Jeffrey M. Elkins

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.

Cardiac Pathways Corp. designs, develops and manufactures cardiac diagnosis systems. Its products consist principally of systems for performing ablation treatment and for diagnostic mapping. Cardiac Pathways is located in Sunnyvale, CA.

Oxford Bioscience Partners is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1992 by Edmund Martin Olivier, Alan G. Walton and Cornelius T. Ryan. The firm is headquartered in Boston.

CardioMEMS LLC designs and manufactures wireless sensing and communication technology for the human body. Its technology platform is designed to improve the management of severe chronic cardiovascular diseases, such as heart failure and aneurysms. The firm’s miniature wireless sensors can be implanted using minimally invasive techniques and transmit cardiac output, blood pressure and heart rate data that are critical to the management of patients. The company was founded by Mark G. Allen and Jay S. Yadav in 1999 is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Cardialen, Inc. develops medical devices. It offers pain-free cardio version therapy for atrial fibrillation (AF) using low-energy implantable atrial cardioverters. The firm develops and commercializes these as an independent specialist, to address major needs in atrial fibrillation management, achieve improved outcomes and reduce the risk of stroke, heart failure and high healthcare costs associated with atrial fibrillation. The company's products comprise implantable low-energy pain-free atrial cardioverters and cardiac leads and defibrillator equipment. Its products are used for the treatment of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias. Cardialen was founded in 2008 by D. Graeme Thomas, Randy H. Weiss and Igor R. Efimov and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Synergy Venture Partners LLC operates as a venture capital investment firm. The private company is based in Menlo Park, CA.

Johnson & Johnson Innovation JJDC Inc (Johnson & Johnson Innovation JJDC) is a venture capital subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson founded in 1973. The firm is headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

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.

Frontenac Co. LLC (Frontenac) is a private equity firm founded in 1971. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Tdsoft Ltd. provides access gateways for telecommunication service providers. The company was founded by Arye Shaham, Eytan Radian and Joseph Albagli in 1994 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.

Tel-Aviv University operates as a university in Israel. Its faculties include arts, engineering, science, humanities, law, life science, management, medicine, and social science. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Ramat Aviv, Israel.

Monteris Medical US, Inc. engages in the provision of medical services for patients with neurological diseases. It develops MRI-guided, laser-based brain lesion therapy. The company was founded by Mark Torchia and Richard Tyc in 1999 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc./Venture Partners/ (Baird Venture) is a venture capital division of Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. founded in 2000 by Thomas Desmond. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Synergy Management Company I LLC (Synergy Management Company) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Richard S. Stack, William N. Starling and John Onopchenko. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Tryton Medical, Inc. manufactures and sells stent systems for the treatment of bifurcation lesions. Its tri-zone technology provides scaffolding within the side branch, radial strength in the transition zone and minimal coverage in the main vessel zone. The firm also provides side branch stent systems which are used to treat a range of bifurcated lesions. The company was founded by H. Richard Davis, Aaron V. Kaplan and Dan Cole in 2003 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

NeoChord, Inc. develops medical devices. It offers NeoChord, a disposable device that replaces damaged chordae through a small incision while the heart is beating. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in St. Louis Park, MN.

BrainsGate Ltd. develops medical devices. The firm specializes in therapies for patients suffering from central nervous system diseases. Its platform technology involves electrical stimulation of the Spheno-Palatine Ganglion, a nervous center known to increase cerebral blood flow. The company was founded by Yossi Gross and David Yarnitsky in 2000 and is headquartered in Caesarea, Israel.

Adarza BioSystems, Inc. develops and manufacturers a multiplex immunoassay technology that can identify proteins and genetic markers in medical specimens. The firm operates as a medical diagnostics company which also develops a rapid and label-free biological assay platform for measuring clinical and point-of-care samples and also its technology allows hundreds of tests to be run simultaneously on a single chip. The company was founded by Benjamin L. Miller, Randolph R. Henke, Terry Gronwall and Christopher C. Striemer in 2008 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

MST Medical Surgery Technologies Ltd. develops image guided solutions for laparoscopy. Its product AutoLap, an image-based laparoscope positioning system for minimally invasive surgical procedures. The firm offers the surgeon full and natural control of the laparoscope and exceptional intraoperative image capabilities and the freedom to fully focus on the surgical procedure. The company was founded by Ziv Tamir and Moti Sholev in 2005 and is headquartered in Yokneam, Israel.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation operates as a non-profit academic, research, and medical center. It offers clinic and hospital care with research and education services. The company was founded by Charles Posternack, George W. Crile, Frank E. Bunts, William E. Lower and John Phillips on February,5 1921 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Monteris Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company that develops laser-based systems to treat brain tumors. It offers the AXiiiS Stereotactic Miniframe, a single use platform for image-guided, stereotactic brain biopsy, and the AtamA Stabilization System for MRI-guided neurosurgical procedures that require rigid head fixation. The company was founded by Mark G. Torchia in 1999 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada.

Neuspera Medical, Inc. is a holding company designs and manufactures neurostimulation devices. It delivers a liberating alternative treatment for certain patients trapped by the symptoms of their disease. The company was founded by Alexander Yeh and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Alleviant Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company, which is developing potential therapies for congestive heart failure. The company was founded by Christopher Alex Arevalos, Albertien Greijdanus, Avni Patel and Jacob Kriegel in February 2017 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Treo Ventures LLC (Treo Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Mudit K. Jain and Brad H. Vale. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with an additional office in Dublin, Ireland.

Noctrix Health, Inc. engages in the development of wearable therapeutics. The company was founded by Jonathan Charlesworth and Shriram Raghunathan and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Shiratronics, Inc. develops therapies to combat debilitating migraine headache. It focuses on commercializing novel neuromodulation technologies to treat this large unmet clinical need for patients and physicians. The company was founded by Lynn Elliott and Mudit K. Jain in 2019 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, MN.

Avivomed, Inc. develops neuromodulation therapy to treat unmet clinical needs. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. The CEO of the company is Stephen C. Masson.

NuXcel, Inc. manufactures medical devices. The American company was founded in 2018 by Mudit K. Jain and Lynn Elliott. Mudit K. Jain has been the CEO since 2018.

3x5 Partners LLC (3x5 Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Tony Arnerich and Nicholas Walrod. The firm is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.