Helping hospital patients stay clean and comfortable, keeping infections in check, and outfitting surgical theaters are all part of the big-picture at Getinge. The company's three subsidiaries all serve the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and medical research industries worldwide. Its ArjoHuntleigh business manufactures beds, lifting and hygiene systems, and other equipment to assist with patient care in hospital and extended-care settings. Getinge Infection Control makes cleaning, disinfection, and decontamination equipment. Its Maquet subsidiary develops and manufactures the equipment and workstations for operating rooms and critical-care facilities.

CardioNet, Inc. provides ambulatory, continuous, and real-time outpatient management solutions for monitoring relevant and timely clinical information regarding an individual's health in the United States. It focuses on diagnosing and monitoring cardiac arrhythmias or heart rhythm disorders. The company offers Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry (MCOT) device that incorporates a patient-worn sensor attached to leads, which captures electrocardiogram (ECG) data and communicates wirelessly with a compact monitor that analyzes incoming information by applying proprietary algorithms designed to detect arrhythmias and eliminate data noise. Its MCOT device automatically transmits the ECG data to the CardioNet Monitoring Center, when the monitor detects an arrhythmic event. CardioNet also provides event monitoring services to record and store approximately 540 seconds of ECG signal; Holter monitoring services that store an image of the electrical impulses of every heartbeat or irregularity in either digital format on an internal compact flashcard or in analog format on a standard cassette tape located inside the monitor. In addition, it offers pacemaker monitoring services. CardioNet, Inc. markets its arrhythmia monitoring solutions, including the MCOT, primarily to cardiologists and electrophysiologists. CardioNet, Inc. has a strategic alliance with MedApps, Inc. CardioNet, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

Veridien takes a swipe at germs, bugs, and even the sun.Veridien company develops, manufactures, and markets antiseptic and disinfectant products. Flagship brand Viraguard is a patented formulation that is offered as a hospital disinfectant to clean hard surfaces and as antiseptic hand wipes and sprays for doctors, surgeons, and other health care workers. Other products include SunSwipe (sunscreen towelettes), BugSwipe (insect repellent towelettes), and the SitSecure dispenser, which holds Viraguard toilet seat wipes. Veridien primarily serves health care customers, including the American Red Cross.Veridien company has a distribution agreement with DuPont for its Viraguard products marketed in the US.

Meridian Holdings provides administrative, financial, management, information technology, and telecommunications support services to health care providers through its portfolio of companies. The company's Capnet IPA (Independent Physician Association) unit provides management services to a contracted network of more than 300 physicians, 15 community hospitals, and four teaching hospitals. Meridian Holdings' InterCare DX subsidiary offers software products and services. CGI Communications Services provides telecommunications, medical products, and services.

In 1903, at the suggestion of Ellen White, a group of leaders from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists went from Battle Creek, Michigan to Washington, DC in search of a new location for the denominational headquarters, a publishing house, a sanitarium, and a college. They found just what they were looking for in Takoma Park, Maryland. Ellen White contributed a part of the proceeds from the sale of the book "The Ministry of Healing" to help build the sanitarium, and Adventist HealthCare was born. Today, Adventist HealthCare is a non-profit network of healthcare providers that includes hospitals, home health agencies, nursing centers, and other healthcare services.Based in Rockville, Maryland, Adventist HealthCare employs more than 7,200 people and cares for more than 450,000 men, women and children in our community each year among our various entities and services. The primary service areas for Adventist HealthCare are the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and northwestern New Jersey.

Surgical Innovations Group makes medical devices used in minimally invasive surgeries. Its products include the YelloPort laparoscopic access system and FastClamp, an instrument used in endoscopic procedures. The company sells its products through distributors and licensing deals with other equipment makers; its customers are mainly in Europe but it also has distribution arrangements in the US and elsewhere. Though its minimally invasive surgical products represent its core business, Surgical Innovations also makes autologous blood transfusion equipment, which collects and re-infuses a patient's own blood during surgery, through its Haemocell subsidiary.

TIDI manufactures disposable medical and dental products made from paper, gauze, cotton, and polyethylene, including gloves, capes, gowns, and exam table paper. TIDI Products also manufactures plastic films with medical and other commercial applications, as well as products for the foodservice market, such as aprons, gloves, and bags. The company markets its products through distributors worldwide. Formerly a subsidiary of Banta Corporation, TIDI Products was taken private by Fidelity Capital Investors in 2005, and then bought by private equity firm Beecken Petty O'Keefe in 2006.

Paradigm Medical Industries wants to keep those baby blues seeing clearly with its ophthalmic surgical and diagnostic equipment. Its FDA-approved products include its Blood Flow Analyzer, which measures pressure and blood flow within the eye and is used for early diagnosis of glaucoma, and a line of ultrasound biomicroscopes, which create high-resolution images of the eye that doctors use to diagnose and treat disease. The company has stopped development on its laser cataract removal system (branded Photon) because of lack of funds; it is focusing instead on marketing its diagnostic product line to ophthalmologists and optometrists.

Alden Management Services, Inc. was founded in 1971 by president Floyd Schlossberg as an offshoot of the Alden Bennett Construction Company. Alden Management Services, also known as The Alden Network, operates about 40 independent living, assisted living, and skilled rehabilitation and nursing facilities primarily throughout Illinois, but also in Wisconsin. Its elder care facilities provide a wide range of services such as rehabilitation, Alzheimer's care, long-term care, hospice, and infectious disease management. Alden Management Services also offers programs for children and young adults with special needs. Alden's pediatric services include behavioral management, nursing care, and physical therapy.

After that final push, a laboring new mother can rest, but CorCell is ready to get busy. The company collects and stores umbilical cord blood, at the parents' request and expense, for potential use of the stem cells. Such stem cells are considered viable for current and future treatments for a variety of diseases and illnesses. The company, established in 1996, collects umbilical cord blood stem cells from hospitals in all 50 states and abroad. CorCell has grown through acquisitions of smaller regional cord blood banks, and stores materials for some 20,000 customers. Its parent company is Cord Blood America, Inc.

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