Dominique J. Filloux

Cierra, Inc. is a medical device company. It develops devices for minimally invasive heart disease surgeries such as the closure of Patent Foramen Ovale. Cierra was founded in 2003. Its headquarters are located in Redwood City, CA.

Arstasis, Inc. develops and manufactures medical devices for femoral catheterizations. It offers AXERA access device, a vascular access device that is used in patients undergoing diagnostic femoral artery catheterization procedures using 5F or 6F introducer sheaths. The company was founded in August 2004 by D. Bruce Modesitt and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Guidant Corp. manufactures cardiovascular therapeutic devices. The company also provides cardiac and peripheral vascular repair surgical systems. It operates in Europe and Japan. Guidant was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Part of Boston Scientific Corp., EndoVascular Technologies, Inc. is a private company that makes invasive endovascular systems. The company is based in Menlo Park, CA. The company was founded by Wesley D. Sterman. EndoVascular Technologies was acquired by Guidant Corp. on December 22, 1997 for $145.32 million.

The Foundry LLC provides investment services to medical device companies. It includes the inventor partners of business development, product development and prototyping, market analysis and development, human resources and recruitment and intellectual property enterprise. The company was founded by Allan R Will and Henry A. Plain, Jr. in 1998 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.