Medical Technology

ATS Medical, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
ATS Medical, Inc. is a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of products and services focused on cardiac surgery.
Nasdaq: ATSI
Contact: Guy P. Nohra
Carbylan BioSurgery, Inc.
Palo Alto, CA
Carbylan BioSurgery is developing bioresponsive medical products for osteoarthritis and chronic rhinosinusitus. The Company’s device/drug combination products are based on chemically engineered polymers of hyaluronic acid. Carbylan’s proprietary technology enables delivery for biomaterial-based medical devices as injectable liquids that self-polymerize inside the body to form therapeutic implants that covalently bind to tissues at the target delivery site.
Contact: Guy P. Nohra
Coapt Systems, Inc.
Palo Alto, CA
Coapt Systems is developing and commercializing products for soft tissue surgery and fixation. The Company’s initial products are targeting the aesthetic facial surgery market.
Contact: Guy P. Nohra
Insulet Corporation
Bedford, MA
Insulet is commercializing the OmniPod Insulin Management System for diabetes patients.
Nasdaq: PODD
Contact: Alison Kiley
MAKO Surgical
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
MAKO Surgical Corp. (Nasdaq:MAKO) is a medical device company focused on marketing its advanced robotic-arm solution and its implants for minimally invasive orthopedic knee procedures known as MAKOplasty®
Nanomix, Inc.
Emeryville, CA
Nanomix is a leading nanotechnology company launching a portfolio of devices based on Sensation™ detection technology. These scaleable, nanoelectronic devices use ultra-sensitive carbon nanotube sensing elements combined with proprietary chemistries. These devices can be deployed across a broad range of industrial and medical applications where the attributes of nanodetection technology - low power consumption, small form factor, and high sensitivity offer significant performance advantages and enable unprecedented access to critical information.
Contact: Garrett Gruener
PneumRx, Inc.
Mountain View, CA
PneumRx is developing devices to address the unmet clinical needs in the interventional pulmonary/thoracic surgery market.
Contact: Guy P. Nohra
Sierra Surgical Technologies
Palo Alto, CA
Sierra Surgical Technologies is a developer of minimally invasive surgical systems.
Contact: Alison Kiley
TransMedics, Inc.
Andover, MA
TransMedics has developed a revolutionary new system that enables living organ transplants. Based on the company’s warm blood perfusion technology, the Organ Care System is designed to maintain organs in a functioning state outside the human body to optimize their health and to allow real time clinical evaluation for the first time ever.
Contact: Dan Janney
USGI Medical, Inc.
San Clemente, CA
USGI Medical is focused on the development of technologies to enable advanced therapeutic procedures to be performed through the natural passageways of the GI tract.
Contact: Guy P. Nohra
Vertiflex, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA
Vertiflex is developing a line of proprietary products that will have substantial benefits for both patients and spine surgeons. Vertiflex products are focused in the area of motion preservation with an emphasis on minimally invasive approaches.
Contact: Guy P. Nohra