The medical technology company,CONMED Corporatioin develops and manufactures a wide range of electronic instruments such as electrosurgical systems, powered surgical instruments, and endoscopic devices. Arthroscopic (joint surgery) products represent the company's largest segment and include reconstruction tools, scopes, implants, and fluid management systems. CONMED also manufactures patient monitoring products and handheld medical accessories such as scissors, sutures, and staplers. Brands include Linvatec and Hall Surgical. The company sells its products in more than 100 countries through its direct sales force and independent distributors.

Advocat Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides long-term care services to nursing home patients primarily in the southeast and southwest United States. Advocat Inc. provides a range of long-term care services to the elderly, which include skilled nursing, ancillary health care services, and assisted living. It also offers various rehabilitative, nutritional, respiratory, and other specialized ancillary services. As of March 9, 2010, it operated 50 skilled nursing centers containing 5,799 licensed nursing beds. Advocat Inc. has nursing centers in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia. Advocat Inc. was founded in 1994 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee.

Health New England provides medical coverage to about 100,000 members in Western and Central Massachusetts. It sells its plans, including HMO and PPO offerings, to some 5,000 employers and directly to individuals and families. Among its offerings are low-cost plans in line with Massachusetts' health care reform law, passed in 2006, as well as private Medicare Advantage plans for seniors. For employers, it provides coverage on either a fully insured or administrative services only (ASO) basis. Health New England is a majority-owned subsidiary of Baystate Health System.

Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare operates Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, a 330-bed acute care facility locate in DuPage County, Illinois, in the western suburbs of Chicago. The hospital, founded in 1926, provides a comprehensive range of medical services, from emergency care to specialty cancer and orthopedics care to behavioral health services. In addition to the hospital, Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare operates several facilities that house doctors' offices, outpatient centers, occupational health programs, and other ancillary health care operations. The health system is planning to build a new hospital campus, to be completed by the end of 2011.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is the state's oldest and largest not-for-profit health insurer, serving some 2.8 million members, including employees for General Mills and Northwest Airlines. The company's insurance plans include traditional indemnity coverage, HMOs (Blue Plus and Preferred Gold), PPOs (Aware), and major medical plans. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota also offers Medicare Advantage PPOs and other products aimed at seniors. Dental coverage is provided through a partnership with Delta Dental. Additionally, its health support programs offer disease management assistance for those with chronic conditions, as well as health improvement programs such as fitness center discounts.

Spherix Incorporated was launched in 1967 as a scientific research company. The company now leverages its scientific and technical expertise and experience through its two subsidiaries—Biospherics Incorporated and Spherix Consulting, Inc. Biospherics is currently conducting a Phase 3 clinical trial investigating the use of D-Tagatose, a stereoisomer of fructose already approved as a sugar substitute, as a treatment for glycemic control in patients with Type 2 diabetes. Spherix Consulting provides scientific and strategic support for suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and retailers of conventional foods, biotechnology-derived foods, medical foods, infant formulas, food ingredients, dietary supplements, food contact substances, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, consumer products, and industrial chemicals and pesticides.

Refractive is a $2.8 billion U.S. industry and includes LASIK, the world's most widely performed 'elective' procedure. Cataract is a $5.6 billion U.S. industry and is the world's most widely performed 'non-elective' procedure. And, by year-end 2005, 70 percent of adult Americans - 155.7 million people - were wearing some form of vision correction. At TLCVision, we see growth opportunities across the eye care industry. With over 13,700 doctor relationships, the Company positioned to take advantage of this industry growth.

When the ailing wish upon a star, Wistar might be able to find them a cure. Founded in 1892, The Wistar Institute is a not-for-profit biomedical research institution concentrating on major diseases such as cancer, immune-system disorders, heart ailments, and infectious diseases. The institute operates from about 30 laboratories with research programs targeting genetic, molecular, and cellular discoveries. The company's research has been used in the development of vaccines, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology drugs. Wistar collaborates with educational and governmental partners.

Winchester Healthcare Management provides a variety of health care services to patients in the Boston area. The not-for-profit company owns and operates Winchester Hospital, a 230-bed acute care medical center. The hospital is a leading area facility for pediatric and women's health services, and it offers specialty services including diagnostics, cardiology, oncology, pulmonary, and orthopedic medical care. Winchester Healthcare also operates about 20 community family health and specialty clinics, as well as a home care agency. The flagship hospital was founded in 1912.

Atrion Corporation develops and manufactures ophthalmology, cardiovascular, and fluid delivery devices primarily for medical applications in the United States and internationally. Atrion Corporation manufactures soft contact lens storage and disinfection cases; and the LacriCATH line of balloon catheters used in the treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction in children and adults. It develops the MPS2 Myocardial Protection System, a proprietary technology delivering fluids and medications to the heart during open-heart surgery; cardiac surgery vacuum relief valves; Retract-O-Tape silicone vessel loops; inflation devices for balloon catheter dilation, stent deployment, and fluid dispensing; and Clean-Cut rotating aortic punch and PerfectCut Aortotomy System, both of which are used in heart bypass surgery. Atrion manufactures various intravenous fluid delivery products comprising medical tubing clamps; swabbable luer valves; and luer syringe check valves and one-way valves. It produces inflation systems and valves used in marine and aviation safety products; one-way and two-way ‘Breather’ valves for use on electronics cases, munitions cases, pressure vessels, transportation container cases, escape slides, and other medical and non-medical applications; and a line of products designed for safe needle and scalpel blade containment, as well as the ACTester product line consisting of instrumentation and associated disposables used to measure the activated clotting time of blood. Atrion Corporation also provides contract manufacturing services for other original equipment manufacturers of medical devices; and owns and maintains a 22-mile high-pressure steel pipeline in north Alabama that is leased to an industrial gas producer that transports gaseous oxygen to its customers. It sells its products through a sales force. Atrion Corporation was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Allen, Texas.

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