Jonathan T. Hartmann

Guidant Corp. manufactures cardiovascular therapeutic devices. The company also provides cardiac and peripheral vascular repair surgical systems. It operates in Europe and Japan. Guidant was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

GI Dynamics, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of a medical device system intended for treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes and reduction of obesity. Its pipeline product is EndoBarrier, an endoscopically delivered medical device intended to help restore healthy blood sugar levels and reduce weight. The company was founded by Andy Levine on March 24, 2003 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Volcano Corp. designs, develops and manufactures a broad suite of intravascular ultrasound products. The company was founded by Olav B. Bergheim and Samuel Ward Casscells and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. develops and manufactures products derived from fluoropolymers. It offers consumer products, cable and cable assemblies, electronic and electrochemical material, fabrics, fibers, filtration, medical, pharmaceutical processing, sealants and venting. The company was founded by Wilbert Lee Gore and Genevieve W. Gore on January 1, 1958 and is headquartered in Newark, DE.

Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, Inc. manufactures medical devices. The company was founded by John Donoghue on February 6, 2002 and is headquartered in Foxborough, MA.

Axsun Technologies, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of miniaturized optical micro-instruments. Its products include OCT swept lasers, OMx optical monitors, NIR spectroscopy, and Anavo handheld analyzer. The company was founded by Peter S. Whitney and James Gerard Lewis in 1998 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA.

Sofregen Medical, Inc. develops innovative silk-based solutions for soft tissue defects. Its products: SERI silk derived surgical scaffold is knitted scaffold made from ultra-pure, sterile, silk-derived bioprotein that facilitates neovascularization and native tissue regeneration over time and Sofregen technology a silk derived material for medical application. The company was founded by Anh Hoang and Howard J. Weisman on May 19, 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

NIRRIN Analytics provides biotechnology research and developmental services. The firm offers technologies and methodologies to deliver non-invasive, non-destructive, real-time, in-process monitoring of aqueous solutions. The company is headquartered in Billerica, MA.