David S. Wood

SpineThera, Inc. engages in the designs and development of injectable drugs to meet the requirements for administration in and near the spine. Its product include SX600, an investigational drug. The company was founded by Jeffrey Missling and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

Catalyst Orthoscience LLC provides health care services. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Naples, FL.

Part of Boston Scientific Corp., Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. is a company that specializes in implanting pacemakers in patients with an abnormally low heart rate. The company is based in St. Paul, MN. The pacemakers are implanted under the skin, in the chest area, and are connected to the heart by transvenous leads that conduct electrical impulses to pace the heart and restore a normal heart rhythm. Patients implanted with a pacemaker must be regularly monitored by their cardiologist to ensure that the pacing system is working correctly. The company was founded by Manny A. Villafana.

Guidant Corp. manufactures cardiovascular therapeutic devices. The company also provides cardiac and peripheral vascular repair surgical systems. It operates in Europe and Japan. Guidant was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

CardioNet LLC provides cardiac monitoring services. It operates its business through two segments: Patient Service and Product Business. The Patient Service segment focuses on the diagnosis and monitoring of cardiac arrhythmias, or heart rhythm disorders, through its core mobile cardiac outpatient telemetry, event and Holter services. The Product Business segment focuses on the development, manufacturing, testing and marketing of medical devices and related software to medical companies, clinics and hospitals. The company was founded by James M. Sweeney in 1999 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, PA.

Spinal Modulation, Inc. engages in the development of spinal cord stimulator systems for the treatment of chronic intractable pain. It offers Spinal Modulation Axium neurostimulator system, which is an intraspinal neuromodulation therapy that stimulates the dorsal root ganglion to provide pain management. The company was founded by Mir A. Imran and Daniel H. Kim in 2004 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.