Todd F. Davenport

Cardio-Optics, Inc. develops medical devices. It develops catheter systems to treat cardiovascular disease inside the heart and great vessels. The firm's core proprietary technology is catheter based infrared (IR) transmission and image processing to image though blood. The company was founded by John Hanlin and David Amundson in 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, MA.

Viacor is a development stage company dedicated to pioneering catheter-based techniques for the treatment of heart valve disease contributing to congestive heart failure. Currently, they are focused on the development of a minimally invasive cardiac valve repair system to treat congestive heart failure (CHF) patients afflicted with mitral regurgitation (MR), or 'leaky' mitral valves - a common problem among patients with CHF. Over 750,000 patients in the United States alone have associated functional MR and their mortality rate is double that of patients without MR. Their goal is to provide a new therapeutic alternative that significantly expands the potential to treat this large heart failure population without the risks associated with current surgical procedures. Viacor's Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Annuloplasty (PTMA®) device has the potential to offer effective treatment with minimal intervention.

Cordis Corp. develops and manufactures devices for interventional vascular medicine and electrophysiology. The firm's products include guidewires, balloons, forceps, catheters, and stents to treat a variety of circulatory system problems including coronary artery disease and cerebral aneurysms. The company was founded by William P. Murphy Jr. in 1959 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

ABIOMED, Inc. engages in the research, development, and sale of medical devices to assist or replace the pumping function of the failing heart. It distributes its products under the Impella brand. The company was founded by David M. Lederman in 1981 and is headquartered in Danvers, MA.

St. Jude Medical LLC develops, manufactures and distributes cardiovascular medical devices for the global cardiac rhythm management, cardiovascular and atrial fibrillation therapy areas and neurostimulation medical devices for the management of chronic pain. The company was founded by Manuel A. Villafana in 1976 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Part of Medtronic Plc, World Medical Manufacturing Corp. is a company that makes stents for use in heart surgery. The company is based in Santa Rosa, CA. The company was founded by Howard J. Leonhardt. World Medical Manufacturing was acquired by Arterial Vascular Engineering, Inc., part of Medtronic Plc from January 28, 1999 on December 15, 1998 for $62 million.