Alain Tranchemontagne

Target Therapeutics, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets disposable and implantable medical devices. It provides medical devices used in minimally invasive procedures to treat vascular diseases and other diseases related to small vessels of the circulatory system. The company was founded by Anna Marie and John R. Daniels in 1985 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Genzyme Corp. engages in development and manufacture of specialty therapeutic, surgical and diagnostic product. It serves in the areas of rare genetic diseases, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular diseases and endocrinology. The company was founded on June 8, 1981 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Verax Biomedical, Inc. develops rapid tests for detecting bacterial contaminants in blood cells and tissues. The firm's first target application for its technology is to test for the presence of bacterial contaminants in platelets and bacterial contaminants in platelets and red blood cells represent the greatest lethal infectious risks in transfusion medicine today and no rapid, simple methods are presently available to effectively address this threat. Verax Biomedical was founded by Joe R. Sanders and Joe L. Straight in 1999 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Mitralign, Inc. operates as a valve repair company that engages in transcatheter annuloplasty system designed to treat both functional tricuspid regurgitation and mitral regurgitation. The Mitralign Percutaneous Annuloplasty System, MPAS, is intended for the treatment of symptomatic functional mitral regurgitation for annular reduction through tissue plication. The company was founded by Paul A. Spence and Richard P. Geoffrion in 2003 and is headquartered in Tewksbury, MA.

ReproSource, Inc. engages in the provision of diagnostic laboratory information for practitioners in the field of reproductive medicine. It offers fertility diagnostics, reporting services, and esoteric and routine testing services catering to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and assisted reproductive technologies (ART) specialists, urologists, and obstetrics and gynecology practitioners. The company was founded by Benjamin Leader, Craig S. Sockol and James W. Winkelman in 2008 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Endotronix, Inc. develops wireless heart sensor technology. The firm has introduced the Cordella Heart Failure System, a comprehensive solution for heart failure management. The company was founded by Anthony I. Nunez and Harry D. Rowland in June 2007 and is headquartered in Lisle, IL.

EndoShape, Inc. commercializes medical devices. Its products include Medusa multicoil, animation and instructions, and computerized tomography (CT) imaging. The company was founded by Harold Tyber, Jeffrey Cstleberry and Robin Shandas in 2006 and is headquartered in Idaho Springs, CO.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Part of Summit Medical LLC, MDI Instruments LLC develops medical devices that monitor ear fluid levels. The company is based in Omaha, NE. MDI Instruments was acquired by Innovia Medical LLC from Access Product Marketing LLC on April 20, 2005.

HealthCare IT, Inc. provides biomedical research software and healthcare managed hosting services. The company is headquartered in Columbia, MD.

Mercator MedSystems, Inc. develops medical injection devices. The firm focuses on the treatment of peripheral artery disease using its catheter-guided, micro-infusion systems for site-specific, non-systemic delivery of therapeutic agents directly across any blood vessel. It offers bullfrog micro-infusion device and blowfish trans-bronchial micro-infusion device. The company was founded by Kirk Patrick Seward, Michael Vestel, and Albert P. Pisano in 2000 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Cardiosolutions, Inc. develops and manufactures medical devices. It focuses on a novel percutaneous alternative to open heart surgery to solve the problem of mitral regurgitation. The firm offers Dexterity Steerable Introducer, a multi-use tool that enables physicians to access regions of the cardiac anatomy, which are difficult to reach, including the left side of the heart; and Percu – Pro System for reducing the degree of mitral regurgitation in patients with either functional or degenerative valve disease. The company was founded by Steven J. Tallarida in 2006 and is headquartered in West Bridgewater, MA.

Woodwell Climate Research Center, Inc. provides environmental care services. It seeks to conserve and sustain forests, soils, water, and climate by demonstrating the value to human health and economic prosperity. The Center has initiatives in the Amazon, the Arctic, Africa, Russia, Asia, Boreal North America, the Mid-Atlantic, and New England. It programs focus on the global carbon cycle, forest function, landcover/land use, water cycles, and chemicals in the environment, working in collaboration with partners from local organizations to national governments and the United Nations. The company was founded by George Woodwell and is headquartered in Falmouth, MA.

Drake Center, Inc. provides medical and rehabilitative care services. The company is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Volcano Capital LLC (Volcano Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Douglas Wall. The firm is headquartered in New York.

CIRCA Scientific LLC develops a temperature monitoring system to display continuous temperature measurement. The firm's products include CIRCA S-CATH, CIRCA S-CATH, CIRCA temperature monitor, CIRCA interconnect cable, CIRCA USB data transfer drive and CIRCA temperature standard. The company was founded by Shawn P. Fojtik in 2009 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.

Roxwood Medical, Inc. manufactures and designs cardiac catheter products. The firm offers a platform of front-line catheters to help patients with coronary and peripheral arterial diseases. Its products include multicross catheter that provides multiple wire options for complex coronary and peripheral interventions and centercross catheter that offers a 3F central lumen to support guide wires and micro catheters to navigate complex coronary and peripheral interventions. The company was founded by Charlie Davidson and Mark Taber in 2007 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Summit Access LLC designs and manufactures medical device to create streamlined solutions for use in interventional radiology, interventional cardiology, and vascular surgery procedures. It distributes MicroTaper safety introducer set. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.

Part of Patient Square Capital, Orthopedic Associates of Grand Rapids PC is a medical services provider. The company is based in Grand Rapids, MI. Orthopedic Associates of Grand Rapids was acquired by Hanger, Inc., part of Patient Square Capital from October 03, 2022 on October 29, 2012.

Transaortic Medical, Inc. develops medical accessory devices to compliment trans-catheter aortic valve replacement procedures. It specializes in embolic protection device that doesn't require an additional access site which reduces procedure time. The company was founded on November 8, 2011 and is headquartered in Morgan Hill, CA.

Entac Medical, Inc. engages in the development of medical devices for predictive and diagnostic medicine. The company was founded by Buddy Lyons and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

Bessor Pharmaceuticals manufactures pharmaceuticals. The private company is based in Framingham.

Biofeedback Design, Inc. develops and manufactures medical hardware and software solutions. The company was founded by Dejan Stankovic and Jane Rogers Clark and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Oncoheroes Biosciences Inc. engages in the development of drugs for children and adolescents with cancer. The company was founded by Marc Goldberg, Ricardo Garcia, and Cesare Spadoni in August 2017 and is headquartered in Brookline, MA.