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Cerus Corp is a biomedical products company focused on the field of blood transfusion safety. The INTERCEPT Blood System is designed to reduce the risk of transfusion-transmitted infections by inactivating a broad range of pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and parasites. The company sells its INTERCEPT platelet and plasma systems in the United States of America, Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States countries, the Middle East, and selected countries in other regions around the world. The firm continues to operate in only one segment: Blood safety and generates revenue from the same.

Shinva Medical Instrument Co Ltd manufactures medical instruments in China. Its main products include sterilizers and testing products, radiotherapy and digital diagnosis equipment, surgical instruments and pharmaceutical machinery.

Universal Vision Biotechnology Co Ltd is mainly engaged in operating the business of sales of optical devices, glasses, lenses, and other vision aid products; optometric services; sales and leasing of medical devices; and providing hospital management and technical consultancy services. The company's reportable segments include its Ophthalmology Business segment and the Optometry Business segment. A majority of its revenue is generated from the Ophthalmology Business segment, which is responsible for providing ophthalmic clinics and hospital technical services and consultancy services, and leasing services. The Optometry Business segment is responsible for the sales of glasses and peripheral equipment. Geographically, the company derives maximum revenue from Taiwan and the rest from China.

AngioDynamics Inc designs manufactures, and sells medical, surgical, and diagnostic devices used by professional healthcare providers for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease and for use in oncology and surgical settings. Geographically, the company derives a majority of its revenue from the United States from sale of Med Tech and Med Device.

Nanosonics Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing, service and distribution of the trophon ultrasound probe disinfector and its associated consumables and accessories; and research, development and commercialization of infection control and decontamination products and related technologies. Its products are divided into two categories: Ultrasound Reprocessing solutions, and Endoscope Reprocessing solutions. The company operates in a single segment being the healthcare equipment segment which manufactures and commercializes infection control and decontamination products and related technologies. Geographically, it operates in Australia, North America, Europe and Middle East, and Asia Pacific.

Curiox Biosystems Co Ltd is Korean Based company which brings together decades of scientific and engineering expertise in surface chemistry and life science instrumentation with the goal of overcoming critical challenges that slow the pace of life science research. The company has introduced Laminar Wash technology, which automates cell processing and enables highly reproducible and high-throughput cell analysis. The company offers various products such as LAMINAR WASH AUTO 1000 SYSTEM, Curiox Laminar Wash HT2000 System and Laminar Wash MINI System.

Sunmax Biotechnology Co Ltd is a biomedical company in Taiwan. It is engaged in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of Sunmax medical devices and bio-surgical products. Additionally, it also researches, develops, manufactures and sales biomedical material grade collagen and related products. The company's products include medical products, biomedical materials, and porcine collagen skin care products.

Cytek Biosciences Inc is a cell analysis solutions company advancing the next generation of cell analysis tools by leveraging novel technical approaches. Its core instruments, the Cytek Aurora and Northern Lights systems, are the first full-spectrum flow cytometers able to deliver high-resolution, high-content, and high-sensitivity cell analysis by utilizing the full spectrum of fluorescence signatures from multiple lasers to distinguish fluorescent tags on single cells. Its FSP platform addresses the inherent limitations of other technologies by providing a higher density of information with greater sensitivity, more flexibility, and increased efficiency, all at a lower cost for performance. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from the United States.

MiMedx Group Inc develops and markets regenerative biomaterial products and bioimplants made from the human amniotic membrane, birth tissues, and human skin & bone. Its products are targeted towards the wound-care, burn, surgical, sports medicine, and orthopedics markets. MiMedx's key products are allografts processed from amniotic tissue, which include EpiFix for external use and AmnioFix for internal use. AmnioCord, AmnioFill, EpiBurn, and EpiCord are some of its other products. Also, it sells allografts for ophthalmic surgery and dental applications through licenses to third parties.

OrthoPediatrics Corp is a medical device company. The company is engaged in providing products to the pediatric orthopedic market. The firm designs develop and commercialize implants and instruments to meet the needs of surgeons and patients. Its products, include PediLoc, PediPlates, Cannulated Screws, PediFlexTM nail, PediNailTM, PediLoc Tibia and ACL Reconstruction System among others.

Delcath Systems Inc is an oncology company. It is focused on the treatment of primary and metastatic liver cancers. The firm's product, Melphalan Hydrochloride for Injection along with the Delcath Hepatic Delivery System, or Melphalan/HDS, is a drug and device combination product, designed to administer high-dose chemotherapy to the liver while controlling systemic exposure and associated side effects. The company operates in one reportable segment which includes the research, development, manufacture, and distribution of hepatic delivery systems for use in the treatment of specific conditions. The Company operates its business in the United States and Europe.

Japan Lifeline Co Ltd is a medical device company operating in Japan. It is engaged in the trading and manufacturing of medical devices specialized in the cardiovascular field. The company offers medical devices mainly for the treatment of cardiac and vascular diseases. It focuses on providing implantable devices to treat arrhythmias; disposable catheter devices with electrodes for diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias; prosthetic devices to replace blood vessels and heart valves that lost their functions; and devices for intravascular treatment of cardiac infarction, arterial occlusions of the lower extremities and congenital cardiac diseases.

Mesa Laboratories Inc manufactures life sciences tools and critical quality control products. It operates in four divisions: Sterilization and Disinfection Control, which manufactures and sells biological, chemical, and cleaning indicators used to assess the effectiveness of sterilization, decontamination, disinfection, and cleaning processes. Clinical Genomics division develops, manufactures, and sells highly sensitive, low-cost, high-throughput genetic analysis tools and related consumables. The Biopharmaceutical Development division develops, manufactures, and sells automated systems for protein analysis (immunoassays) and peptide synthesis solutions. The Calibration Solutions division develops, manufactures, sells, and services quality control products.

BrainsWay Ltd is engaged in advanced noninvasive neurostimulation treatments for mental health disorders. The company is advancing neuroscience with its proprietary Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (Deep TMS) platform technology to improve health and transform lives. Current indications include depressive disorder (including reduction of anxiety symptoms, commonly referred to as anxious depression), obsessive-compulsive disorder, and smoking addiction. Additional clinical trials of Deep TMS in various psychiatric, neurological, and addiction disorders are underway. The company derives revenues from the lease and sale of Deep TMS systems.

Galvanize Therapeutics is a Boston-headquartered medical device company developing pulsed field ablation platforms for respiratory, cardiac, and oncology applications. Its portfolio features the Galaxy system for bronchoscopic lung volume reduction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients and the Pulse Field Ablation platform for atrial fibrillation. The company targets solid tumors through non-thermal tissue ablation and holds FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for its cardiac rhythm management tools. Backed by Apple Tree Partners since its 2022 inception, Galvanize Therapeutics advances therapies across U.S. clinical sites and international partnerships.

Delfi Diagnostics is a Baltimore-headquartered developer of blood-based cancer screening tests using AI and genome sequencing. Its Delfi test analyzes DNA fragmentation patterns to detect lung cancer at 89 percent sensitivity in stage I cases. Clinical trials with Johns Hopkins involve over 1,000 patients, targeting multi-cancer early detection. Founded in 2019 by genome experts, the company secured FDA breakthrough designation in 2023.

Embark is a Boston-based canine genetics company offering DNA testing kits. The platform analyzes over 200,000 genetic markers using CLIA-certified SNP chips to screen for breed, health risks, traits, and preventive care recommendations, contributing to veterinary research on nutrition and diseases.

Hyperice is a Carlsbad, California-headquartered company manufacturing percussion massage devices, compression boots, and thermal wearables for athletic recovery. Its Hypervolt line delivers targeted vibration therapy up to 3,200 percussions per minute, adopted by over 400 professional sports teams including NBA's Los Angeles Lakers and NFL's New England Patriots. Founded in 2012, Hyperice expands into consumer fitness with Normatec recovery systems used in Olympic training facilities worldwide.