the nerve directly or the tissue surrounding the nerve. The company was founded in August 2009 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

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.

Advanced Bionics Corp. develops, manufactures, and markets bionic technologies for neurological conditions. Its neuromodulation technology includes neurostimulators, programmable drug pumps, and cochlear implants. The company was founded by Alfred Mann in 1993 and is headquartered in Sylmar, CA.