Thomas Griffin

Entellus Medical, Inc. is a medical technology company, which engages in the design, development, and commercialization of treatment of chronic and recurrent sinusitis in both adult and pediatric patients. The company was founded by Thomas V. Ressemann and Peter Keith in April 2006 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, MN.

Digital Gene Technologies, Inc. develops technology designed to enable researchers to measure gene expression levels in various disease models. The company is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Spine-Tech is a market leader in the field of less invasive spinal implants. The company's products are used to surgically treat patients suffering from chronic, disabling pain caused by degenerative conditions of the spine.

CIMA Labs, Inc. develops and manufactures prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical products using fast-dissolve drug delivery technologies. It develops orally disintegrating technology based OraSolv and DuraSolv tablets. It also develops tranmucosal tablets that can be administered sublingually. The company is headquartered in Brooklyn Park, MN.

Part of Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., Centerpulse Spine-Tech, Inc. manufactures surgical instruments. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN.

Avedro, Inc. develops ophthalmic medical devices and pharmaceutical products. The firm’s products include KXL System, Mosaic system, IROC system and Riboflavin family. Its procedure includes Lasic Xtra, accelerated cross-linking and photorefractive intrastromal cross-linking. The company was founded by David F. Muller and B. Stuart Trembly on November 6, 2002 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Nuvaira, Inc. develops medical devices for treating lung diseases. It works on a novel catheter-based system that has the potential to improve lung function, exercise capacity and quality of life for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The company was founded by Steven Dimmer and Martin L. Mayse in 2008 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.