Julie Nguyen

Cordis Corp. develops and manufactures devices for interventional vascular medicine and electrophysiology. The firm's products include guidewires, balloons, forceps, catheters, and stents to treat a variety of circulatory system problems including coronary artery disease and cerebral aneurysms. The company was founded by William P. Murphy Jr. in 1959 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Micell Technologies, Inc. operates as a biomedical device company. It develops interventional cardiology systems for vascular drug delivery. The firm offers MiStent SES is designed to optimize healing in patients with coronary artery disease. The company was founded by Joseph M. DeSimone and James B. McClain in 1995 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Ethicon, Inc. develops and markets medical products and devices for surgery. It offers different types of services such as wound management, women's health, and cardiovascular surgery. The company was founded by George F. Merson in 1915 and is headquartered in Somerville, NJ.

PTV Sciences LP (PTV Healthcare Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Matthew S. Crawford and Evan S. Melrose. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Cardiovascular Institute of the South provides specialty cardiology services. Its services include cardiovascular service line management, Cath lab management, clinical nurse support, continuing medical education for hospitals staff, comprehensive cardiovascular practice, development of clinical pathways, facility design and technology pathways, facility design and technology improvement and physician extenders. The Company was founded by Craig M. Walker in 1983 and is headquartered in Houma, LA.

Cardiosolutions, Inc. develops and manufactures medical devices. It focuses on a novel percutaneous alternative to open heart surgery to solve the problem of mitral regurgitation. The firm offers Dexterity Steerable Introducer, a multi-use tool that enables physicians to access regions of the cardiac anatomy, which are difficult to reach, including the left side of the heart; and Percu – Pro System for reducing the degree of mitral regurgitation in patients with either functional or degenerative valve disease. The company was founded by Steven J. Tallarida in 2006 and is headquartered in West Bridgewater, MA.

Ethicon Corp. manufactures and markets surgical sutures. The company is headquartered in Somerville, NJ.

Peytant Solutions, Inc. provides treatment for luminal diseases using patented technology for covering stents with collagen derived from amniotic membrane. The company was founded by John Schorgl and Steven J. Healy and is headquartered in Plymouth, MA.