Susan M. Aloyan

Curon Medical, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets proprietary products for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. Its products consist of radiofrequency generators and single-use disposable devices. The company was founded on May 1, 1997 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Acclarent, Inc. engages in manufacturing, designing, and commercializing medical devices that address conditions affecting the ear, nose, and throat. Its products include balloon sinuplasty, eustachian tube dilation, airway dilation system, and ethmoid punch. The company was founded by Joshua Makower and John Y. Chang in June 2004 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Relievant Medsystems, Inc. develops treatment and technologies for chronic back pain. Its Intracept System solution is a minimally invasive procedure that uses radiofrequency energy delivered into the vertebral body of the spine to ablate the basivertebral nerve. Relievant Medsystems was founded by James C. Peacock, Jeffrey Charles Lotz, and Rex Peters in 2004 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Augmenix, Inc. develops hydrogel technology to improve outcomes in radiation oncology and surgery. Its products include TraceIT Tissue Marker and SpaceOAR System, which is an absorbable hydrogel spacer that reduces radiation injury to the rectal wall in men undergoing prostate radiotherapy. The company was founded by Amarpreet S. Sawhney in 2008 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Neurolutions, Inc. develops revolutionary platform of devices, based on Brain Computer Interface (BCI) technology, which promise to restore function to patients who are disabled as a result of neurological injury. The company was founded by Eric Leuthhardt, Daniel J. Moran, and Gerwin Schalk on October 1, 2008 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Hotspur Technologies, Inc. manufactures medical devices and supplies for the dialysis treatment. The company was founded by James Howard Dreher, Jeffrey A. Krolik and Fred Khosravi in 2008 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

Claret Medical, Inc. develops a cerebral protection technology designed to protect patients from the risk of stroke during left heart procedures and vascular interventions. It focuses on addressing the problem of stroke during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), a significant unmet clinical need. The company was founded by Farhad Khosravi and Randy Lashinski in 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Rosa, CA.

Apama Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company which focuses on the treatment of atrial fibrillation. The firm focuses on the electrophysiology market and offers a vastly superior catheter-based solution for the fastest growing market segment, atrial fibrillation ablation. The company was founded by Amr Salahieh in 2009 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Part of Boston Scientific Corp., Quanam Medical Corp develops medical devices using novel polymer technology. The company is based in Santa Clara, CA. Quanam Medical was acquired by Boston Scientific Corp. on April 02, 2001 for $390 million.

Founded by Mitchell Dann in 2000, Sapient Capital Management LLC is a venture capital firm located in Wilson, Wyoming

Advanced Stent Technologies, Inc. designs, develops & manufactures stents and stent delivery systems. It provides research and development of innovative devices for the treatment of complicated lesions. The company was founded in 1997 and is located in Pleasanton, CA

Aspire Medical is a privately held, venture capital financed medical device company developing minimally invasive surgical treatments for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The procedure is conducted by ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialists, who are also known as otolaryngologists. The company was founded in 2004.

Emphasys Medical, Inc., a medical technology company, focuses on developing and commercializing minimally invasive therapeutic devices for the treatment of patients with emphysema and other breathing disorders. It offers Zephyr Endobronchial Valve system, which is designed to block air from passing through the opening in the lung and into the chest cavity, resulting in the reduction or elimination of airflow through the leak to allow the tissue to heal. The company offers its products through distributors and dealers in Europe, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Emphasys Medical was founded in 2000 and is based in Redwood City, CA. Emphasys Medical, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Pulmonx Corp.

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.

Morgenthaler Management Corp (Morgenthaler Management) is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1968 by David Morgenthaler. The firm is headquartered in Portola Valley, California.

BrainsGate Ltd. develops medical devices. The firm specializes in therapies for patients suffering from central nervous system diseases. Its platform technology involves electrical stimulation of the Spheno-Palatine Ganglion, a nervous center known to increase cerebral blood flow. The company was founded by Yossi Gross and David Yarnitsky in 2000 and is headquartered in Caesarea, Israel.

Ostial Corp. develops catheter-based delivery system combined with a bare metal stent. The firm allows physicians to perform aorto-ostial interventions with precision and predictability. The company was founded by Fred Khosravi in 2008 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Incept LLC operates as a biotechnical research company. It focuses in the life-sciences space, and occasional involvement in select information technology opportunities. The company was founded in 1998 by Farhad Khosravi and Amarpreet S. Sawhney and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Cibiem, Inc. operates as a medical device company. Its catheter-based approach focuses on carotid body modulation for the treatment of sympathetic nervous system-mediated diseases such as hypertension, heart failure, diabetes, and renal failure. The company was founded by Mark Gelfand and Howard R. Levin and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Instylla, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. Its focus is to leverage hydrogel technology to create differentiated liquid embolics for interventional radiology with a specific initial focus on interventional oncology and peripheral hemostasis. The company was founded by Amarpreet Sawhney and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Tulavi Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapeutics to treat neurally mediated diseases. It helps to treat aberrant neural reflex arcs in peripheral and visceral diseases. The company was founded was founded by Corinne Bright, Fred Khosravi and Henry Chen and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Imperative Care, Inc. is a healthcare technology company, which provides solutions to solve problems in stroke. It focuses on medical technology designed to expedite and improve the effectiveness of treatment, giving patients a chance for optimal recovery. The company is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Rejoni, Inc. engages in the provision of biotechnology services. It focuses on developing products that improve the outcomes of minimally invasive and other gynecological surgical procedures. The company was founded in June 2020 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Sprig Equity Management LLC (Sprig Equity Management) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2022 by Norton Evan and Arnold Kathryn. The firm is headquartered in Wilmette, Illinois.