Atria Senior Living Group owns or manages roughly 120 senior living communities in upscale areas in more than 25 states throughout the country. Atria Senior Living Group, Inc. has agreed to be acquired by health care investment trust Ventas for about $1.5 billion. Atria Senior Living Group keeps the elderly close to its heart. Atria Senior Living Group, Inc. operates retirement and assisted-living centers for the elderly who may need assistance with routine daily tasks, but who don't need comprehensive skilled nursing. Its services range from independent living units in private apartment settings to more specialized care facilities for residents suffering from Alzheimer's disease or who require respite care.

Gwinnett Health System consists of the Gwinnett Medical Centers in Duluth and Lawrenceville, Georgia. Both offer acute care, day surgery, emergency care, and rehabilitation. The system also includes the Gwinnett Women's Pavilion (maternity and neonatal care) and the Gwinnett Extended Care Center. In total its facilities hold more than 350 beds. The Glancy Rehabilitation Center offers intensive inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation in what used to be the main facility at the Duluth campus. Gwinnett sold its SummitRidge psychiatric hospital to Universal Health Services in 2008.

Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron you'd be right on the money. The 250-bed hospital offers more than 30 specialties to a 25 county region. Among its specialized services are cardiology, orthopedics, rehabilitation, and home care. It also has a regional burn unit serving adults and children. The hospital's emergency department treats nearly 70,000 patients each year. Children's also operates one of the largest pediatric primary care networks in the state with 15 offices in seven counties.

Kips Bay Medical makes medical devices that help veins do their jobs in patients with coronary artery disease. The development-stage company is focused on developing and commercializing a vein support device called eSVS MESH, a mesh sleeve implanted by surgeons in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) that, when placed over a patient's vein graft, improves the graft's structure and long-term performance. It is designed to mimic the artery's job of constricting the vein and preventing harmful vessel expansion. The company is conducting clinical trials of its eSVS MESH in Europe and is awaiting approval to begin clinical trials in the US. Kips Bay Medical filed a $57.5 million IPO in April 2010.

SafeGuard Health Enterprises offers US employers a variety of dental- and vision-care benefit programs. It provides dental benefits to about 1.8 million members through a network of thousands of dentists nationwide. Employers can choose from its dental HMO, PPO, or standard indemnity plans. SafeGuard Health Enterprises company also offers dental administration services to self-insured employers, vision insurance plans, and employee assistance programs. It's primary operations are in California, Florida, Nevada, and Texas. MetLife acquired SafeGuard Health Enterprises in 2008; SafeGuard operates as a subsidiary under MetLife's Dental Product Management division.

LaserSight has an eye for vision care. The company's LaserSight Technologies subsidiary makes excimer lasers, which surgically correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. LaserSight's LaserScan LSX system is approved by the FDA for photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser-in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) vision correction procedures. The company also sells ophthalmic equipment including forceps, scissors, and needle holders. Subsidiary TechnicaLaser sells laser products for industrial, laboratory, and other applications. LaserSight has facilities in China and the US and markets its products in more than 30 countries worldwide.

ConvaTec winds its way around wicked wounds. The company makes wound cleansers, wound dressings, bandages, wound hydration products, and a negative pressure wound therapy system. Its products are designed to foster the management and healing of wounds and address such issues as wound dryness and severity. ConvaTec's additional products include ostomy pouching systems, which allow patients with artificial openings (or stomas) to dispose of bodily waste into attachable pouches. The company also makes a line of skin care products, including shampoos, conditioners, body creams, and ointments. ConvaTec manufactures its products in the UK and the US and distributes them worldwide.

St. Clair Health operates St. Clair Hospital, an acute care hospital with about than 330 beds serving residents in Pittsburgh and southwestern Pennsylvania. The health care provider offers inpatient and outpatient services including specialized units for cancer treatment, behavioral and mental health, cardiovascular therapy, physical rehabilitation, pulmonary therapy, women and children's health, and other niche services. St. Clair Hospital was established in 1954 by members of the Pittsburgh community. St. Clair Health also operates two outpatient centers, a surgical center, an imaging unit, and an occupational medicine division.

Hunt Memorial Hospital District doesn't want Hunt County residents to have to search high and low for a health care provider. The district, also known as Hunt Regional Healthcare, operates two Northeast Texas hospitals, the Hunt Regional Medical Center at Greenville and the Hunt Regional Community Hospital at Commerce. The hospitals offer specialized services including cardiac care, rehabilitation, cancer treatment, diabetes management, diagnostic imaging, a surgery center, and a sleep disorder clinic. In addition, the district operates divisions that provide home health and EMS services, as well as family medicine, occupational health, and specialty outpatient medical clinics.

National Dentex Corporation designs and makes dental prosthetic devices. Its products fall into three categories: restorative (crowns and bridges), reconstructive (partial and full dentures), and cosmetic (porcelain veneers and ceramic crowns). The devices are made from impressions, models, and X-rays submitted by dentists. The firm serves roughly 24,000 dentists from about 40 dental laboratories in the US and Canada. Each NDX lab operates under its own name and has a local sales staff. NDX was taken private in 2010 after being acquired by dental and orthodontic firm GeoDigm Corporation in a deal valued at about $100 million.

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