Hu-Friedy Manufacturing Company makes the tools that keep your chompers in good chomping order. In business since 1908, the company makes instruments that dentists and dental hygienists use to numb, probe, scrape, pull, and cut teeth and gums during dental visits. It also makes the Hu-Friedy Instrument Management System, an integrated system for sterilizing, storing, and organizing instruments. Its products -- many of which are hand crafted-- are used in general dentistry, as well as dental surgeries, orthodontics, and periodontics. Hu-Friedy sells its products to dental offices and dental schools both directly (in North America) and through equipment dealers worldwide.

Long Beach Medical Center was founded in 1922. Long Beach Medical Center (LBMC) serves half a dozen Long Island communities. The facility has about 160 acute care beds at the main center, as well as 200 subacute care beds at The Komanoff Center for Geriatric and Rehabilitative Medicine. LBMC provides behavioral health, family health care, emergency, and rehabilitation services. Its Family Care Center offers health care to those with inadequate financial resources. LBMC has teaching affiliations with the New York College of Podiatric Medicine and the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland provides emergency care and promotes good health in the Baltimore area. The 320-bed hospital provides acute medical care and specialty services including rehabilitation (50-bed ward), orthopedics, cancer care, cardiology, dialysis, and women's health, as well as serving as a community teaching facility. Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland, Inc. founded in 1968, also operates nursing and assisted-living facilities for the elderly, and it provides educational seminars, diagnostic screening, and preventative medical care through its Good Health Center. Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland is part of the MedStar Health system.

Conway Medical Center (CMC) is famous in its own right for providing a wide range of health care services to residents of eastern South Carolina. The private, not-for-profit, 210-bed hospital provides services including primary, diagnostic, emergency, surgical, maternal and pediatric, and rehabilitative care. CMC specializes in heart health, hospice care, and occupational health. Additionally, CMC operates the Kingston Nursing Center, an about 90-bed long-term nursing and rehabilitative care facility and the Conway Physicians Group, which is home to about 10 physician practices offering a range of specialties.

Kensey Nash Corporation operates as a medical device company primarily focused on regenerative medicine utilizing its proprietary collagen and synthetic polymer technology. The company specializes in the product development and for applying unique technology in the field of resorbable biomaterials. It offers a range of products, which are sold through strategic partners in multiple medical markets, including, the cardiology, orthopaedic, sports medicine, spine, endovascular, and general surgery markets. Kensey Nash Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania.

Elekta AB(publ) manufactures the Gamma Knife -- which isn't a knife at all but a chamber that delivers radiation therapy to treat tumors and cancer in the brain. The Gamma Knife was invented in 1968 by Elekta's founder, Dr. Lars Leksell, the father of radiosurgery. The company manufactures other non-invasive treatment systems, such as image-guided radiation therapy (IRGT) and particle therapy, used to treat cancer elsewhere in the body. Elekta also sells health care-related software through its two subsidiaries, CMS and IMPAC. Elekta was founded in 1972. Its products are used in more than 5,000 hospitals around the world.

Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center is one of the largest hospitals in Las Vegas. The facility has more than 700 beds and employs about 1,500 doctors. Its campus includes the Sunrise Children's Hospital, a "hospital within a hospital" that focuses on meeting the needs of sick little ones and their families. The hospital campus also includes a chest pain center, a neuroscience institute, a breast care unit, and diagnostic imaging facilities. Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center is part of the Sunrise Health division of HCA, a leading hospital operator in the US.

Paynesville Area Health Care System wants is for any of its patients to be in pain. The district-owned healthcare system provides general medical care, radiology, and rehabilitative services to the Paynesville, Minnesota, region. The system includes a 25-bed critical access hospital, as well as several clinics. Specialty services include obstetrics, surgery, hospice, and emergency medicine. The system also offers education programs and support groups. Attached to the hospital is a nearly 60-bed skilled nursing home and independent senior apartment complex. The hospital's specialty clinic offers access to more than 60 specialists.

Founded in 1976, Audika banks on the notion that the market for senior citizens' hearing correction is not affected by economic downturns. "Paris, I can't hear you. Let me turn up my Audika." The company operates about 400 hearing correction centers in about 80 French regions, making Audika a leading network of hearing correction centers in France. It also operates some centers in Italy. The hearing-focused company uses the centers to distribute hearing aids and other related accessories such as batteries and ear protection products.

Baystate Health is the largest health care services provider in western Massachusetts. The system operates four acute-care hospitals with a total of more than 780 beds, and a specialized children's hospital with nearly 60 bassinettes. Baystate Health offers ancillary medical services, including cancer care, respiratory care, infusion therapy, visiting nurse, and hospice services. The system holds a majority of Health New England, a for-profit HMO with more than 100,000 members in western Massachusetts. Baystate Health is the only Level 1 Trauma Center and teaching hospital in the region.

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