William F. Jackson

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.

Optovue, Inc. develops ophthalmic diagnosis instruments based on the Fourier-Domain OCT technology. Its products include Avanti, RTVue Premier, iFusion, iVue, iCam, iScan, iStand and Networking. The company was founded by Jay Wei and Tom Zhao in 2003 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Part of Atrion Corp., Neuromed, Inc. is a company that specializes in spinal cord simulators. The company is based in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Neuromed was acquired by Quest Medical, Inc. on April 03, 1995 for $21.70 million.

TranS1, Inc. designs and develops surgical procedures and equipment for back pain. It is a medical device company focused on designing, developing and marketing products that implement its proprietary approach to treat degenerative conditions of the spine affecting the lower lumbar region. TranS1 currently markets the AxiaLIF family of products for single-level and two-level lumbar fusion and the Vectre and Avatar posterior fixation systems for lumbar fixation supplemental to AxiaLIF fusion. Its primary technology is AxiaLIF, a minimally invasive access and fusion system that enables lumbar fusion to be performed with complete preservation of the annulus and all paraspinal soft tissue structures. The company specializes in bringing innovative spine solutions to market, including AxiaLIF and AxiaLIF 2L+, technologies that allow surgeons to perform lower lumbar fusions that result in high fusion rates and low complication rates. The company is also developing a motion preservation platform to be delivered through this minimally invasive, trans-sacral approach. TranS1 was founded in May 2000 and is headquartered in Wilmington, NC.