Boston Scientific

ZOLL Medical Corporation designs, manufactures and markets an integrated line of proprietary noninvasive cardiac resuscitation devices, disposable electrodes, mobile ECG systems and EMS data management solutions related to cardio-version and defibrillation. Used by health care professionals to provide both types of cardiac resuscitation, pacing and defibrillation, these products are essential in the emergency treatment of cardiac arrest victims both inside and outside the hospital. ZOLL markets and sells its products in more than 140 countries. The company has direct operations, distributor networks and business partners throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. ZOLL Medical Corporation is located in Chelmsford, Mass.

Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Burlington, Mass., LeMaitre Vascular specializes in the manufacturing and distribution of devices for the treatment of peripheral vascular diseases. It serves various health care organizations and vascular surgeons and interventionalists. The company provides a wide range of products, such as the AnastoClip vessel closure systems used in vascular anastomosis. LeMaitre Vascular additionally provides other devices used by vascular interventionalists in performing a variety of angiographic procedures including venous and arterial vascular studies. It also offers EndoFit thoracic stent grafs for thoracic endovascular aortic repair procedures. LeMaitre Vascular additionally offers InvisiGrip vein strippers and valvulotome and Pruitt-Inahara carotid shunts used in bypass surgeries.

Fresenius Medical Care North America is part of Fresenius Medical Care, one of the world's largest, integrated providers of products and services for individuals with chronic kidney failure, a condition that affects more than 1.5 million individuals worldwide. Through its network of over 2,220 dialysis clinics in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific, Fresenius Medical Care provides dialysis treatment to 172,227 patients around the globe. Fresenius Medical Care is also the world's largest provider of dialysis products, such as hemodialysis machines, dialyzers and related disposable products. Fresenius Medical Care can trace its roots back to 1462, when The Fresenius family assumed ownership of Hirsch Pharmacy in Frankfurt, Germany. Approximately two-thirds of the company's research and development activities are based in Germany and one-third in North America. The company holds rights to more than 1,100 patents and patent applications relating to dialysis technology in major markets and own trademarks throughout the world.