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Bacchus
Vascular Inc.
3110 Coronado Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Phone: 408 980 8300
Fax: 408 980 8383
www.bacchus-vascular.com
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Bacchus
Vascular, Inc. is developing a safe, potentially less invasive,
and more effective procedure to percutaneously remove blood
clots from dialysis and peripheral grafts as well as native
arteries and veins. In addition, the company is looking to develop
additional products for de-bulking peripheral, coronary, and
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BioLucent, Inc.
27121 Aliso Creek Road, Suite 125
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
(949) 349-1380
www.biolucent.com
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BioLucent,
Inc. is dedicated to designing and producing products that improve
the mammography experience. The Company's goal is to increase
the number of women who benefit from regular recommended mammograms. |
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DataCore Software Corporation
6261 N.W. 6th Way, Suite 110
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309-1088
Phone: (954) 267-1620
Fax: (954) 938-7953
www.datacoresoftware.com
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DataCore
Software Corporation develops storage networking software, which
manage and control Storage Area Networking (SAN) infrastructures.
Its products virtualize isolated islands of storage into shared
storage pools that can then be reallocated and presented to
systems as universal storage that is secure and interoperable. |
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Fox Hollow Technologies, Inc.
3355 Edison Way
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone: 650 364 4300
Fax: 650 364 9100
www.foxhollowtech.com
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Fox Hollow Technologies, Inc. has developed a coronary
catheter that facilitates complete coronary lesion de-bulking,
which has been shown to significantly reduce restenosis. The
company's technology is designed to address the needs of the
interventional cardiologist for a process that has traditionally
been complex and has not allowed for complete de-bulking.
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LuMend, Inc.
400 Chesapeake Drive
Redwood City, CA 94063
Phone: 650 364 1400
Fax: 650 556 9968
www.lumend.com
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LuMend, Inc. is dedicated to developing, manufacturing
and marketing innovative medical devices that meet significant
unmet clinical needs in interventional cardiology and radiology.
The company's products are designed to enable physicians to
safely, predictably and cost-effectively cross chronic total
occlusions (CTOs) and allow for subsequent treatment using
catheter-based, minimally invasive procedures. Despite the
high incidence of CTOs in patients with coronary and peripheral
vascular disease, the catheter-based technology options available
to treat these patients in a predictable, safe, reliable,
and cost-effective manner are limited.
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Microfabrica Inc.
(formerly MEMGen Corporation)
1103 West Isabel Street
Burbank, CA 91506
Phone: 818-295-3996 x280
Fax: 818-295-3998
www.microfabrica.com
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Microfabrica,
Inc. is
focused on becoming a leading provider of proprietary
technology for the manufacturing of high-impact products
that
incorporate microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). |
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Neoforma.com, Inc.
3061 Zanker Road
San Jose, CA 95134
Phone: 408 468 4000
Fax: 408 468 4040
www.neoforma.com
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Neoforma.com, Inc. delivers comprehensive
information and e-commerce services for medical products, equipment,
supplies, and services to healthcare buyers and suppliers worldwide.
Neoforma.com's mission is to make healthcare procurement efficient
and cost-effective, so healthcare professionals can spend less
time doing business and more time caring for patients.
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Novare Surgical Systems, Inc.
10231 Bubb Road
Cupertino, CA 95014
Phone: 408 873 3161
Fax: 408 873 3168
www.novaresurgical.com
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Novare Surgical Systems, Inc.
develops innovative and cost-effective atraumatic systems
that provide surgeons with unmatched confidence in and control
of their surgical occlusion. With its uniquely engineered
designs, the company aims to expand the surgical temporary
occlusion markets of the U.S. and Europe, estimated to be
worth up to $155 million each.
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| Novus
Packaging Corporation |
Novus Packaging Corporation manufactures
on site protective packaging systems that are fast, flexible,
and easy to use. The Novus system delivers SculptAir TM protective
pillows from flat, easy to store rolls that are clean, reusable,
recyclable, and flexible for all shipping needs.
NOTE: The company has been acquired by Free Flow Packaging,
Inc.
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Oratec Interventions, Inc.
3700 Haven Court
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone: 650 369 9904
Fax: 650 369 9913
www.oratec.com
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Oratec Interventions, Inc. is focused on the orthopedic
markets of arthroscopic surgery and minimally invasive spine
therapies offering curative therapies for patients that might
not be candidates for conventional surgery. Oratec's technology
is based on the proprietary application of radio frequency
and thermal energy for minimally invasive orthopedic interventions.
Oratec has received regulatory approval for its devices which
have been used in over 70,000 procedures.
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NOTE: The company has been acquired by Smith & Nephew
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RadioTherapeutics Corporation
1308 Borregas Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Phone: 408-745-3200
Fax: 408-745-9848
www.radiotherapeutics.com
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RadioTherapeutics Corporation is
developing tools for minimally invasive treatment of solid tumors.
The RF 2000B is used by surgeons, interventional radiologists,
and gastroenterologists to predictably, precisely and homogeneously
ablate diseased or unwanted volumes of soft tissues. The RadioTherapeutics
ablation system was showcased at the Society of Surgical Oncology
and the Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
meetings in March 1999.
NOTE: The company has been acquired by Boston Scientific
Corporation (NYSE: BSX)
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Securant Technologies, Inc.
1 Embarcadero Center Lobby 5
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: 415 315 1500
Fax: 415 315 1545
www.securant.com
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Securant Technologies, Inc. is a leading developer of
software solutions that provide a solid, integrated security
infrastructure for electronic commerce. The company's software
enables companies to easily manage a cohesive security policy
required when deploying secure electronic commerce applications
on the Web or across an Enterprise. It also allows companies
to easily move their businesses on-line, to create new revenue
opportunities, and to improve efficiency. Securant's software
provides the means for companies to administer security for
environments where scalability and reliability are mission-critical.
NOTE: The company has been acquired by RSA Security Inc.
(NASDAQ: RSAS)
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Sleep Solutions, Inc.
2450 El Camino Real, Ste.101
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: 650 320 8090
Fax: 650 320 8190
www.sleep-solutions.com
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Sleep Solutions®, Inc. (SSI) provides a diagnostic
service for home testing and evaluation of Sleep Disordered
Breathing, which includes the diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep
Apnea (OSA). The service uses proprietary technology designed,
manufactured and distributed by Sleep Solutions to accomplish
multi-night analysis at a lower cost than traditional sleep
lab diagnostic tests. OSA refers to upper airway distress
during sleep that restricts or prevents breathing. OSA is
a serious and potentially life-threatening sleep disorder
that afflicts as many as 18 million Americans of which only
10%-15% have been diagnosed. The U.S. represents approximately
half of the worldwide market opportunity for OSA testing.
The diagnostic system that will be provided to and self-administered
by patients in their home to provide physicians and their
patients a fast, web and fax based, cost effective, accurate
and comfortable alternative to in-laboratory sleep studies.
The product has been cleared by the FDA for sale in the United
States. Commercialization of the diagnostic service began
in 2001.
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Starion Instruments Corporation
20665 Fourth Street
Saratoga, CA 95070
Phone: 408 741 8773
Fax: 408 741 8774
www.starioninstruments.com
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Starion Instruments Corporation's technology combines
cutting and coagulation in a single surgical instrument to
decrease operating time and increase both safety and reliability.
The company's devices are either disposable or semi-disposable,
allowing maximum flexibility for introduction in ambulatory
surgical facilities, physician offices and international markets.
Starion's product eliminates the need for the hand-fashioned,
multi-step, multi-instrument surgical techniques. The Company
received FDA approval and launched its product in October
1999.
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Vascular Architects, Inc.
1830 Bering Dr.
San Jose, CA 95112
Phone: 877 827 2728
Fax:877 453 7970
www.vasculararchitects.com
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Vascular Architects, Inc. develops devices and procedures
for the emerging endovascular surgery market. The company
is specifically focused on a system approach for the treatment
of peripheral vascular occlusive disease, with initial focus
being placed on occlusive disease in the iliac and superficial
femoral artery.
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Ventrica, Inc.
5055 Brandin Court
Fremont, CA 94538
Phone: 510 438 7100
Fax: 510 623 7862
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Ventrica, Inc. is developing
a new generation of heart bypass devices designed to revascularize
coronary arteries by shunting blood directly from the left
ventricle of the heart and thus tapping into the body's natural
source of oxygenated blood. This revolutionary approach has
the ability to significantly change the way conventional coronary
artery bypass graft surgery is performed.
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