AORT

Artivion, Inc.

A maker of cardiac and vascular medical devices and preserved human tissues, Artivion helps surgeons treat aortic disease with products like the On-X mechanical heart valve, BioGlue surgical sealant, and aortic stent grafts, while its cryopreservation service banks donated heart valves and blood vessels. It began in 1984 as CryoLife, founded by Steven Anderson and Robert McNally as the first company to specialize in freezing human heart valves. In 2022 it renamed itself Artivion, a blend of "aorta," "innovation," and "vision."