Robert Howe

NxStage Medical, Inc. is a medical technology company, which develops, manufactures, and markets products for the treatment of ESRD and acute kidney failure. It operates through the following business segments: System One, In-Center, and Services. The System One segment engages in the sale and rental of the System One and PureFlow SL equipment and the sale of disposable products in the home and critical care markets. The In-Center segment sells blood tubing sets and needles for hemodialysis primarily for the treatment of ESRD patients at dialysis centers and needles for apheresis. The Services segment includes revenues from dialysis services provided to patients at its recently opened NxStage Kidney Care dialysis centers. The company was founded by Jeffrey H. Burbank in December 1998 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Lake Region Medical, Inc. engages in the business of developing and manufacturing OEM devices; and supplying the medical device companies with minimally invasive delivery solutions. It also focuses on cardiovascular, stimulation therapy, neurovascular, and peripheral vascular applications. The company was founded on December 14, 2000 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.