Kenneth A. Collins

Atrium Medical Corp. manufactures and distributes chest drainage systems. It offers ventricular assist device components, minimally invasive gastro-intestinal devices, arterio-venous access and peripheral by-pass devices, endovascular devices, coronary and peripheral angioplasty and stent deployment catheters, artificial heart components, soft tissue repair/support components and balloon catheter components. The company was founded by Steve Herweck in 1981 and is headquartered in Hudso, NH.

The Group's principal activity is to develops, manufactures, markets and sells, proprietary catheter-based products for rapid cooling and temperature control of patients with severe neuronal injury, including those who have suffered stroke, traumatic brain injury and cardiac arrest. Its products consist of the CoolGard and Thermogard systems and four families of single-use catheters-Cool line, Icy, Fortius and Quattro. The CoolGard and Thermogard systems are computer-controlled temperature regulation systems that circulate cool or warm saline in a closed-loop circuit through balloons that surround their catheters. The Group operating through US, Austria , Germany, France and Rest of Europe.

Alsius Corp. develops advanced intravascular temperature management therapies for critically ill patients in the intensive care and surgical setting. Its thermal regulation products allow caregivers the ability to manage core body temperature. The company is headquartered in Irvine, CA