CRYOCAN Competitors

A global healthcare technology leader — boldly attacking the most challenging health problems facing humanity with innovations that transform lives.

CryoLife’s mission is to partner with clinicians to restore health by delivering innovative technologies. CryoLife is one of the world’s leading medical device companies, providing preserved human tissues for cardiac and vascular surgeries, mechanical heart valves for aortic or mitral valve replacement, surgical adhesives and sealants, vascular grafts, and state-of-the-art technology and surgical training in adult and pediatric cardiovascular surgery. CryoLife is a pioneer and leader in processing, preserving and distributing human tissues, for use in cardiac and vascular surgeries. Founded in 1984, CryoLife was the first biomedical company to specialize in low temperature preservation of human heart valves used for complex cardiac reconstruction, primarily in children born with heart defects. Since the company’s inception, it is estimated that Cryolife has received tissues from over 145,000 donors and CryoLife products and tissues have been implanted in over 1 million patients worldwide. CryoLife is headquartered in Kennesaw, Georgia, with offices in Austin, Texas, Guildford, Surrey, UK, and Hechingen, Germany, as well as sales and marketing centers in Singapore, and representation in over 85 countries worldwide. The firm’s 1000+ employees hail from 11 countries and speak 17 languages. CryoLife’s staff includes numerous full-time physicians and Ph.D.s, with disciplines in chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, biochemistry, protein chemistry and organic chemistry. CryoLife is a public company and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CRY.

Cryotech Deicing Technology is a division of General Atomics International Services Corporation, a San Diego based company specializing in energy-related research and product development. A world leader in acetate technology, Cryotech manufactures and markets environmentally compatible acetate-based highway, commercial and airport runway deicers. Acetates are considered safe for the environment because they readily biodegrade and exhibit low toxicity to vegetation and aquatic life. For over 10 years, Cryotech has manufactured Type I and Type IV propylene glycol based Aircraft Deicers/Anti-icers with industry-leading performance and internationally recognized product quality.