HEARTPORT, INC

Heartport is an entrepreneurial medical device maker that has introduced several innovative systems for conducting less-invasive cardiac surgery. The company was founded by John H. Stevens and Wesley D. Sterman. Heartport manufactures and markets less invasive cardiac surgery products that enable surgeons to perform a wide range of less invasive open-chest and minimally invasive heart operations, including stopped heart and beating heart procedures. In April 2001, Heartport was merged... with and into CARDIOVATIONS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Heartport continues to operate as a part of the division of Ethicon, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company. Ethicon is a global leader in developing and marketing products for surgery in the areas of wound closure and wound management, surgical sports medicine, women's health and cardiovascular surgery.