Barry D. Michaels

Baxter Healthcare Corp. develops, manufactures, and distributes hospital supplies and medical technologies. It distributes medical treatment options for conditions such as hemophilia, immune disorders, kidney disease, cancer, and trauma. The company was founded on June 21, 1967 and is headquartered in Deerfield, IL.

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.

Cardima, Inc. is a California based medical device company. It is engaged in the design, development, manufacture and marketing of products for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, including a trial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. The company also designs, develops, manufactures and markets minimally invasive, single-use and micro-catheter systems. Cardima was founded on November 12, 1992 by Gabriel B. Vegh and Omar Amirana and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Lipid Sciences, Inc. is a biotechnology company that is engaged in research and development of products and processes intended to treat major medical indications such as cardiovascular disease and viral infections in which lipids or fat components, play a key role. The company is focused on applications of technologies in two main areas: cardiovascular disease, using the HDL Therapy platform and viral infections, using the Viral Immunotherapy platform. HDL Therapy focuses on developing treatments for the reversal of atherosclerosis, which is the leading cause of heart attacks, strokes and peripheral vascular disease. It was formerly known as NZ Corp. The company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Organovo, Inc. develops and supplies pharmaceutical products. It focuses on delivering human tissue printing technology and creating tissue on demand for research and surgical applications. The firm helps physicians and researchers fulfill the promise of regenerative medicine by overcoming problems in cardiovascular medicine, medical research and transplant medicine. The company was founded by Eric Michael David, Andras Forgacs, Gabor Forgacs and Keith Murphy in 2007 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

IntraTherapeutics, Inc. develops minimally invasive devices for diagnosis and treatment of diseased blood vessels. The company is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.