George W. Holbrook

Thoratec Corp. develops, manufactures and markets proprietary medical devices used for circulatory support for the treatment of heart failure patients. The company's products include Ventricular Assist Devices, HeartMate Left Ventricular Assist System, HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist System, Thoratec Paracorporeal Ventricular Assist Device and Thoratec Implantable Ventricular Assist. It also manufactures and markets the CentriMag Acute Circulatory System, HeartMate II, PVAD, IVAD and for pediatric patients PediMag/PediVAS Acute Circulatory System. Its ventricular assist devices products primarily serve patients suffering from late-stage heart failure. Heart Failure is a chronic disease that occurs when degeneration of the heart muscle reduces the pumping power of the heart, causing the heart to become too weak to pump blood at a level sufficient to meet the body's demands. The company operates its business through the Cardiovascular group segment, which develops, manufactures mechanical circulatory products to support the cardiovascular systems of humans and to provide product-related services. Thoratec was founded in March 1976 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Bradley Resources Co. LLC operates as an investment firm. The company is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

Vapore LLC develops liquid vaporization product. Its flagship product, MyPurMist, is a personal humidifier that provides direct, warm humidification for immediate and safe sinus relief. The company was founded by Varun Nanda, Robert A. Lerner, Thomas Young in 2001 and is headquartered in Concord, CA.

ThinGap LLC designs and manufactures electric motors and generators. The firm specializes in the development and production of custom high performance brushless DC and synchronous permanent magnet motors and generators. The firm serves the medical devices and technologies, aerospace and defense, unmanned systems, robotics and industrial automation and green technology industries. The company was founded in 1997 by Greg Graham, R. Michael Crill and Jerry Yankie and is headquartered in Camarillo, CA.

Pluromed, Inc. manufactures and markets disposable medical devices that are used to control bleeding during surgery. The company's trademark products include LeGoo Internal Vessel Occluder and BackStop. It was founded in 2003 and is located in Woburn, MA.