Amy S. Paul

C. R. Bard, Inc. engages in designing, development, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, and sales of medical, surgical, diagnostic, and patient care devices. It sells its products to hospitals, individual healthcare professionals, extended care facilities, and alternate site facilities. The company was founded by Charles Russell Bard in 1907 and is headquartered in Franklin Lakes, NJ.

Derma Sciences, Inc. is a medical device company. It operates through the following product segments: Advanced Wound Care (AWC), Traditional Wound Care (TWC), and Other. The AWC segment includes both novel and otherwise differentiated dressings, devices, and skin substitutes designed to promote wound healing and prevent infection. The TWC segment focuses on commodity related dressings, ointments, gauze bandages, adhesive bandages, wound closure strips, catheter fasteners, and skin care products. The company was founded on September 10, 1984 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Wright Medical Group, Inc. designs, manufactures and distributes biologic products. It provides surgical solutions for the foot and ankle markets. The company was founded by Frank O. Wright and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

Viking Systems, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets visualization solutions for complex minimally invasive surgery. The firm sells its visualization system, 3DHD Vision System, under the brand Viking. Its 3DHD Vision System is used by surgeons for complex minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery with applications in urologic, gynecologic, bariatric, cardiac, neurologic and general surgery. The company also manufactures two dimensional digital cameras that are sold to third-party companies who sell to end users through their original design manufacturers. Viking Systems was founded on May 28, 1998 and is headquartered in Westborough, MA.

Davol, Inc. manufactures medical and surgical instruments. The company also provides hernia repair, homeostasis, laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, wound management and orthopedics. Davol was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in Cranston, RI.

Bard Access Systems, Inc. develops, manufactures and distributes medical devices. It makes vascular access products as dialysis & pheresis catheters, implanted ports, ultrasound systems and surgical accessories. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Wright Medical Group NV engages in the provision of medical device products. It operates through the following segments: U.S. Lower Extremities and Biologics; U.S. Upper Extremities; International Extremities and Biologics; and Corporate. The U.S. Lower Extremities and Biologics includes the sale of its lower extremities products, such as joint implants and bone fixation devices for the foot and ankle; and biologics products used to support treatment of damaged or diseased bone, tendons, and soft tissues or to stimulate bone growth. The U.S. Upper Extremities segment focuses on joint implants and bone fixation devices for the shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand; and products used across several anatomic sites to mechanically repair tissue-to-tissue or tissue-to-bone injuries, and other ancillary products. The International Extremities and Biologics segment covers all lower and upper extremities products, as well as associated biologics products. The Corporate segment reflects general and administrative expenses not specifically associated with other segments. The company was founded by Frank O. Wright in 1950 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.