Current Companies
Alfred Mann has devoted the last five decades to addressing the unmet medical needs of mankind and has founded many medical device, engineering, and technology companies including Advanced Bionics, Bioness, Dermaport, Heliotek, Implanted Acoustics, IncuMed, Infusion Systems, MannKind, MiniMed, NeuroSystec, Pacesetter Systems, PercuPort, Quallion, RoundTrip, Second Sight, Spectrolab, and Stellar Microelectronics.
The focus areas of Alfred Mann’s commercial interests have been in the restoration of hearing and sight, neural and visual disorders. In addition to the correction of the aforementioned medical disorders, Mr. Mann's companies have also focused on the development of tissue-engineered devices, diabetes and cancer technologies, and cardiac rhythm management systems.
Advanced Bionics
Advanced Bionics, is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of bionic technologies. Advanced Bionics is a global leader in the development of implantable, high-technology cochlear implants to restore hearing. The company also developed a variety of other neurostimulation devices to treat chronic pain, incontinence, and other maladies and those activities were acquired by Boston Scientific Corporation in 2004.
Bioness
Bioness is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of award-winning medical devices designed to aid in the recovery of patients suffering from neurological disorders. Significant improvements have been made in the quality of life and mobility of patients who have suffered neurological disorders such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injury.
Dermaport
Dermaport is a developer, manufacturer, and marketer of percutaneous access devices incorporating new technologies that permit safe repeated access to the body.
Implanted Acoustics
Implanted Acoustics is a developer, manufacturer, and marketer of implantable hearing assistance systems that are easy and comfortable to use, natural sounding, and cosmetically superior to conventional hearing aids.
Currently under development is an implantable integrated hearing system known as TACA or the Transcutaneous Air Conduction Aid.
IncuMed
IncuMed is primarily a holding company for most of Mr. Mann’s holdings in other companies, but it is also developing several advanced medical devices using disruptive technology developed in another of Mr. Mann’s companies.
Infusion Systems
Develops and manufacturers advanced pump systems for delivery of small and large molecular drugs.
MannKind
Mannkind is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of therapeutic products for diseases such as diabetes and cancer. It’s lead product is a revolutionary inhaled monomeric insulin that is so fast that it mimics the kinetics of a healthy pancreas in a person without diabetes.
NeuroSystec
NeuroSyestec is a developer of device and pharmaceutical technologies formulated to treat diseases of the nervous system. In focus are hearing-related disorders, especially those of the inner ear including tinnitus, Ménière's Disease, and progressive hearing loss.
PercuPort
PercuPort is a company developing advanced systems for a variety of drug delivery applications.
Quallion
Quallion is one of the largest manufacturers of custom Li-ion batteries and cells outside of Asia, producing primary and rechargeable cell and battery configurations for use in the medical, military and aerospace industries.
Roundtrip
RoundTrip is a developer and manufacturer of location and identification technologies that use pattern recognition techniques to achieve long-range location with a very little power.
Second Sight
Second Sight is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of implantable visual prosthetics to provide sight to patients blinded from outer retinal degenerations, such as Retinitis Pigmentosa.
Stellar Microelectronics
Stellar Microelectronics is a full service electronics manufacturing services provider specializing in advanced custom packaging solutions that utilize the latest microelectronic technologies. Services offered include engineering, product development, and full turnkey production.