Abbott Vascular/California Polytechnic State University

Vascular device business of Abbott, the American healthcare company with its head office at Abbott Park in Illinois, the vascular arm having grown from the purchase of Guidant's vascular business in 2006 and based at Santa Clara in California. Makes coronary and peripheral stents including the XIENCE drug eluting stent family, balloon catheters, guidewires and vessel closure devices and the MitraClip structural heart device, and it works with universities including California Polytechnic State University on student projects and engineering research.