David T. Giddings

Diametrics Medical, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets medical and dental instruments, supplies, or surgical equipment, including syringes, respiratory care equipment, wheelchairs, X-ray equipment, laser systems, hospital clothes and other medical equipment and supplies. It is located Playa Vista, CA

LipoScience, Inc. develops and markets medical applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. The firm provides advanced patient care for the patients who are suffering from cardiovascular, metabolic and other related diseases. The company was founded by James D. Otvos, Stephen K. Markham, and Richard A. Franco, Sr. and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Gentra Systems, Inc. develops and markets manual and automated nucleic acid purification products. It’s DNA and RNA purification products include Generation kits, Purescript, Autopure ls, and Versagene. The company was founded in 1988 by Ruth M. Shuman and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

HeartSine Technologies LLC designs and develops automatic external cardiovascular defibrillator devices. Its products include samaritan PAD 450P with CPR rate advisor, samaritan PAD 350P with CPR coaching, samaritan PAD trainer family, Pad-Pak, heart trac, samaritan CPR, and accessories. The company was founded by Andrew O'hara, Drew Hofmann and John Anderson in 1998 and is headquartered in Newtown, PA.

Axela, Inc. develops biosensor technology. It offers next generation, commercial stage, multiplex tools that provide enhanced analysis of proteins, DNA and RNA. The firm’s products include Ziplex System, autograph, metabolic, colon and breast cancer, inflammation Xpress chips, diffractive optics technology and sensors, dotLab mX System and dot-Avidin, Ready and Covalent products. The company was founded by M. Cynthia Goh, Richard Loo, B. Jane Goh and Richard McAloney in 2001 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Digilab, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets molecular spectroscopy systems. The firm provides solutions for scientific discovery in life sciences, analytical chemistry, and diagnostics markets. Its products span DNA sample preparation systems for sequencing, protein and DNA micro arrayers, live cell arrayers, proteome preparation systems, nano and micro fluidic handling, and Raman compound identification. The company was founded in 1970 by Sidney Braginsky and is headquartered in Holliston, MA.