Zi-Ping Fang

Benvenue Medical, Inc. engages int the provision and development of invasive systems for spine repair. It offers Kiva an implant solution for vertebral augmentation and a departure from balloon kyphoplasty, Blazer-C a vertebral augmentation system that utilizes a unique cannulated curved wire offering mechanical channel creation, and Luna a interbody implant that is delivered through a minimally-invasive cannula to the disc space and expands in-situ. The company was founded by Laurent B. Schaller in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

MicroTransponder, Inc. develops wireless neurostimulation system for the treatment of chronic pain and other neurological indications. It is a medical device company spun out from the University of Texas at Dallas. The firm has an team of neuroengineers collaborating with academics to develop wireless solutions to treat neurological diseases. The company was founded by Lawrence James Cauller, Thomas James Curnes II and William Michael Rosellini in June 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

HighLife SAS develops percutaneous mitral valve replacement therapies. It offers a minimally invasive prosthetic mitral valve that is implanted on a beating heart, while preserving the native valve structure and respecting the surrounding anatomy. The company was founded by Georg Börtle in 2010 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Majalin LLC (Majalin), doing business as Amzak Health, is a private equity and venture capital subsidiary of Amzak Capital Management LLC, ultimately owned by Amzak International, Inc. The firm was founded in 2015 by Joyce Erony and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Sectoral Asset Management, Inc. (Sectoral) is an investment management firm headquartered in Montréal, Canada. The firm was founded in 2000 by Jérôme G. Pfund and Michael J. Sjöström. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sectoral Asset Management Holding Ltd. in Hong Kong. Sectoral manages public and private equity healthcare strategies for investors around the world. Their clients include sovereign wealth funds, private banks, and family offices. In addition, they have long-standing sub-advisory relationships with institutional investors in Europe and Asia.

Shiratronics, Inc. develops therapies to combat debilitating migraine headache. It focuses on commercializing novel neuromodulation technologies to treat this large unmet clinical need for patients and physicians. The company was founded by Lynn Elliott and Mudit K. Jain in 2019 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, MN.

Shoulder Innovations, Inc. manufactures medical devices. It has developed a shoulder replacement system. The company was founded by Stephen B. Gunther and Michael DeVries in 2009 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI.

Standard Bariatrics, Inc. operates as a surgical procedure company focused on the development and commercialization of medical devices. It offers STANDARD CLAMP, a laparoscopic surgical device designed to clamp the entire length of the stomach, enabling surgeons to plan and hold the staple line prior to dividing the stomach during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. The company was founded by Jonathan Thompson in 2014 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Medical Technology Venture Partners (MedTech Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by Radu Cautis and Thomas Heinrich Glanzmann in 2017. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Micro Therapeutics, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets invasive medical devices for the diagnosis and treatment of vascular diseases. Its products include infusion catheters, ballon catheters, delivery catheters, guide wires, infusion wires, and thrombolytic brushes. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA

Part of Medtronic Plc, Medtronic Canada ULC is a leading Canadian healthcare technology company that aims to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life by providing innovative technologies and therapies. With a team of over 90,000 passionate people, they address 70 health conditions, including cardiac devices, surgical robotics, insulin pumps, surgical tools, patient monitoring systems, and more. Medtronic Canada ULC has been proudly serving Canadian healthcare for over 50 years and is headquartered in Brampton, Ontario, with regional offices in Vancouver. The company's mission is to transform the lives of two people every second, every hour, every day, by engineering the extraordinary.

Sectoral Asset Management Inc (Private Equity) (Sectoral Asset Management) is a private equity subsidiary of Sectoral Asset Management, Inc. founded in 2008 by Michael Sjöström. The firm is headquartered in Montréal, Quebec.

NeoChord, Inc. develops medical devices. It offers NeoChord, a disposable device that replaces damaged chordae through a small incision while the heart is beating. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in St. Louis Park, MN.

HeartFlow, Inc. operates as a cardiovascular company which engages in diagnosing coronary artery diseases. The firm provides a patient-specific analysis of coronary blood flow utilizing coronary CT scans and proprietary computer algorithms based on computational fluid dynamics. The company was founded by Charles A. Taylor, Nathan M. Wilson, and Christopher K. Zarins in 2007 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

PlaceIQ, Inc. develops mobile marketing tools that take photos of places shared on mobile phones. Its solutions include media, analytics, measurement and data-as-a-service. The company was founded by Duncan McCall and Steve Milton in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cagent Vascular LLC engages in manufacturing medical instruments. The company was founded by Carol Burns, Robert Giasolli and Peter Schneider and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

ReShape Medical, Inc. develops non-surgical medical devices for the treatment of obesity. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Intuity Medical, Inc. develops a blood glucose monitoring system for diabetic patients. The firm offers POGO Automatic, an automated, self-contained handheld monitor that enables patients to measure blood glucose levels within seconds. It also offer Patterns, an application which centralizes each patient?s blood glucose testing data in a digital form that can be shared with healthcare providers. The company was founded by Syrous Parsay on April 24, 2002 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Heartport, Inc. develops systems and procedures for heart surgery. The company's technologies allow surgeons to perform a wide range of less invasive open-chest and minimally invasive heart operations, including stopped heart and beating heart procedures. Heartport was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

USVP Management Co. LLC (US Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1981 by Bill Bowes. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Iantrek Inc provides biotechnology services. The company is headquartered in White Plains, NY.

CurvaFix, Inc. operates as an emerging medical device company. It develops novel solution for an unmet need in orthopedic trauma. The company is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Impulse Dynamics Ltd. (US) develops implantable device for the treatment of chronic heart failure. The company is headquartered in Mount Laurel, NJ.

Synthes Spine Co. offers implants and instruments for the treatment of fractures, tumors, deformities, and degenerative diseases affecting the spine. Its products include plates, screws, rods, cables, and hooks designed to stabilize the spine. Synthes Spine was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in West Chester, PA.

Vertebral Technologies, Inc. is a spine technology company focused on creating modular implants for painful spine conditions that improve minimally invasive surgery (MIS) outcomes. The firm products include interfuse, interlink, and intergraft. It's proprietary intra-operative assembly technology creates less-invasive posterior implant approach. The company was founded by Jeffrey C. Belt in 2005 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Impulse Dynamics NV develops electrical therapies for the treatment of chronic heart failure. Its product Optimizer III is designed for the treatment of patients with moderate and severe heart failure. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles.

Contego Medical LLC develops novel emboli protection devices. Its products include CORGUARD coronary stent system, VANGUARD renal stent system, and PALADIN carotid post-dilation balloon. The company was founded by Ravish Sachar and Jay S. Yadav in 2005 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Essential Medical, Inc. designs, develops, and markets medical and surgical devices. It specializes in vascular closure devices that seals the opening created from cardiac catheterizations in leg arteries. The company was founded by Gary S. Roubin and Greg A. Walters in 2010 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.