The global medical equipment company,Esaote S.p.A. makes and markets diagnostic imaging systems, with special expertise in ultrasound scanners and dedicated MRI machines (which are designed to take images of joints and limbs). Esaote also makes modular electrocardiograph systems that map the electrical activity of the heart. Its Ebit AET unit develops picture archiving and communications software for digital radiology and interventional cardiology labs. Formerly a unit of medical conglomerate the Bracco Group, Esaote is now owned by a private investor consortium led by Italy's Intesa Sanpaolo. At the company's helm is CEO Carlo Castellano, who also owns a stake in the firm.

Escalon Medical keeps blood and eyes healthy. The company develops and markets blood testing products and ophthalmic medical devices. Its Drew Scientific division makes instruments and consumables for blood cell counting and analysis, including diabetes testing and hematology equipment. In the area of ophthalmology, the company makes ultrasound systems (through subsidiary Sonomed), intraocular gases, and other products used in eye exams and surgeries. Additionally, Escalon sells vascular access products (such as catheters, monitors, and needles) that help locate hard-to-reach blood vessels for injections. The company distributes its products in France, the UK, and the US

Eschmann Holdings, which does business as Eschmann Equipment, designs and manufactures operating tables, electrosurgical instruments, bench-top autoclaves, surgical suction units, and other pieces of medical equipment, primarily for use in the operating room or for infection control. The company's products are primarily marketed and distributed in the UK; it also exports about one-third of its products to other countries through independent and affiliated distributors. Privately held Eschmann Holdings was founded as Eschmann Brothers & Walsh in 1830 and was formerly a member of the Smiths Group.

Essilor International SA, is a leading maker of ophthalmic products and supplies, particularly corrective lenses. Its Varilux progressive lenses have become a top choice for people needing bifocals, and the firm is renowned for developing lighter, more durable lenses. The company's products treat the common sight problems myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), astigmatism, and presbyopia (reduced ability to change focus from far to near). Essilor distributes its lenses through a global network of about 300 company-owned prescription laboratories, as well as through independent labs.

Ethicon Endo-Surgery,Inc. a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, the company makes surgical devices and equipment for open surgeries and minimally invasive procedures. Its products include endoscopic tools, adjustable gastric bands, breast biopsy systems, and the Harmonic Scalpel, which simultaneously cuts and cauterizes tissue using ultrasonic technology to minimize damage during surgery. The company also operates the Endo-Surgery Institute, an educational facility in Cincinnati, as well as additional training centers in Germany, Brazil, China, India, Russia, and Japan. Ethicon Endo-Surgery markets its products in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon has the operating room all sewn up. The company's Ethicon Products division is a leading maker of sutures and wound-closure products, including sutures, Dermabond skin glue, surgical mesh products, and wound drains. Another division, Ethicon Biosurgery, provides a line of absorbable hemostats and other products that help control bleeding during surgery, while its Biopatch product offers infection-resistant wound dressings. Ethicon Women's Health and Urology makes surgical grafts, devices, and equipment under the Gynecare brand. Through its Mentor unit, Ethicon also makes a line of sutures, breast implants, and other plastic surgery products.

ev3 offers endovascular doctors everything they need to keep blood moving in the right direction. More specifically, it develops, manufactures, and sells catheter-based medical devices used to treat disorders in the lower extremities (peripheral vascular) and brain (neurovascular). ev3's products include stents, microcatheters, guidewires, embolic coils, and stroke reduction devices. The company sells more than 100 products in more than 65 countries through a direct sales team and distributors. Among its customers are radiologists, cardiologists, neurosurgeons, and vascular surgeons. ev3 is part of medical equipment firm Covidien vascular products division.

Exactech has joint replacement technologies down to an exact science. Hospitals, surgeons, and clinics worldwide use the company's knee and hip devices to replace joints weakened by injury or disease. Its Optetrak knee implants and AcuMatch hip implant system either partially or totally replace patients' damaged joints. It also markets Opteform and Optefil, bone allograft materials used to correct bone defects and damage. Exactech markets its products through direct sales representatives and independent dealers in the US, as well as through affiliated and independent distributors in about 30 other countries. Customers include hospitals, clinics, surgeons, and physicians.

Eyelogic's software and associated computer hardware and ophthalmic equipment are designed to make eye testing easier -- so easy that it can be performed by a technician rather than the doctor. The software can coordinate input from existing automated instruments and the system includes an automated refractor, an autolensometer, and more. According to the company, product development began after an ophthalmologist in Calgary grew bored with always having to perform manual refractions and decided to try to automate the process. Eyelogic Systems has been in business since 1996.

Through subsidiary Femcare Limited, the Femcare group manufactures and distributes the Filshie Clip System, a device used to block a woman's Fallopian tubes for contraceptive purposes, as well as a number of other products, including HRT trays (used in hormone implantation procedures) and silicone rings (another way to block the Fallopian tubes). Femcare also provides contract manufacturing services to other medical device firms. A second subsidiary, Nikomed, distributes medical equipment in the UK, specializing in gynecological, surgical, and urological equipment.

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