Physcient develops modern technology for hand-held surgical instruments that enable speedy recovery without changing surgical procedures. It was founded in 2007 by three scientists/executives with over 75 years of experience developing new technologies for the life and health sciences.

CoreValve is a private company founded in 2001 by Jacques Seguin, M.D., Ph.D., a cardiac surgeon. The vision of the Company was to develop a technology that permits the replacement of failing aortic heart valves without surgical access. Developing the concept of a catheter-based aortic valve replacement procedure, the Company has rapidly advanced this technology from vision to reality. Today, more than 200 patients have experienced successful aortic valve replacement with the CoreValve ReValving™ procedure. CoreValve’s objective is to be the technological, clinical, and market leader in percutaneous heart valve replacement therapies. Current efforts are focused on percutaneous aortic valve replacement, but future efforts will relate to other minimally invasive structural heart disease treatments. CoreValve’s headquarters’ are in Irvine, California, an area renowned for the development of innovative heart valve technologies.

AeroSurgical Limited is a medical device company that incorporates state of the art aerosol technology to form the basis of its proprietary AeroSurge Platform which efficiently delivers therapeutics into the abdominal cavity of patients during surgery to combat post-surgical complications such as pain and adhesions. Following several years of research and development, AeroSurgical is preparing to undertake a Phase II clinical trial in Europe as the next step towards commercialization of PR1, the company's lead product candidate which is addressing postoperative pain through the delivery of local anesthetics during laparoscopic surgery. PR1 is expected to improve clinical outcomes including earlier patient ambulation, a reduction in opiate use and an earlier discharge from the hospital for non-ambulatory procedures.

Guangzhou T.K Medical Instrument Co., Ltd. develops, manufactures and distributes medical devices. Its products include disposable laparoscopic materials, sleep surgery devices, medical sewage collect, catheter fixator and nasal irrigator. The company was founded by Xing Zhou on March 3, 2004 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, China.

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Ethicon, Inc. is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. It was incorporated as a separate company under the Johnson & Johnson umbrella in 1949 to expand and diversify the Johnson & Johnson product line. Ethicon has manufactured surgical sutures and wound closure devices since 1887. After World War II, Ethicon's market share in surgical sutures rose from 15% to 70% worldwide. In the United States, the market share is approximately 80%.

Hogy Medical Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of medical consumables and equipment. It offers surgical kits and products, medical wear, integrated circuit (IC) tracers for hygiene products, and sterilization products. The company was founded by Masao Hoki in December 1955 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Heartport is an entrepreneurial medical device maker that has introduced several innovative systems for conducting less-invasive cardiac surgery. The company was founded by John H. Stevens and Wesley D. Sterman. Heartport manufactures and markets less invasive cardiac surgery products that enable surgeons to perform a wide range of less invasive open-chest and minimally invasive heart operations, including stopped heart and beating heart procedures. In April 2001, Heartport was merged with and into CARDIOVATIONS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Heartport continues to operate as a part of the division of Ethicon, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company. Ethicon is a global leader in developing and marketing products for surgery in the areas of wound closure and wound management, surgical sports medicine, women's health and cardiovascular surgery.

CardioThoracic Systems, Inc., located in Cupertino, Calif., is a leading\ndeveloper of proprietary technologies in minimally invasive cardiothoracic\nsurgery. CTS introduced its first generation system for minimally invasive\nbeating heart bypass surgery in January 1997. Since that time, over 11,000\nbeating heart bypass procedures, including midline and thorocotomy approaches, have been performed using CTS' propriety instruments. CTS is also developing technologies in the area of minimally invasive valve repair. CardioThoracic Systems, Inc., has been acquired by Guidant in 1999.

Hewlett-Packard Development Co. is a private company headquartered in Beijing, China. The firm manufactures and supplies personal computers. Yi Liang Chen is the current CEO of the firm.

Guangdong General Hospital (Chinese: 广东省人民医院 meaning "Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital") is a large hospital, founded in 1946, located in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

Sulzer Intermedics, Inc., part of Sulzer AG, is a company headquartered in Angleton, TX, focused on surgical and medical instruments and apparatus.

Zaporizhzhia State Medical University (ZSMU) is a medical university in the small city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

Acorn Cardiovascular, Inc., a medical device company, develops treatments for patients with heart failure. Its product includes CorCap cardiac support device, a mesh warp that is implanted around the heart to provide ventricular support and reduce ventricular wall stress in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and symptomatic heart failure. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is based in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, a subsidiary of Tongji University, is a Chinese company located in Shanghai that provides medical services.