Thomas Lu¨scher

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.

Datascope Corp. manufactures and distributes surgical equipments. The company provides medical instruments such as intra aortic balloon pumps and catheters for use in cardiology, radiology, anesthesiology, cardiovascular, vascular surgery and emergency medicine. It also develops vascular grafts and patches for reconstructive blood vessel surgeries as well as multifunction patient monitoring devices. The company was founded in 1964 as New York Corp. It is headquartered in Montvale, NJ.

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.

Dignity Health engages in the provision of health care services. It offers ambulatory, home health and laboratory services for patient’s mental, physical and spiritual needs. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cheetah Medical, Inc. develops and markets non-invasive blood monitoring system. The firm offers cheetah sensors, staling SV and cheetah nicom devices. It provides noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring technologies which are designed for use in critical care, operating room and emergency department settings for a wide variety of patient populations. The company was founded by Hanan Keren in 2000 and is headquartered in Newton Center, MA.

PQ Bypass, Inc. develops novel procedure for the treatment of peripheral vascular diseases. It offers an approach for achieving a bypass of the femoral artery that is designed to match the performance and safety of an invasive surgery for long segment occlusions. The company was founded by Richard Heuser and James D. Joye in 2009 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Novasignal Corp. operates as a medical robotics company that develops and commercializes technologies to measure and track brain health. Its products include lucid robotic system, temporal window headset mount, wired USB keyboard, and wired USB mouse. The company was founded by Leo Petrossian, Robert Hamilton, and Dan Hanchey on February 6, 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Percutaneous Valve Technologies, Inc. develops medical technology. The company is headquartered in Fort Lee, NJ.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

ightLine Partners LLC (SightLine Partners) is an independent venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1992 by Buzz Benson and Maureen Harder. The firm is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.

ABV LLC(Ascent Biomedical) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Steven I Hochberg, Geoffrey W Smith and Steve Hochberg. The firm is headquartered in New York.

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation operates as a civic and social association. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Charles A. Simonton.

Biomerix Corp. engages in the development and manufacture of porous polyurethane materials. The company was founded by Steven I. Hochberg, Peter David Constantino, and Andrew Massik in 2001 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Impulse Dynamics NV develops electrical therapies for the treatment of chronic heart failure. Its product Optimizer III is designed for the treatment of patients with moderate and severe heart failure. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles.

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute operates as a health center to understand, treat, and prevent heart disease. The firm's clinical departments include clinical care, cardiology, cardiac imaging, cardiac surgery, cardiac anesthesiology, cardiac prevention and rehabilitation, clinical services, biomedical engineering and diagnostic services. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Cheetah Medical (Israel) Ltd. provides noninvasive hemodynamic and cardiac output monitoring technology. The firm develops and commercializes an accurate non-invasive solution for the monitoring of critically ill patients. It's proprietary NICOM system is the only non-invasive cardiac output monitor with substantial equivalence to the swan ganz thermodilution system. The company was founded by Hanan Keren in 2000 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand (doing business as CSANZ) is an Australian nonprofit company located in Sydney that operates as an professional society for cardiologists and those working in the area of cardiology including researchers, scientists, cardiovascular nurses, allied health professionals and other healthcare workers. .

BioParadox, Inc. develops treatment for cardiovascular disease. The company was founded by Allan Kumar Mishra and Todd J. Brinton in 2008 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Ontario Genomics Institute (Private Equity) is a Venture Capital firm in UK. The firm was founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in London.

InSeal Medical Ltd. engages in developing and manufacturing of percutaneous vascular closure devices. The company was founded by Avi Penner and is headquartered in Caesarea, Israel.

CathWorks Ltd. develops medical devices for the interventional cardiology market. Its technology is based on processing visual information and automatic multi-layered algorithms. The company was founded by Guy Lavi and Ifat Lavi in 2013 and is headquartered in Raanana, Israel.

Sonder Capital Management LLC (Sonder Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Impulse Dynamics Ltd. (US) develops implantable device for the treatment of chronic heart failure. The company is headquartered in Mount Laurel, NJ.

Alliance for Southern California Innovation is a non-profit organization that supports leaders and stakeholders in nurturing and growing the Southern California innovation ecosystem. The private company is based in Pasadena. The American company offers programs to explore the innovation communities in the region.

NXT Biomedical LLC is a private company that focuses on developing cutting-edge technologies to address various medical issues. The company is based in Irvine, CA. The company's vision is to invest $25 million over the next five years in their biomedical incubator to develop innovative solutions for medical problems. It was founded by Stanton J. Rowe and Robert Schwartz, with Stanton J. Rowe serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Anuncia, Inc. develops neuro therapeutic devices. The American company was founded in 2018. Elsa Chi Abruzzo has been the CEO of the company since 2018.