Thanh Nguyen

MiCardia Corp. designs, develops, and commercializes implantable medical devices. The firm offers implantable devices for the treatment of heart diseases, such as mitral valve regurgitation and congestive heart failure. It also provides enCor, an annuloplasty device that corrects residual mitral regurgitation on a beating heart. The company was founded in November 2004 by Michael R. Henson, Shawn Moaddeb and Samuel M. Shaolian and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Ellipse Technologies, Inc. develops and commercializes implants for spinal and orthopedic applications. It designs, develop and commercialize non-invasively adjustable, remote controlled implants for a broad spectrum of spinal and orthopedic applications. The company was founded by Samuel M. Shaolian and Shawn Moaddeb on June 30, 2005 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

Part of Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp., CardioDyne, Inc. develops blood pressure monitoring products. The company is based in Lake Forest, CA. CardioDyne was acquired by Primesource Healthcare, Inc. on October 25, 1995.

Part of Medtronic Plc, Vertelink Corp. is a company that develops materials and systems for spinal fixation devices. The company is based in Irvine, CA. The company was founded by Samuel M. Shaolian. Vertelink was acquired by Medtronic, Inc., part of Medtronic Plc from January 27, 2015 on December 03, 2003 for $22 million.

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.

ValCare Medical, Inc. engages in the designing, developing and commercializing devices and accessories for minimally invasive treatment of heart valve diseases. The firm develops a unique transcatheter device, which will provide the capability to implant the mitral annuloplasty device interventionally without surgery. The company was founded by Samuel M. Shaolian in 2012 and is headquartered in Herzlyia Pituach, Israel.