SonoSite, Inc., specialist in hand-carried ultrasound, is an innovator in the rapidly growing, global portable ultrasound market. Through its expertise in ASIC design, SonoSite is able to offer imaging performance typically found in costly ultrasound machines weighing more than 300 pounds in a system that is approximately the size and weight of a laptop computer. This breakthrough is transforming and expanding the worldwide diagnostic ultrasound market by serving existing clinical markets more efficiently and creating new point-of-care applications where ultrasound was either too cumbersome or too expensive to be used before. With over 40,000 systems sold since 1999, SonoSite® products are known for exceptional performance, ease of use and durability.

Alliqua is a biomedical company focused on the development, manufacturing, and marketing of its own proprietary products, utilizing its existing technology portfolio. The company currently markets its own proprietary brands of wound dressings such as SilverSeal® Hydrogel, an antimicrobial dressing; and Hydress® a moist wound dressing. The company intends to pursue projects in the fields of the active ingredient and transdermal drug delivery, as well as advanced wound care. Alliqua’s core transdermal delivery technology platform is designed to deliver drugs and other beneficial ingredients through the skin.

Applaud Medical, Inc. was established to develop and commercialize an innovative new treatment for kidney stones, a condition diagnosed in more than 2 million individuals every year in the U.S. alone. Treating large stones currently requires anesthesia in an operating room . The current least invasive surgical intervention only renders 50% of patients stone-free. Applaud’s innovative kidney stone treatment will - for the first time - allow urologists to effectively treat 5-15 millimeter stones with a simple outpatient procedure.

Sonogenix, Inc. is an American private company that manufactures low frequency ultrasound devices for acute and chronic kidney disease. Patrick Rivelli has been the CEO of the firm since 2012.

Regents of The University of Michigan provides administers bonds on behalf of the University. The company is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Celleration, Inc., a privately held medical device company, was founded in 1999 to develop and commercialize its therapeutic ultrasound platform. Celleration’s core product, the MIST Ultrasound Healing Therapy® System delivers low frequency ultrasound through a saline mist. Unlike conventional wound treatments that are limited to treating the surface, MIST Therapy delivers ultrasound energy into and below the wound bed to stimulate cells to positively impact all critical aspects of the wound healing process. Celleration received 510K clearance from the FDA in 2005 with the full claim of “promote wound healing”. Shortly thereafter, the company introduced the MIST Therapy System to the US market and has since built an impressive body of clinical evidence demonstrating significant clinical and economic benefits in hundreds of facilities across the United States. Currently, over over 1 million MIST® Therapy treatments have been performed in the United States and U.K. benefiting more than 65,000 patients.

Mebiopharm Co., Ltd. engages in the pharmaceutical business. Its services include drug development, commercialization of acquired patents, and outsourcing pre-clinical and clinical trials. The company was founded by Tadashi Fujisawa, Masazumi Eriguchi, Hironobu Yanagie and Kazuo Maruyama on July 15, 2002 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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.

Honda Electronics Co. Ltd. is a private company headquartered in Japan. The firm manufactures portable transistor to find fish.

BANDELIN produces ultrasound devices for use in the laboratory, in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, industry, and trade. Their products were ultrasonic cleaning baths and immersion transducers, as well as tubular reactors for industrial applications. Ultrasonic baths were developed for simultaneous cleaning and rinsing of MIS instruments after the introduction of the ultrasonic bath.

Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation provides scientific and industrial research services. It plays a role in collaboration within the Australian national innovation system and as an advisor to government, industry and the community. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Canberra, Australia.

Ningbo Haitong Food Science & Technology Co. Ltd. is a private company headquartered in Ningbo, China, that manufactures and distributes packaged food.

Hangzhou Naique Biotechnology Co., Ltd., established on 2011-07-20, Business scope includes general items:Technical Services,technology development,technical consulting,Technology Exchange,technology transfer,Technology Promotion;Food Additive Sales;General merchandise sales;Sales of packaging materials and products;Machinery sales(Except for projects subject to approval by law,Carry out business activities independently in accordance with the law with a business license).licensed items:Food additive production;food production;Import and export;food business(Selling prepackaged food)(Items subject to approval by law,Business activities can only be carried out after approval by relevant departments,Specific business projects are subject to approval results).

ENTrigue Surgical, Inc. develops medical devices and therapies for sinus surgeons and their patients in the United States and internationally. Its products include sinus dilation systems, septal staplers, hemostatic gels, articulating instruments, sinus dilation balloons, standard balloon inflation devices, and middle turbinate implants. The company was founded by Donald Albert Gonzales in May 2007 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

SANUWAVE Health is a developer of a high-energy, focused, shock wave technology that is used in devices for the repair and regeneration of bones, muscles, tendons, and skin, and for the separation of solids and fluid in non-medical systems. Within healthcare, SANUWAVE’s proprietary, patented Pulsed Acoustic Cellular Expression (PACE) technology emits high-energy, acoustic shock waves that restore the body’s normal healing processes. This activates biological signaling, which leads to tissue repair and regeneration, blood vessel growth, revascularization, and microcirculatory enhancement.

Ultrasonic Medical Mapping, Inc. engages in development of a mature industrial technology from defense and aerospace and apply it in a medical setting. The company is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences is a Chinese private company located in Nanjing, with subsidiaries in China, that engages in agriculture research and development.