Sherman Health Systems serves Chicago's northwest suburbs. It operates Sherman Hospital, which has more than 250 beds, as well as a network of primary care clinics, a nursing home, and other health care facilities. Specialty services include cancer care, cardiology, orthopedics, emergency medicine, women's health, and rehabilitation. Sherman Health also operates a home health agency. Sherman Hospital got a new home in 2009 when construction of an all private-room replacement facility for its flagship building was completed. Sherman Hospital was founded in 1888 and opened its doors at its present location in 1895.

University of North Carolina Hospitals (UNC Hospitals) is at the heart of the UNC Health Care system. The organization provides acute care to the Tar Heel State through North Carolina Memorial Hospital, North Carolina Children's Hospital, North Carolina Neurosciences Hospital, and North Carolina Women's Hospital. Combined, the facilities have some 760 beds. Specialties include cancer treatment (at the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute-designated facility), organ transplantation, cardiac care, orthopedics, wound management, and rehabilitation. The not-for-profit system is owned by the state of North Carolina and is affiliated with the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine.

Tornier B.V. makes the kind of implants that you head to the orthopedic surgeon for, not the plastic surgeon. The company manufactures joint prostheses for the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee, ankle, and foot. Its Aequalis shoulder joint is a top prosthetic for arthroplasty -- more than 100,000 people have it. Tornier's orthobiologics division makes a reconstructive material for soft tissue (tendons, ligaments, and cartilage) repair, branded as Conexa. Altogether, Tornier offers more than 70 products for joint replacement, trauma, and sports medicine, which are sold in about 35 countries. The company was bought by Warburg Pincus in 2006 and filed to go public with a $205 million IPO in mid-2010.

In 1999 Amplifon USA was established to manage and grow Miracle-Ear®, one of the oldest and most recognized brands in the hearing aid industry. Founded in 1948, Miracle-Ear dispenses hearing aids and services at more than 1,000 locations, many of which are located in Sears stores. In October, 2002, North America’s largest group of hearing aid and service providers, Sonus®, joined the Amplifon USA family. Founded in 1993 in Portland, Oregon, Sonus augmented the organization with 87 company-owned clinics in the U.S. and Canada, as well as a network of approximately 1,400 affiliated members.Amplifon USA's Headquarters in Plymouth Minnesota Growth for Amplifon USA continued in 2003 with the addition of National Hearing Centers, a hearing aid retailer with more than 50 centers. National Hearing Centers changed its name to Amplifon® Hearing Aid Centers in 2006. Most of the Amplifon Hearing Aid Centers are located in Wal-Mart stores or Wal-Mart Super Centers, providing Amplifon USA with access to the world’s largest retail organization. HearPO®, founded in 1995 and acquired by Sonus in 1998 and now a member of the Amplifon USA family, is the largest provider of hearing health care benefits in the United States, providing products and services through a network of over 1,600 credentialed clinics. Their customized programs provide coverage for organizations, employers, third party administrators and government agencies.

North Broward Hospital District, which operates as Broward Health, takes care of shark bites and more. The taxpayer-supported, not-for-profit health system serves the coastal city of Fort Lauderdale and the northern two-thirds of Broward County, Florida, with four acute care hospitals and a host of community-based centers. Flagship hospital Broward General Medical Center has more than 700 beds and features the Chris Evert Children's Hospital; all of the hospitals together have more than 1,500 beds. Broward Health boasts about 30 additional facilities, including family health and surgery centers, home health and hospice programs, and a sleep disorder clinic.

Cook Incorporated makes catheters, wire guides, stents, and other devices used in minimally invasive procedures. Cook Group operates a host of other medical subsidiaries that manufacture urological and gynecological devices, endoscopic accessories, cardiac rhythm management, and vascular products. Its industrial parts manufacturer Sabin makes plastic and metal parts used in Cook's medical products, while its K-Tube company manufactures hypodermic needles. The company, one of the world's largest privately held medical device firms, was founded by William Cook in 1963.

Founded in 1983 by Stonewall and Betty Jackson, the company is a family owned business. Buffalo Supply can't provision your bison needs, but the company is right at home procuring a range of medical and surgical equipment for customers in the federal government. Serving federal institutions including the VA, the company is the exclusive supplier of operating room equipment, endoscopy suites, orthopaedic instruments, and biomaterials from Stryker. It also supplies pharmacy products from Baxa, closed drug transfer systems from Carmel Pharma, and cardiac rhythm management products from Sorin Group.

Trover Health System (formerly Trover Foundation) provides health care services to residents of western Kentucky through its Regional Medical Center, a general hospital with more than 400 beds, and nine Trover Clinic locations with some 100 physicians on staff. Regional Medical Center provides specialized services such as home health care, nephrology, rehabilitation, and trauma care. Trover Health's physicians represent about 40 specialties to residents in an area covering six counties. Its centers of excellence include the Merle M. Mahr Cancer Center, the Center for Women's Health, the Center for Heart and Vascular Services.

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.

Endologix is a developer and manufacturer of minimally invasive treatments for vascular diseases. Endologix is focusing on the development and marketing of its patented technology for the treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA). An aneurysm is a weakening of the wall of the aorta, the largest artery of the body. Aortic aneurysm disease is a leading cause of death in the United States and it is estimated that 1.7 million persons over 55 years of age have an AAA. Each year, physicians diagnose approximately 200,000 people in the United States with AAA.Endologix is currently marketing its Powerlink® Delivery System an innovative, one-piece endoluminal stent graft (ELG) used in treating AAA that has significant advantages when compared with marketed stent alternatives. Powerlink has been commercially available in Europe since 1999. FDA approval for the Powerlink AAA stent graft was received on October 29, 2004. The Powerlink superior design is covered by 17 U.S. patents with 361 allowed claims; the technology is designed to overcome shortcomings of first-generation ELGs. The device is for sale in the United States and selected international markets. Endologix is a publicly-held company trading on NASDAQ: ELGX. The Company's corporate office is located in Irvine, California.

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