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.

Bon Secours Health System provides succor to the sick and injured. The Roman Catholic health care organization, sponsored by the Bon Secours Ministries, is home to about 20 hospitals with some 4,400 licensed acute care beds. First founded in 1919, the organization's facilities are in seven states in the eastern US, from New York to Florida. In addition to its acute care hospitals, the not-for-profit health care system operates numerous nursing homes and assisted-living facilities, as well as outpatient centers, hospices, and home health care agencies. Its Global Ministry Initiative provides outreach for health care and social services in developing countries, particularly Haiti, Peru, and South Africa.

Licking Memorial Health Systems was founded in 1898 by the Newark Hospital Association. The health care provider operates the 230-bed Licking Memorial Hospital and a multi-specialty physician group called Licking Memorial Health Professionals. Specialty services at the hospital include cancer care, home health, occupational health, rehabilitation, and cardiology. Licking Memorial Hospital administers behavioral health care (including substance abuse treatments) through its Shepard Hill department. The physicians' group operates through about 40 practices with 90 doctors spanning over about a seven-town area.

Pennine Healthcare products may be disposable, but they're anything but dispensable. The company makes sterile, single use medical devices, manufacturing more than 50 million per year at its facilities in Derby. The disposable products are designed for applications in airway management (suction catheters, mucus extractors), gastroenterology (stomach tubes, bile bags), respiratory uses (filters, oxygen therapy), surgical suction (tubes and probes), and urology (various types of catheters). The firm also offers custom procedure packs for surgical procedures. Its products are sold by third-party distributors throughout the UK and in more than 70 countries.

CardiacAssist's products get your blood pumping, for real. The company makes the TandemHeart pVAD (percutaneous ventricular assist device), which pumps blood through the bodies of patients suffering from heart failure. Unlike most cardiac-assist devices, TandemHeart is available as both an external pump and an implantable device; meaning it can be used by interventional cardiologists in a cath lab and by cardiac surgeons in an operating room to provide short-term circulatory support. The company supplies its the device (and related accessories) to US hospitals through an in-house sales team and internationally through a network of European distributors. CardiacAssist was founded in 1996 by a group of investors.

Luminex Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells proprietary biological testing technologies and products for applications in the life sciences and diagnostic industries in the United States. It offers xMAP technology, an open architecture and multiplexing technology, which allows simultaneous analysis of up to 500 bioassays from a single drop of fluid by reading biological tests on the surface of microscopic polystyrene beads called microspheres. The company’s xMAP technology is used in various segments of the life sciences industry, which includes the fields of drug discovery and development, clinical diagnostics, genetic analysis, bio-defense, protein analysis, and biomedical research. It operates in two segments, Technology and Assay. The Technology segment offers instruments, such as compact analyzers that integrate fluidics, optics, and digital signal processing, as well as peripheral components; FLEXMAP 3D system for use as a general laboratory instrument in life science research and diagnostics markets; and consumables comprising microspheres and sheath fluid. The Assay segment involves in the development and sale of assays on xMAP technology for use on Luminex’s installed base of systems. It offers various assay products, which consists of a combination of chemical and biological reagents, and the company’s proprietary bead technology used to perform diagnostic and research assays on samples. Luminex Corporation serves pharmaceutical companies, clinical laboratories, research institutions, and medical institutions. It has a collaboration agreement with Northrop Grumman Corporation. Luminex Corporation was founded in 1995 and is based in Austin, Texas.

AXA PPP healthcare, the UK's second largest private medical insurance provider (behind BUPA). The company sells to individuals and through employers, offering policies that cover various inpatient and outpatient medical and dental costs incurred outside the nation's government-funded health system. Its benefits include coverage for hospital stays, diagnostic tests, and chemotherapy treatments; members get reimbursements from the company if they opt for free NHS treatments. AXA PPP has been in business since 1940 and is part of AXA UK's operations.

Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation is a physician practice organization offering care to patients in the Chicago area. The not-for-profit firm provides primary health care and over 40 specialty medical care services, including cancer care, cardiology, neurology, surgery, and obstetrics. It also conducts medical research in partnership with the Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. The organization includes more than 600 physicians and more than 1,000 health care providers. Many of NMFF's doctors practice at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital's ambulatory health center.

Spartanburg Regional Health Services District (doing business as Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System) provides a wide range of health care options to northeast South Carolina. The 590-bed Spartanburg Regional Medical Center offers acute hospital services including intensive care, pediatrics, diagnostic imaging, and behavioral health. The health care complex includes the Gibbs Cancer Center, as well as centers specializing in heart, vascular, women's health, and outpatient care. The Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System also operates a satellite campus (Village Hospital), as well as general physician clinics, specialty outpatient centers, and long-term care, home health, and hospice facilities.

Catholic Health Services of Long Island (CHS) does just that; provides health care to residents of Long Island. Founded in 1997 and sponsored by the Diocese of Rockville Centre, CHS is comprised of five hospitals, three nursing homes, and regional home care and hospice services. Within the CHS system, member organizations offer virtually any medical specialty or clinical service a person might require. The system's hospitals, which include Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, St. Charles Hospital, and St. Francis Hospital, house some 1,700 beds and a medical staff of 3,300 between them. CHS's MaryHaven Center provides services to people of all ages with disabilities.

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