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ABIOMED, founded in 1981, is one of the leading developers, manufacturers and marketers of heart support and recovery products. The company manufactures and sells two models of temporary heart assist products. Its AB5000 Circulatory Support System is a heart assist product designed to provide enhanced patient mobility within and between medical centers, to facilitate patient ambulation, and provide enhanced features and ease to use for caregivers. The firm s BVS 5000 Biventricular Support System is approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a bridge-to-recovery device for temporary treatment of patients with failing but potentially recoverable hearts. ABIOMED is located in Danvers, 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.

Cynosure manufactures and distributes lasers and light sources for medical and aesthetic applications. The company s lasers are used for removal of hair, birthmarks, scars, stretch marks, redness and pigmented lesions, as well as non-ablative skin treatment. Its laser technology also treats diseases, such as psoriasis, laryngeal papillomas and dysplasia. Cynosure has more than 30 United States patents and markets systems that represent advanced levels of solid-state, liquid, gas and semiconductor laser technologies. The company provides products to the medical, aesthetic, surgical, ophthalmic and veterinary markets. It distributes products through a network of representatives to 60-plus countries worldwide. Cynosure was established in 1991 and is headquartered in Westford, Mass.