OPRS was established in 1922. Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Service (OPRS) operates a network of continuing care retirement communities in Ohio. The company offers services through about a dozen senior living communities across the state and serves some 6,000 residents. The centers include skilled nursing, assisted living, and independent living residences. Through its Senior Independence program, the not-for-profit organization also provides independent-living services to about 75,000 seniors in Ohio, including adult day care, home health, hospice, and community health clinics.

Midmark hits the mark with medical, dental, and veterinary equipment, and in the process gives patients and doctors somewhere to sit. Midmark makes health care equipment including power and manual examination tables, patient monitoring equipment, sterilizers, lighting, seating, cabinets, and dental operatory equipment for exam rooms, clinics, and physician practices. Midmark's medical products are marketed towards general practice, podiatrists, dermatologists, obstetricians, gynecologists, and other specialty physicians. The company's dental product line lets the company be a source for dental equipment distributors. Midmark also manufactures similar equipment for use in veterinarian offices.

Biosound Esaote manufactures electronic diagnostic imaging equipment for the medical industry, and specializes in portable ultrasound equipment. The company's ultrasound equipment is used for abdominal, cardiac, obstetric, and vascular imaging, as well as other applications. Biosound Esaote's products are sold to mobile and stationary health clinics, doctors offices, imaging centers, and hospitals, primarily under the MyLab brand. The company is a subsidiary of Italian ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment maker Esaote.

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.

St. John River District runs deep in the communities it serves. Part of St. John Health, the hospital serves Michigan's St. Clair and Macomb counties (the southern portion of the state's "thumb") with about 70 beds. The acute-care hospital operates five outpatient centers and offers a range of services including cardiology, orthopedics, and vascular diagnostics. St. John River District Hospital also runs a sleep study center and urinary incontinence center. In addition it has a bloodless treatment program for patients whose religious convictions preclude certain treatments. Since its inception in 1965, the hospital undergone seven major renovation programs, including the reconstruction of emergency department.

REVA Medical Inc., founded in 1998, makes thin-walled heart and coronary artery stents from "bioresorbable" polymer materials using a "slide and lock" stent design. Its lead product candidate is the ReZolve coronary stent designed to restore blood flow and then resorb into the vessel. The company's products could also have applications in the orthopedic, neurological, and peripheral stent markets. Leading cardiac device maker Boston Scientific has partnered with REVA Medical and is helping the company develop its stents. The collaboration agreement also gives Boston Scientific the option to exclusively distribute REVA Medical's products if commercialized.

The not-for-profit Kadlec Regional Medical Center, founded in 1944, has some 200 inpatient beds, including pediatrics and intensive, intermediate, and critical care capacity. Kadlec Regional Medical Center is an acute care hospital facility serving southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon. In addition to providing comprehensive medical, surgical, and emergency services, the hospital operates a freestanding diagnostic center that features state-of-the-art imaging equipment. Other programs include neonatal intensive care, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, interventional cardiology, neurology, and cancer care.

Mission Hospitals is an 800-bed regional referral center for the western quarter of North Carolina and portions of adjoining states. A not-for-profit community hospital system, Mission is located in Asheville, North Carolina, on two adjoining campuses: Memorial and St. Joseph's. It provides tertiary-level services in neurosciences, cardiac care, trauma care, surgery, pediatric medicine, and women's services. It also includes the Mission Children's Hospital facility. Mission Hospitals is part of the Mission Health System, which is made up of Blue Ridge Regional Hospital, McDowell Hospital, and other facilities.

Mercy Health Network tends to the hearts (and other body parts) of the Heartland through its collection of hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and other health care operations. The integrated health network, formed through a joint operating agreement between Catholic Health Initiatives and Trinity Health, manages hospital systems in five Iowa cities: Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Mason City, and Sioux City. The network also includes several rural hospitals and affiliated facilities. The largest hospital group is Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines, which consists of three campuses (including a mental health facility) with more than 900 inpatient beds. All together, Mercy Health Network boasts more than 2,000 beds.

Straumann Holding AG is a global leader in manufacturing dental implants. The company also makes prosthetics, products for dental tissue regeneration, and the tools and instruments to help install its products. It has introduced a synthetic bone-replacement material to help build up jaw bone in preparation for placing implants, and the company regularly invests in additional research and development efforts. Board member Dr. Thomas Straumann holds about 30% of the company's stock.

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