Thomas Wilder

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

PhotoThera, Inc. (Carlsbad, CA) is a privately-held medical device company that was founded by Jackson Streeter, MD. The Company is developing proprietary, noninvasive laser energy therapies that may revolutionize the clinical care and management of ischemic stroke, traumatic brain injury, global ischemia, and other conditions characterized by disturbances in cellular metabolic function. The Company's initial product, the NeuroThera Laser System, will focus on the Transcranial Laser Therapy (TLT) of acute ischemic stroke. Estimates show that, in the United States, there are more than 600,000 ischemic strokes annually, and that stroke is the leading cause of serious long-term disability.

ev3, Inc. is a provider for specialists treating a range of vascular diseases and disorders. ev3 is committed to the peripheral vascular and neurovascular markets offering a portfolio of treatment options, including interventional technologies used such as plaque excision systems, PTA balloons, stents, embolic protection, thrombectomy, embolization coils, liquid embolics, occlusion balloons and procedural support.

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Sequent Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company. It develops catheter-based neurovascular technologies. The company was founded by Robert F. Rosenbluth and Brian J. Cox in August 2007 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

Endologix LLC engages in the research, development, manufacture, and trade of medical devices for the treatment of aortic disorders such as abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). Its products include AFX Endovascular AAA System, Nellix and Ovation. The company was founded in March 1992 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

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.