Becton, Dickinson and Company was founded in 1897 and is based in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. Becton, Dickinson and Company, a medical technology company, develops, manufactures, and sells medical devices, instrument systems, and reagents worldwide. The company’s BD Medical segment produces medical devices, which are used in healthcare settings. This segment’s product line includes needles, syringes, and intravenous catheters for medication delivery; prefilled IV flush syringes; syringes, pen needles, and other drugs used in the treatment of diabetes; prefillable drug delivery devices; surgical blades/scalpels and regional anesthesia needles and trays; critical care monitoring devices; ophthalmic surgical instruments; and sharps disposal containers. Its BD Diagnostics segment provides products for the safe collection and transport of diagnostics specimens, as well as instrument systems and reagents to detect infectious diseases, healthcare- associated infections (HAI), and cancers. Its product line consists of integrated systems for specimen collection; safety-engineered blood collection products and systems; automated blood culturing systems; molecular testing systems for sexually transmitted diseases and HAIs; microorganism identification and drug susceptibility systems; liquid-based cytology systems for cervical cancer screening; rapid diagnostic assays; and plated media. Its BD Biosciences segment produces research and clinical tools that facilitate the study of cells and its components. Its product line comprises fluorescence-activated cell sorters and analyzers; monoclonal antibodies and kits for performing cell analysis; reagent systems for life sciences research; cell imaging systems; laboratory products for tissue culture and fluid handling; diagnostic assays; and cell culture media supplements for biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Becton serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, the pharmaceutical industry, and the general public.

John C. Lincoln takes care of the health of John Q. Public. The not-for-profit John C. Lincoln Health Network serves the northern Phoenix area and includes two hospitals: John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital, with more than 200 beds, and John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital, with roughly 260 beds. The system also features a children's care facility, various physician and dental clinics, a food bank, and assisted living facilities for the elderly all operating under the Desert Mission moniker. The John C. Lincoln Health Foundation is the fundraising arm of the organization. John C. Lincoln Health Network has a staff of about 1,100 physicians.

Genomic Health, a life science company founded in August of 2000 and located in Redwood City, California, is committed to improving the quality of cancer treatment decisions through the research, development and commercialization of genomic-based clinical laboratory services. To that end, the company conducts sophisticated genomic research to develop clinically-validated molecular diagnostics which provide individualized information on response to certain types of therapy, as well as the likelihood of disease recurrence. These diagnostic technologies generate information that healthcare providers and patients can use in making treatment decisions.

Zeeland Community Hospital was founded in 1928 as a 10-bed hospital. Zeeland Community Hospital provides acute medical services for the residents of western Michigan. The hospital has nearly 60 beds and provides emergency, diagnostic, inpatient, and outpatient services. Its specialty services include diabetes care, orthopedics, cardiology, pain management, rehabilitation, and surgery. Zeeland Community Hospital has some 200 physicians on its medical staff, which includes its two affiliated physician groups, Zeeland Physicians and Georgetown Physicians.

DEKA Research and Development is perhaps best known for its founder and president Dean Kamen -- and for the Segway Personal Transporter he invented. DEKA is a design and engineering firm that develops innovative technologies, many of them in the field of medical devices. The Segway itself was an offshoot of the iBOT, an all-terrain, stair-climbing wheelchair the company developed with Independence Technology, a unit of Johnson & Johnson. (Kamen founded a separate company in 1999 to market the Segway.) DEKA's other products include a portable dialysis machine developed in partnership with Baxter International and an improved intravascular stent made with J&J's Cordis. DEKA was founded in 1982.

Saint John's offers residents of Madison County the full gamut of health care services through its acute-care hospital, numerous outpatient facilities, and affiliated physician offices. The health system was founded in 1894 by John Hickey, who donated his house to the Sisters of the Holy Cross for a hospital. Saint John's was acquired by St. Vincent Health -- a 17-hospital system -- in 2003.

OsteoTec do have a particular fondness for those body parts. OsteoTec distributes medical devices and implants in the UK, specializing in products used in hand, foot, and craniomaxillofacial surgical procedures. Products include finger and toe joints, wrist implants, tissue anchors, bone ties, and a cranial flap fixation system. The company's suppliers include Ascension Orthopedics, KMI Medical, and OsteoMed, and OsteoTec is also developing its own line of products.

Feeling uncomfortable in your own skin? Alma Lasers can help. The company specializes in developing treatments using laser, intense pulsed light, and radiofrequency for a variety of skin conditions. Its products, including Harmony and Soprano, provide skin resurfacing, hair removal, wrinkle treatment, and skin tightening, among other procedures. Founded in 1999, Alma Lasers markets its products, used by plastic surgeons, dermatologists, general physicians, and other medical practitioners, in more than 60 countries. Investment firm TA Associates controls a majority interest in the company.

Maine Medical Center was founded in 1874 with 40 beds. Maine Medical Center provides healing for the residents of northern New England. Part of MaineHealth, the not-for-profit medical center consists of a tertiary care community hospital, The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital, and outpatient clinics. The 640-bed teaching hospital provides a variety of nursing and medical educational programs. Specialty services include cancer care, geriatrics, emergency medicine, rehabilitation, and radiology. The hospital conducts research through the Maine Medical Center Research Institute.

Aetna company, one of the largest health insurers in the US, also offers life, disability, and long-term care insurance, as well as retirement savings products. Its Health Care division offers HMO, PPO, point of service (POS), health savings account (HSA), and traditional indemnity coverage, along with dental, vision, behavioral health, and Medicare plans, to groups and individuals. The division covers some 19 million medical members. Aetna's Group Insurance segment sells life, disability, and long-term care insurance nationwide. And its Large Case Pensions segment offers pensions, annuities, and other retirement savings products.

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