SafeStitch Medical develops endoscopic surgery equipment. SafeStitch is working on systems used in minimally invasive bariatric (obesity) surgery and esophageal reflux repair. Its systems aim to be safer, more effective, and less expensive than other alternatives, such as traditional or laparoscopic surgery.SafeStitch Medical company's Smart Dilator received FDA approval in 2009. The company is focused on commercializing it along with two other products: Standard BiteBlock and Airway BiteBlock.

Methodist Hospital of Southern California opened its doors in 1903 with five beds. Methodist Hospital of Southern California provides medical care to the residents of California's central San Gabriel Valley. The health care facility boasts some 460 beds and is part of Southern California Healthcare Systems. The non-profit hospital provides comprehensive acute care including surgical, pediatric, and intensive care units as well as a wide range of specialty services include cardiology, oncology, neurology, and orthopedics. It also operates a rehabilitation clinic and a long-term recovery facility for patients requiring transitional care.

Poudre Valley Health System (PVHS) provides health care to residents of northern Colorado, western Nebraska, and southern Wyoming through the Poudre Valley Hospital and the Medical Center of the Rockies. With a total of some 415 beds, the two hospitals offer general medical and surgical services and trauma care. Individually, the hospitals feature orthopedic surgery and treatment centers for cancer and brain and spine disorders. PVHS also includes the Mountain Crest Behavioral Healthcare Center, which has some 40 beds and provides mental health services and substance abuse treatment, and a 96-acre, four-building campus that includes physician offices and outpatient services.

Holland Community Hospital (HCH) provides a comprehensive range of health services to residents of western Michigan's Lakeshore region. The more than 200-bed, not-for-profit hospital provides a variety of medical care and health services, including primary, emergency, diagnostic, surgical, rehabilitative, and inpatient behavioral health care. The hospital is home to centers of excellence in the treatment of sleep disorders, cancer, women's health issues, and cardiovascular ailments. The hospital provides community health and wellness education programs, and operates a regional community health clinic.

TransMedics works to transport transplants. The company has developed a system to circulate warm blood through hearts and other transplant organs while they are being transported, as opposed to the cold transport system currently in use. The portable device makes it possible to actually deliver a beating heart to the surgeon. TransMedics' Organ Care System (OCS) is already in use in the European Union for heart transplants; it must still complete clinical trials in the US to receive FDA approval. A system for lungs, livers, and kidneys is also in the works. TransMedics was formed in 1998.

Broadlane directs traffic between hospitals and medical equipment makers. Broadlane is a group purchasing organization (GPO) that negotiates contracts on behalf of its customers, using the combined purchasing power of its client base to get good deals on medical and surgical supplies, capital equipment, drugs, information technology systems, and even labor. It also provides supply chain, cost-control, consulting, and workforce optimization services. Broadlane serves thousands of hospitals, physician practices, and other health care facilities. Private equity firm TowerBrook Capital Partners owns a majority interest in Broadlane, which has agreed to be acquired by medical software firm MedAssets.

Vapotherm makes respiratory care devices to help treat chronic lung and acute breathing conditions. Its FDA-approved Vapotherm 2000i warms and saturates breathing gases through a system weighing less than six pounds. The 2000i is approved for use by patients of all ages and for use in health care facilities and at home. A second device, the FDA-approved Precision Flow is a non-invasive high flow heat and humidification device used in hospitals for patients needing breathing gases. Both can be used with either a nasal cannula; the 2000i can also be used with a transtracheal cannula.

Rotech Healthcare Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides home medical equipment and related products and services in the United States. It rents and sells oxygen and other respiratory therapy equipment and services, including oxygen concentrators, liquid oxygen systems, high pressure oxygen cylinders, homefill systems, portable oxygen concentrators, continuous positive airway pressure devices and supplies, bi-level positive airway pressure devices and supplies, non-invasive positive pressure ventilator devices and supplies, and nebulizer devices and medications. The company also sells and rents a line of durable medical equipment, such as hospital beds, wheelchairs, walkers, patient aids, and other ancillary supplies. Its patient service technicians or clinicians provide instruction and training to the patient and the patient’s family regarding equipment use and maintenance for the prescribed therapy. In addition, the company’s activities include reimbursement by third-party payors comprising Medicare, Medicaid, the Veterans Administration, and private insurers. Rotech Healthcare Inc. serves older patients with breathing disorders, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, which include chronic bronchitis, emphysema, obstructive sleep apnea, and other cardiopulmonary disorders. As of December 31, 2009, it had approximately 450 operating locations located primarily in non-urban markets in 48 states. Rotech Healthcare Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

Regina Medical Center is a regional health care provider in southeastern Minnesota. The hospital provides acute and long-term health care services to residents of Dakota County, Minnesota. Founded in 1953, the not-for-profit Regina Medical Center has 60 acute care hospital beds and nearly 200 nursing and assisted living beds. Specialty services include cardiology, obstetrics, pediatrics, urology, and neurology. Regina Medical also operates several community health and surgery centers jointly with Allina Hospitals and Clinics.

Kimberly-Clark Health Care knows it takes more than just pills to keep patients healthy. A division of consumer products giant Kimberly-Clark, Kimberly-Clark Health Care is a leading supplier of surgical drapes, gowns, gloves, and other staples of the operating room. It offers a wide array of infection control products, from equipment sanitizers to ventilator tubes that prevent contaminants from invading the lungs and causing pneumonia. The unit also makes feeding tubes, oral suction systems, endoscopic devices, and drug delivery equipment. It markets its products worldwide under the Kimberly-Clark, Ballard Medical, and ON-Q brands.

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