Endospan (NEXUS family)
“10-K Item 1A: 'the NEXUS family of products are solely manufactured by Endospan in Herzliya, Israel'”
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The most significant concentration Artivion discloses is Endospan (NEXUS family), classified HIGH by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.
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Source: Artivion’s SEC Form 10-K filed — view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).
“10-K Item 1A: 'the NEXUS family of products are solely manufactured by Endospan in Herzliya, Israel'”
“10-K Item 1A: 'The AMDS product is solely manufactured by a supplier in Charlotte, North Carolina'”
“10-K Item 1A: 'We are significantly dependent on our revenues from BioGlue ... The delivery devices are manufactured by a single supplier, using resin supplied by a different single supplier'”
“10-K Item 1A: 'We purchase grafts for our On-X AAP from a single supplier'”
“10-K Item 1A: 'BioGlue is a significant source of our revenues'”
“10-K Item 1A: 'On-X products are a significant source of our revenues'”
“10-K Item 1A: 'Aortic stent grafts are a significant source of our revenues'”
“10-K Item 1A: 'Tissue preservation services are a significant source of our revenues'”
The company's concentration profile is anchored by an unusually deep supply-chain dependency structure: four of the disclosed claims involve sole or single-source manufacturing relationships for distinct products, each carrying a high disclosed size. The NEXUS family of products is solely manufactured by Endospan in Herzliya, Israel; the AMDS product is solely manufactured by a single supplier in Charlotte, North Carolina; BioGlue delivery devices are manufactured by a single supplier using resin from a different single supplier; and grafts for the On-X AAP are purchased from a single supplier. These four sole-source relationships span the company's core product lines with no disclosed alternative manufacturer for any of them. Layered on the supply dependency is a revenue dependency across multiple product lines: BioGlue, On-X products, aortic stent grafts, and tissue preservation services are each described as a significant source of revenues, all at the medium-share band by disclosed size. The product revenue base is distributed across several franchises, which provides some diversification on the demand side — but each of those franchises is itself dependent on a single-source manufacturer on the supply side. The interaction is the core analytical point: the company's revenue is spread across multiple product lines, but supply disruption risk is concentrated through sole-source manufacturing at each of those product lines independently. A regulatory, operational, or geopolitical event affecting any one sole-source supplier would remove the ability to supply one product line without an alternative manufacturing path, making the supply-side dependency the dominant concentration risk in the profile.
For the engine’s reasoning on AORT’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.
| Symbol | Name | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AORT● | Artivion, Inc. | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| ATEC | Alphatec Holdings, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| AXGN | AxoGen, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BIO | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BIO-B | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.