Nancy Briefs

Target Therapeutics, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets disposable and implantable medical devices. It provides medical devices used in minimally invasive procedures to treat vascular diseases and other diseases related to small vessels of the circulatory system. The company was founded by Anna Marie and John R. Daniels in 1985 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

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.

ProRhythm, Inc. provides medical services. It developed HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) a debilitating arrhythmia. The company was founded by David E. Acker in 1997 and is headquartered in Ronkonkoma, NY.

Edwards Lifesciences CardiaQ LLC operates as a medical device company which develops technologies for percutaneous mitral heart valve replacement. The firm focuses on mitral regurgitation which is the most commonly occurring heart valve disease. The company was founded by Arshad Quadri and J. B. Ratz in 2007 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

InfoBionic, Inc. provides wireless remote patient monitoring systems. It specializes in cardiac arrhythmia detection and analytics monitoring. The company was founded by Nancy M. Briefs, Michael Fahey, Ravi Kuppuraj and Jeremy N. Ruskin in 2011 and is headquartered in Lowell, MA.

Percardia, Inc. provides medical devices for the treatment of coronary artery disease. It develops proprietary devices for treatment of coronary artery disease. The company was founded in 1998 by Scott Wolf and is headquartered in Merrimack, NH

The Medical Device Manufacturers Association operates as a trade association. The private company is based in Washington. The American company was founded by Thomas C. Thompson.

Elemé Medical, Inc. manufactured laser-based cellulite treatment. The firm’s products included SmoothShapes with Photomology technology, a medical device for the temporary reduction in the appearance of cellulite and SmoothLipo, a medical device for laser-assisted lipolysis that is used in body shaping and skin tightening of localized areas. The company was founded by R. Robert Nagel and was headquartered in Merrimack, NH.