David G. Brown

Salient Surgical Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, and markets disposable surgical devices. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

United States Surgical Corp. engages in the manufacture of wound closure products and surgical devices. It produces tools used in surgery including staplers, sutures, laparoscopic instruments, cardiovascular surgical products and electrosurgical devices. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in North Haven, CT.

Aureon Biosciences, Inc. designs and develops prognostic tests. The company’s prognostic tests include Prostate Px, which assists physicians as they counsel patients on the range of possible treatment options, as well as the patient’s probability of disease recurrence, disease progression and Post-Op Px, a prognostic test to provide patients and their physicians with information about treatment options. The company was founded by Robert H. Singer, Charles M. Cohen, Jonathan Edelson, Olivier Saidi and Carlos Cordón-Cardó in 2001 and is headquartered in Yonkers, NY.

Paradigm Spine LLC designs, develops and markets solutions for the treatment of spinal conditions and diseases. It offers solutions for the disease management of spinal stenosis. The company was founded by by Marc R. Viscogliosi, Anthony G. Viscogliosi, John J. Viscogliosi and Guntmar H. Eisen in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Covidien LP manufactures and distributes medical devices. Its products include disposable medical supplies, monitoring equipment, innovative wound closure products, advanced surgical devices, medical instruments and bulk analgesic pharmaceuticals. The company is headquartered in Mansfield, MA.