Cerus Corp
Cerus Corporation operates as a biomedical products company. The company focuses on developing and commercializing the INTERCEPT Blood System to enhance blood safety. Its INTERCEPT Blood System, a proprietary technology for controlling biological replication that is designed to reduce blood-borne pathogens in donated blood components intended for transfusion. The company offers INTERCEPT Blood Systems for platelets and plasma, which is designed to inactivate blood-borne pathogens in platelets and plasma donated for transfusion; INTERCEPT Blood System for red blood cells to inactivate blood-borne pathogens in red blood cells donated for transfusion; and INTERCEPT Blood System for Cryoprecipitation that uses its plasma system to produce pathogen reduced cryoprecipitated fibrinogen complex for the treatment and control of bleeding, including massive hemorrhage associated with fibrinogen deficiency, as well as pathogen reduced plasma and cryoprecipitate reduced. It sells platelet and plasma systems through its direct sales force and distributors in the United States, Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Middle East, Latin America, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Concord, California.
Open CERS dashboard ↗LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices and implants used in the field of vascular surgery in the Americas, Europe, the Middle Esat, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers allografts, which are cryopreserved human tissue grafts used in vascular reconstruction, and cardiac repair and reconstruction; embolectomy catheters to remove blood clots from arteries; thrombectomy catheters for removing thrombi in the venous system; occlusion catheters that temporarily occlude blood flow; and perfusion catheters to perfuse the blood and other fluids into the vasculature, as well as human cadaver tissue cryopreservation services. It also provides a suite of biologic products comprising artegraft biologic graft, a bovine carotid artery used for dialysis access; XenoSure biologic patches used for vessel closure after surgical intervention; VascuCel and CardioCel biologic patches, used in vessel repair, heart repair and reconstruction, and neonatal repairs; cardiovascular and porcine patches; carotid shunts that temporarily shunt the blood to the brain; biosynthetic vascular grafts indicated for lower extremity bypass and dialysis access; phlebectomy system for resection and ablation of varicose veins; LifeSpan vascular grafts, which are expanded polytetrafluoroethylene grafts; and vascular grafts used to bypass or replace diseased arteries. In addition, the company offers radiopaque tape, a medical-grade tape; valvulotomes, which cut or disrupt valves in the saphenous vein to function as an artery to carry blood past diseased arteries to the lower leg or the foot; and closure systems to attach vessels to one another with titanium clips instead of sutures. It markets its products through a direct sales force and distributors. The company was formerly known as Vascutech, Inc. and changed its name to LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. in April 2001. LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Open LMAT dashboard ↗