Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.(CPI), doing business as Guidant Cardiac Rhythm Management, manufactured implantable cardiac rhythm management devices, such as pacemakers and defibrillators. It also sold insulin pumps controlled by microprocessors and various equipments to regulate heart rhythm. In addition, Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. developed therapies for the treatment of irregular heartbeats. The company was founded in 1971 and is based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Boston Scientific Corporation.

ArthroCare develops and manufactures surgical devices, instruments, and implants that strive to enhance surgical techniques as well as improve patient outcomes. Its devices improve many existing surgical procedures and enable new minimally invasive procedures. Many of ArthroCare's devices use its internationally patented Coblation (R) technology. This technology precisely dissolves target tissue and limits damage to surrounding healthy tissue. ArthroCare also develops surgical devices utilizing other patented technology including its OPUS (R) line of fixation products as well as re-usable surgical instruments. ArthroCare is leveraging these technologies in order to offer a comprehensive line of surgical devices to capitalize on a multi-billion dollar market opportunity across several surgical specialties, including its two core product areas consisting of Sports Medicine and Ear, Nose, and Throat as well as other areas such as spine, wound care, urology and gynecology.

Greatbatch Ltd. develops and manufactures medical devices and components. It specializes in Cardiac Rhythm Management, Neuromodulation, Vascular and Orthopedics. The company was founded on February 5, 1970 and is headquartered in Clarence, NY.

Sorin CRM SAS designs and manufactures implantable pacemakers and defibrillators. It offers ICDs, leads, holter equipment, and electrophysiology catheters. The company was founded on July 25, 1977 and is headquartered in Clamart, France.

Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Farmingdale, New Jersey, A&E Medical is a leading designer and manufacturer of a high strength sternum closure system along with a wide variety of temporary cardiac pacing wires and extension leads, stainless steel sutures, surgical punches, electrosurgical instruments, and neurosurgical scalp clips.

Enpath Medical, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of single use medical device products for the cardiac rhythm management, neuromodulation, and interventional radiology markets in the United States and internationally. It offers a family of percutaneous venous vessel introducers that enable physicians to create a conduit through which they can insert infusion catheters, implantable ports, pacemaker leads, and other therapeutic devices into a blood vessel.

Pacesetter, Inc., a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories, is a company headquartered in the United States that manufactures, and distributes cardiovascular and implantable neuro stimulation medical devices.

Westmed, Inc. operates as a medical device manufacturing company. It develops, manufactures and markets both disposable and reusable anesthesia and respiratory medical devices. The firm provides products for the below categories airway clearance therapy, anesthesia, emergency, endoscopy, home care and hospice, neonatal / pediatrics, respiratory care and wound care. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Tucson, AZ.

Medical Concepts Europe BV engages in the design, development, and production of subassemblies and components for clients in the medical industry. It offers temporary pacing wires, including UNI-polar, BI-polar, Tri-polar, QUAD-polar, and pediatric-wires; pacing cables; and accessories, such as heart and thoracic needles, adapters and pacemakers, extension adapters, and myocardial placement electrodes. The company is founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Gemert, the Netherlands.

St. Jude Medical, Inc. was an American global medical device company headquartered in Little Canada, Minnesota, U.S., a suburb of Saint Paul. The company had more than 20 principal operations and manufacturing facilities worldwide with products sold in more than 100 countries. Its major markets include the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. The company was named after Jude the Apostle, the patron saint of lost causes.

Remington Medical, Inc. is a private company headquartered in the United States, with subsidiaries in the Dominican Republic. The firm manufactures and distributes disposable medical devices.

AtaCor Medical, Inc. develops cardiac medical devices. The firm offers AtaCor pacing system. The company was founded by Rick Sanghera, Alan Marcovecchio, and Sean McGeehan in 2014 and is headquartered in San Clemente, CA.

Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin (doing business as DHZB) is a private company headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The firm provides healthcare services.\nThe company says this about itself: The German Heart Centre Berlin (Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin) is an internationally renowned high-performance hospital and medical research center specializing in the treatment of cardiovascular and thoracic diseases, implantation of mechanical circulatory support systems, and heart and lung transplantation.

CardioThoracic Systems, Inc., located in Cupertino, Calif., is a leading\ndeveloper of proprietary technologies in minimally invasive cardiothoracic\nsurgery. CTS introduced its first generation system for minimally invasive\nbeating heart bypass surgery in January 1997. Since that time, over 11,000\nbeating heart bypass procedures, including midline and thorocotomy approaches, have been performed using CTS' propriety instruments. CTS is also developing technologies in the area of minimally invasive valve repair. CardioThoracic Systems, Inc., has been acquired by Guidant in 1999.

Part of Teleflex, Inc., Technology Holding Co. II is an American company specializing in offices of holding companies.

Biosense Webster, Inc. is the global leader in the science of diagnosing and treating heart rhythm disorders. The company partners with clinicians to develop innovative technologies that improve the quality of care for arrhythmia patients worldwide. Biosense Webster is part of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies. More information can be found at www.biosensewebster.com.