Graydon E. Beatty

Endocardial Solutions, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures a minimally invasive diagnostic system that diagnoses within the span of a few heartbeats, arrhythmia, a potentially fatal abnormal heart rhythm. The company's EnSite catheters and clinical workstations produce a high-resolution, real-time, three-dimensional color display of electrical activity in the heart chamber, thus allowing electrophysiologists to locate and diagnose tachycardia in real-time and to determine the course of treatment. It was founded in 1992. The company is located in St. Paul, MN.

St. Jude Medical LLC develops, manufactures and distributes cardiovascular medical devices for the global cardiac rhythm management, cardiovascular and atrial fibrillation therapy areas and neurostimulation medical devices for the management of chronic pain. The company was founded by Manuel A. Villafana in 1976 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Part of Boston Scientific Corp., Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. is a company that specializes in implanting pacemakers in patients with an abnormally low heart rate. The company is based in St. Paul, MN. The pacemakers are implanted under the skin, in the chest area, and are connected to the heart by transvenous leads that conduct electrical impulses to pace the heart and restore a normal heart rhythm. Patients implanted with a pacemaker must be regularly monitored by their cardiologist to ensure that the pacing system is working correctly. The company was founded by Manny A. Villafana.

MGC Diagnostics Corp. is a global medical technology company, which engages in the development, manufacture, and selling of medical products. Its products include mouthpiece, nose clip, pediatric adapter, rubber coupler, pulomonary supplies, and gas exchange supplies. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

C. R. Bard, Inc. engages in designing, development, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, and sales of medical, surgical, diagnostic, and patient care devices. It sells its products to hospitals, individual healthcare professionals, extended care facilities, and alternate site facilities. The company was founded by Charles Russell Bard in 1907 and is headquartered in Franklin Lakes, NJ.

USCI, Inc. engages in marketing of telecommunications products and services with an emphasis on two principal markets: Internet telephony products and services and wireless services. The company also engages in the delivery of web-based accounts receivable management and recovery services through its subsidiaries. The company was founded in May 1995.