Dan Cole

Direct Flow Medical, Inc. develops transcatheter heart valve technologies. It explores application of its technology beyond the aortic valve, to the mitral valve, and other valve anatomy. The firm’s Transcatheter Aortic Valve System is indicated for the treatment of patients with severe aortic stenosis, who are at risk for surgical aortic valve replacement. The company's system incorporates a polymer frame, which is expanded using pressurized saline and contrast for placement, assessment and repositioning. Direct Flow Medical was founded by Gordon B. Bishop and Randall T. Lashinski in June 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Rosa, CA.

Facet Solutions, Inc. develops and commercializes surgical devices for treating back pain from hypertrophy. The firm develops the ACADIA facet replacement system, that is designed to provide patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and facet degeneration a motion preservation alternative to fusion. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Hopkinton, MA.

PneumRx, Inc. operates as a medical device company which focuses on developing minimally-invasive solutions for unmet medical needs in pulmonary medicine. Its product is a minimally invasive device intended to improve exercise capacity, lung function, and quality of life in patients with both heterogeneous and homogeneous emphysema. The company was founded by by Erin McGurk, Mark L. Mathis, and Ronald Dieck in 2004 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

CircuLite, Inc. provided treatment for heart disorders. The company was founded by Paul J. Southworth and Paul Spence in November 2004 and was headquartered in Teaneck, NJ.

TearScience, Inc. diagnoses and treats meibomian gland dysfunction. It offers Lipiflow, Lipiscan, and Lipiview. The company was founded by Donald R. Korb and Timothy R. Willis in 2005 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Coherex Medical, Inc. designs, develops, and markets catheter-based technologies for the treatment of structural heart defects. It offers WaveCrest device that is placed in the opening of the left atrial appendage to reduce complications associated with other device types, as well as simplifies the implant procedures. The company was founded by Brian K. Whisenant and Clark C. Davis in 2003 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Conventus Orthopaedics, Inc. operates as a medical device company for fracture treatment. It focuses on creating less invasive solutions for fractures in and around the joints. The firm offers distal radial and wrist fracture repair products. Its products include distal radius and proximal humerus. The company was founded by Michael P. Brenzel and Paul J. Hindrichs in 2009 and is headquartered in Maple Grove, MN.

Part of Boston Scientific Corp., Meadox Medicals, Inc. makes vascular replacement devices. The company is based in Oakland, NJ. Meadox Medicals was acquired by Boston Scientific Corp. on November 20, 1995 for $425 million.

Pathway Medical Technologies, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices intended for the treatment of arterial disease, specifically the peripheral arterial disease. Pathway Medical Technologies was founded in 1998, and is headquartered in Kirkland, WA.

Spray Venture Partners LP (Spray Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Kevin Connors. The firm is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

superDimension Ltd. develops and markets pulmonology devices. Its devices enable the diagnosis and potentially the treatment of distal lung disease. The firm develops and markets catheter-based devices for use in the invasive diagnosis and treatment of early stage lung cancer and other diseases, using the patient's natural airways to avoid surgery. The company was founded by Pinchas Gilboa in 1995 and is headquartered in Herzliya, 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.

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.

SuperDimension, Inc. used to develop and market pulmonology devices. It developed and used to market catheter-based devices for use in the invasive diagnosis and treatment of early stage lung cancer and other diseases, using the patient's natural airways to avoid surgery. The company was founded by Pinhas Gilboa in 1995 and was headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

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.

V-Wave Ltd. engages in the development of implantable medical device for treating chronic heart failure. It offers V-Wave Shunt, which is a biocompatible inter-atrial unidirectional implant. The company was founded by Gad Keren and Yaacov Nitzan in 2009 and is headquartered in Caesarea, Israel.