AtriCure

AtriCure, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of surgical ablation of cardiac tissue, and systems for the exclusion of the left atrial appendage. The company is headquartered in Mason, Ohio and currently employs 1,350 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2005-08-05. The firm's cardiac ablation and left atrial appendage management (LAAM) products are used by physicians during open-heart and minimally invasive surgical procedures. Its pain management solutions are used by physicians to freeze nerves during cardiothoracic or thoracic surgical procedures. The firm's products for open and minimally invasive ablation include Isolator Synergy Clamps and Multifunctional Pens and Linear Ablation Devices. Its products for open ablation include cryoICE Cryoablation System. Its products for minimally invasive ablation include EPi-Sense Guided Coagulation System with VisiTrax Technology. Its appendage management products include AtriClip System. The Isolator Synergy Ablation System clamps are single-use disposable radio frequency (RF) products with jaws that close in a parallel fashion.