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EDAP TMS S.A. develops, manufactures, and markets non-surgical medical devices that treat urological diseases. EDAP's line of lithotripters utilize shockwaves to pulverize kidney stones. The company's Ablatherm system incorporates a technology called High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU), in which ultrasound waves are used to destroy prostate cancer cells. The company is also developing HIFU for the treatment of other types of tumors. Key subsidiaries EDAP Technomed, Inc. and EDAP Technomed Co. Ltd. market the company's products to the US and Japan, respectively. EDAP TMS was established in 1979.

Edwards, the company is a spin-off of Baxter International. Its main products are still heart valve devices, including valves made from animal tissue and annuloplasty rings that repair damaged valves. The company also makes monitoring systems that measure heart function during surgery; various types of cannulae (surgical tubes used for drainage, delivery, or filtration); and embolectomy catheters that remove blood clots from peripheral arteries. Edwards Lifesciences markets its products worldwide through a direct sales force and distributors.

Electrical Geodesics develops and sells medical equipment for use in medicine, psychology, and neuroscience research. Its EEG measurement and analysis systems are used in laboratories throughout the US, Europe, and Asia for research in areas such as neonatal sleep monitoring, stroke evaluation, dementia, and infant language comprehension. The company was founded in 1992.

Elekta AB(publ) manufactures the Gamma Knife -- which isn't a knife at all but a chamber that delivers radiation therapy to treat tumors and cancer in the brain. The Gamma Knife was invented in 1968 by Elekta's founder, Dr. Lars Leksell, the father of radiosurgery. The company manufactures other non-invasive treatment systems, such as image-guided radiation therapy (IRGT) and particle therapy, used to treat cancer elsewhere in the body. Elekta also sells health care-related software through its two subsidiaries, CMS and IMPAC. Elekta was founded in 1972. Its products are used in more than 5,000 hospitals around the world.

Elron Electronic Industries fosters all kinds of high-tech endeavors. The conglomerate founds or invests in Israeli technology companies in a number of fields, including medical devices, semiconductors, software, telecommunications, and clean technology. It typically owns controlling or significant minority stakes in its group companies, for which it plays an active management role; it periodically spins off its offspring to realize gains for investing in new opportunities. Through subsidiary RDC, the company partners with Rafael, a research unit of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, to adapt Rafael-produced technologies for non-military uses.

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