Eric L. Bannon

Facet Solutions, Inc. develops and commercializes surgical devices for treating back pain from hypertrophy. The firm develops the ACADIA facet replacement system, that is designed to provide patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and facet degeneration a motion preservation alternative to fusion. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Hopkinton, MA.

Smith & Nephew, Inc. develops and markets medical devices. Its products include television cameras and monitors, endoscopes, arthroscopes, orthopedic hand owered instruments, fiber optic illumination systems, laparoscopes, and surgical instruments. The company was founded on November 27, 1975 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

Innovasive Devices, Inc. designs, develops, manufacturers and markets proprietary tissue repair systems which facilitate the repair of soft tissue injuries. Its tissue repair systems are designed to be used in either open surgical or minimally invasive arthroscopic procedures. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Cortek, Inc. develops and markets spinal products. Its products are used in the treatment of chronic back pain. It currently markets allografts and proprietary instrument systems for anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF), posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) and cervical fusion procedures. The company is headquartered in Dedham, MA.

NDO Surgical, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets endoscopic technologies for the treatment of gastrointestinal disease. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Mansfield, MA