Michael D. Bonitz

Luther King Capital Management Corp. (LKCM) is the investment advisory firm headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas and has additional offices in Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas. The firm was founded in 1979 by J. Luther King, Jr. and is a subsidiary of Southwest JLK Corp. LKCM provides investment advisory services to separately managed portfolios for individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, government entities, corporations and other business entities, foundations, endowments, pension and profit-sharing plans, registered investment companies, and private investment partnership as well as to the LKCM Funds.

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.

CareFusion 303, Inc. designs, makes and distributes infusion therapy and vital signs measurement instruments. The company operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, Mexico and the United Kingdom. The firm was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Medtronic Spine LLC develops medical devices for invasive therapies. It designs, manufactures and markets instruments used in therapies for the restoration of spinal anatomy. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. develops novel interventional tools for the treatment of heart failure and the related condition of mitral valve regurgitation. It offers the CARILLON Mitral Contour System, a proprietary and implantable device designed to be positioned in the coronary sinus vein using cardiac catheterization techniques. The firm also offers patient enrollment, clinical testing, and medical consulting services. The company was founded by James W. Fitzsimmons and Scott Jordan Wolf in 2001 and is headquartered in Kirkland, WA.

TYRX, Inc. designs and manufactures medical-pharmaceutical combination devices. The firm commercializes implantable combination drug and device products focused on infection control including the AIGISRx Antibacterial Envelope, designed to reduce surgical site infections associated with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs). Its AIGISRx products contain the antimicrobial agents, rifampin and minocycline, which have been shown to reduce infection by pathogens responsible for the majority of CIED infections, including superbugs such as methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). The company was founded in 1998 by Satish Pulapura and Arikha Moses and is headquartered in Monmouth Junction, NJ.

HyperBranch Medical Technology, Inc. develops and markets biosurgical devices. It develops and markets products primarily for the traumatic or surgically induced wound market. The firm offers Adherus AutoSpray Dural Sealant which is a synthetic, absorbable, two-component dural sealant indicated for use in patients as an adjunct to standard methods of dural repair. The company was founded by Mark W. Grinstaff and Anthony J. Sherbondy in March 2003 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Tafkak, Inc. provides genome sequencing and analysis solutions. It offers tools and solutions to researchers, drug developers and clinicians determine the genetic basis of human disease and drug response. The firm provides knomeCLINIC a software suite that helps medical researchers and clinicians interpret human genomes for biological relevance; kGAP a cloud-enabled genome informatics engine that automates the process of standardizing, distilling, annotating and comparing sequence data. It also offers knomeVARIANTS, a discovery-supportive interpretation tool, which helps researchers to find causal variants and genes. The company was founded by Jorge Conde and George M. Church in 2007 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

VitalConnect, Inc. operates as a healthcare technology company. The firm offers VitalPatch and Predictive Analytics solutions. It serves to the hospital monitoring, post-discharge, remote patient monitoring and clinical trial markets. The company was founded by Stephen Zadig and Nersi H. Nazari in January 2011 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc. develops medical devices that focus on improving the accuracy of diagnostic blood culture tests. The company was founded by Gregory J. Bullington and Richard G. Patton and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

TissueTech, Inc. develops and manufactures regenerative amniotic tissue-based products. Its products include aminiograft, prokera, cliradex, and neox. It serves ophthalmology, optometry, musculoskeletal, and wound care markets. The company was founded by Amy H. Tseng and Scheffer Tseng in 1997 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

EW Healthcare Partners Fund seeks investment opportunities in middle market companies located in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and China with revenues of USD 20 to USD 200 million. It targets companies operating in the fields of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, healthcare services, and healthcare IT. It provides financing for growth capital requirements with an investment size ranging from USD 20 to USD 80 million and invest up to USD 100 million. It also acquires minority and majority interest.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

LKCM Radio Group LP owns and operates radio stations. It operates KFWR, KRVA, and KRVF stations. The company was founded on July 22, 2002 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.

Part of Koninklijke Philips NV, Instromedix, Inc. is an American company that manufactures portable cardiac event monitoring and pacemaker follow-up systems. The company is based in CA. The company was founded by Shirley L. Semler. Instromedix was acquired by Card Guard Scientific Survival Ltd from CareFusion 303, Inc. on August 31, 2000 for $30 million.

Liquid Borders, Inc. develops an internet-based software solution for worldwide medical supplies manufacturers. The joint venture company is based in San Diego, CA. The company was founded by Robert S. White.

Pappas Capital LLC (Pappas Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1994 by Art M. Pappas. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

Part of Roche Holding AG, Roche Diagnostics GmbH is a German company that develops innovative medicines, treatments, and diagnostics. The company is based in Mannheim, Germany. The CEOs of the company are Claudia Fleischer, Claus Haberda, Clemens Schmid. Roche Diagnostics was acquired by Roche Holding AG on January 01, 1999.

Central Hockey League operates a professional minor league hockey teams playing in small to medium-sized markets primarily in central and southwestern US states. The league, which was started in 1992, is managed and operated by WPHL, a subsidiary of Global Entertainment Corporation.

Dune Medical Devices Ltd. engages in the development of real-time cancer detection tools. Its products are MarginProbe and Smart Biopsy System. The company was founded by Dan Hashimshony in 2002 and is headquartered in Caesarea, Israel.

Physio-Control, Inc. provides professional emergency medical response solutions that predict or intervene in life-threatening emergencies. Its products include LIFEPAK monitor/defibrillators and automated external defibrillators (AED), LUCAS Chest Compression Systems, the LIFENET System and HeartSine AEDs. The company was founded by Karl William Edmark in 1955 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Tryton Medical, Inc. manufactures and sells stent systems for the treatment of bifurcation lesions. Its tri-zone technology provides scaffolding within the side branch, radial strength in the transition zone and minimal coverage in the main vessel zone. The firm also provides side branch stent systems which are used to treat a range of bifurcated lesions. The company was founded by H. Richard Davis, Aaron V. Kaplan and Dan Cole in 2003 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Intuity Medical, Inc. develops a blood glucose monitoring system for diabetic patients. The firm offers POGO Automatic, an automated, self-contained handheld monitor that enables patients to measure blood glucose levels within seconds. It also offer Patterns, an application which centralizes each patient?s blood glucose testing data in a digital form that can be shared with healthcare providers. The company was founded by Syrous Parsay on April 24, 2002 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Part of Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Vascular, Inc. is a company that manufactures cardiac and vascular care systems. The company is based in Abbott Park, IL.

LKCM Headwater Investment (LKCM Headwater Investment) is the private equity arm of Luther King Capital Management Corp, founded by John Bryan King. The firm is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

Founded in 2009, Ernst & Young Capital Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm is affiliated with Ernst & Young LLP. Ernst & Young Capital Advisors provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

WishBone Medical, Inc. engages in the provision of pediatric orthopedic services. Its products include allomate bone pin, broken screw removal, straight fibula plating system, clavicle plating, exact osteotomy, K-Wire, universal mini plates, hip plate, smart correction, and others. The company was founded by Nick A. Deeter and Mary Wetzel in 2006 and is headquartered in Warsaw, IN.

Augmedics, Inc. provides surgery services. The company was founded in 2014 by Nissan Elimelech and Raphael Lotan and is headquartered in Yokneam, Israel.