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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.

Conceptus, Inc. develops and markets minimally invasive devices for reproductive medical applications. It sells its products through direct sales force and distribution networks to physicians and hospitals. The company was founded by Kathryn A. Tunstall in 1992 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

SpinalMotion, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the design, development, and market of cervical artificial discs for use in the spine. The company was founded by James M. Shapiro, Graham Blackbeard and Richard C. Spalding in 2004 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Ellipse Technologies, Inc. develops and commercializes implants for spinal and orthopedic applications. It designs, develop and commercialize non-invasively adjustable, remote controlled implants for a broad spectrum of spinal and orthopedic applications. The company was founded by Samuel M. Shaolian and Shawn Moaddeb on June 30, 2005 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Part of Medtronic Plc, Synectics Medical AB is a Swedish company that develops computer support systems for the healthcare industry. The company is based in Stockholm, Sweden. The company was founded by Anders Essen-Möller. Synectics Medical was acquired by Medtronic, Inc., part of Medtronic Plc from January 27, 2015 on March 11, 1996 for $59 million.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Cardiac Science Corp. develops, manufactures, and markets Powerheart automated external defibrillators. Its offers power heart AED G5, G5 trainer, G3 plus, G3 Pro, G3 trainer, and rescue ready services. The company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Waukesha, WI.

Medfield Diagnostics AB. operates as medical company, which engages in the development, sale and marketing of microwave tomography technology. It also distributes diagnostic instrument, which allows the treatment in time for stroke victims through diagnosis at the strike units and in ambulances. The company was founded by Mikael Persson and Andreas Fhager in 2005 and is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Disruptive Materials AB manufactures mesoporous magnesium carbonate. It focuses on commercializing the material Upsalite that can be used in applications such as desiccant for humidity control, pharmaceutics, adsorbent for waste handling, thermal and acoustic insulation, cosmetics, adsorbent in ink jet paper,and bio material applications. The company was founded by Johan A. V. Gómez de la Torre, Maria Strømme, Lars-Erik Mattias Karls, and Sara Kristina Frykstrand Ångström in December 2011 and is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden.

ExScale Biospecimen Solutions AB provides automated, next generation technology for nucleic acid extraction from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections using paramagnetic beads. It specializes in processes and know-how for nucleic acid extraction from human tissue specimens. The firm's technology enables serial extraction of DNA and RNA from the same bio-specimen where the isolated nucleic acids are of optimal quality for next generation sequencing and other downstream applications. It offers ExScale NGEx kit which consists of plastic-ware, reagents packed into prefilled cartridges and a deparaffinisation reagent. The company was founded by Lucy Mathot and Carl Tobias Sjöblom in 2012 and is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden.

Simplify Medical, Inc. designs and develops cervical artificial disc for use in the spine. It offers Simplify MRI compatible motion preserving artificial cervical disc that is used to treat single level symptomatic cervical disc disease. Simplify Medical is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Innovein, Inc. operates as a combinator and venture backed medical device company. It provides vein care with a replacement valve for veins. The company was founded by Austin Walker on September 1, 2015 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

CurvaFix, Inc. operates as an emerging medical device company. It develops novel solution for an unmet need in orthopedic trauma. The company is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Vigmed Holding AB engages in the development, manufacturing distribution, and sale of protected needle products. Its products include a fully automatic safety intravenous catheter called Vigmed CLiP Ven, a winged safety intravenous catheter called Vigmed CLip Neo, and Vigmed Swing, a first safety cover for hypodermic needles. The company was founded by Per Anders Knutsson, Hans Mikael Karlsson, and Rikard Anders Roos in 2009 and is headquartered in Helsingborg, Sweden.