A Midlands Success Story:

Nexsen Pruet offers medical device companies legal assistance in areas such as corporate, tax, finance, labor and employment, product liability, health care regulation and intellectual property law. The firm includes some of the most experienced attorneys in South Carolina, many of whom have been recognized as America’s leading lawyers in their respective areas.

A Lowcountry Success Story:

DeLegge Medical was formed in 1997 to offer consultative design engineering to physicians, medical personnel and medical device companies. DeLegge Medical has three primary areas of focus: Education, Engineering and Consultation.

An Upstate Success Story:

St. Jude Medical is an international company that develops and manufactures Medical Devices including pacemakers, implantable defibrillators and heart valves. Starting as an entrepreneurial effort in the early '90s under the name of Maven Capacitor, the South Carolina operation has grown from a handful of employees to a self-supporting high-technology facility with fully staffed and equipped R&D and engineering functions.

An Upstate Success Story:

Founded in 1963, Clemson University's Bioengineering program is one of the oldest in the country. Clemson Bioengineering, renowned for their research in biomaterials, is the birthplace of the Society for Biomaterials, the largest professional society in the world dedicated to materials for Medical Devices. This society now has daughter organizations in countries worldwide, and the most prestigious award given at the Society's annual meetings is the Clemson Award.