Richard J. May

Etex Corp. manufactures calcium phosphate biomaterials. Its products are used for bone graft substitutes, reconstruction of skeletal defects, orthopedic, spine indications, and orthopedic implants. The company was founded by D. Duke Lee in 1989 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. is a global surgical implant company providing surgeons with biologic, metal and synthetic implants. It operates through the following business lines: Spine, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Sports and International. The Spine business line designs, manufactures, and distributes surgical implants, instruments, and biologics used in the treatment of conditions affecting the spine caused by degenerative conditions, deformities or traumatic injury. The OEM business line market and distributes the implants and instruments. The Sports business line deals with sports-related injuries that can be addressed with allograft implants. The International business line markets and distributes products through a direct distribution organization and a network of independent distributors from foreign affiliates. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Alachua, FL.

Zimmer, Inc. provides joint replacement solutions. The firm products include trauma and dental implants and orthopaedic surgical products. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Warsaw, IN.

VisEn's in vivo fluorescence imaging technologies, including its Fluorescence Agent Portfolio and its Fluorescence Molecular Tomographic (FMTTM) Imaging Systems provide robust fluorescence molecular imaging performance in identifying, characterizing and quantifying ranges of disease biomarkers and therapeutic efficacy in vivo. VisEn's FMT systems and agents are used by leading research institutions and pharmaceutical companies in applications including cancer research, inflammation, cardiovascular, skeletal and pulmonary disease. The company also works with large pharmaceutical partners to design ranges of tailored molecular imaging agents and applications that are designed to their specific pre-clinical and clinical research areas.

Ascension Orthopedics, Inc. designs, develops and markets orthopedic implants and devices. The company was founded by Jerome J. Klawitter in 1996 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

Pivot Medical, Inc. develops and markets novel technologies for a rapidly growing segment of the orthopedic marketplace. It offers services in the non-spine orthopedic areas. The company was founded by Julian Nikolchev on January 29, 2007 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Graftys SA designs, manufactures and markets calcium phosphate-based synthetic bone substitutes to the global orthopedic and dental surgery markets. Its research and development projects include injectable and resorbable synthetic bone substitutes, biological repair of cartilage and of the spine, as well as bone substitutes combined with pharmaceutical agents. The company was founded by Jean Marc Ferrier, Alain Valet, Jean-Michel Bouler and Aurélien Valet in September 2005 and is headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, France.

OMNI Orthopaedics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes orthopedic implants. The company was founded by David L. Lasalle, George B. Cipoletti and Edward J. Cheal on December 22, 2008 and is headquartered in Taunton, MA.

Praxim SA manufactures and sells orthopedic surgical instruments. It specializes in minimal invasive products for knee arthroscopy. The company was founded by Stéphane Lavallée in 1995 and is headquartered in La Tronche, France.

OMNIlife science, Inc. manufactures orthopedic, prosthetic and other related products. The firm products are used in hip and knee replacement, joint pain and robotic surgery. The company was founded by Edward J. Cheal and George B. Cipolletti in 1999 and is headquartered in Raynham, MA.