Sybron Dental Specialties makes and distributes dental and other orthodontic appliances and tools through subsidiaries including Axis Dental, Kerr, SybronEndo, and Ormco. Its product lines include braces, dental implant systems, cleaning tools, and impression and restorative materials. The company also makes endodontic (dental surgery) supplies including hand pieces, disinfectants, curatives, and other tools. Outside of dentistry, the company has a smaller line of products for physicians. Sybron markets its products both directly through its subsidiaries and through dealers around the world. The company is a subsidiary of tools and technology giant Danaher.

Sound Surgical's medical devices use ultrasound to break up and remove body fat. Sound Surgical's VASER System allows doctors to perform the aesthetic cosmetic surgery known as lipoplasty --or "body contouring"-- without using suction cannulas and limiting post-surgical bruising and pain. The firm markets the VASER System to surgeons, surgery centers, and hospitals through a direct sales force in the US and through distribution agreements elsewhere. Along with its hardware, the company provides marketing tools, training, and other support to medical practice customers.

Western Dental can help if you're in Arizona, California, or Nevada. The dental health maintenance organization (DHMO) serves customers from about 200 offices and dental clinics and some 1,700 dentists, orthodontists, and other dental health specialists. The company offers a variety of individual and group plans; services include general dentistry, orthodontics, oral surgery, periodontics, and endodontics. Western Dental also accepts most major private insurance including PPOs and DHMOs. Western Dental's roots go back to 1903, when Dr. Curtis Beauchamp founded Western Dental company to provide low-cost dental services.

At LHC Group we appreciate the value of trained professionals who work within the local community and know their patients. That's why we work with the nurses, therapists and aides who have provided quality care through local hospitals and health care agencies for years. By combining a dynamic, clinically driven operational model, an efficient management team, a high quality hometown medical staff, we are able to offer a comprehensive health care package which puts the patient's needs first. We have spent years perfecting what we see as the only way to do business in the industry. As a result, patients, their physicians, and family members alike benefit from the simplicity that our expertise brings to the table. Aside from keeping the needs of the patient first, we also keep both the physician and family involved and informed every step of the way. We consider these channels of communication an essential part of who we are. Our nurses, aides and therapists can deliver non-emergency medical care to homebound patients of all ages who choose to receive quality health care in the comfort of their own homes.

Roper St. Francis Healthcare (RSFH) is concerned with medical system includes the 450-bed acute-care Roper Hospital, the 200-bed Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital, and the Roper St. Francis Rehabilitation Hospital. The company serves Charleston, South Carolina, and surrounding communities, and along with the hospitals, operates several emergency, primary care, and outpatient diagnostic and treatment facilities. It also offers home health services. Roper St. Francis, which has a medical staff of some 700 physicians, was formed through the merger of Roper Hospital and Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital in 1998.

LifePoint Hospitals Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates general acute care hospitals in non-urban communities in the United States. The company's hospitals provide a range of medical and surgical services comprising general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, diagnostic care, coronary care, rehabilitation services, and pediatric services, as well as specialized services, such as open-heart surgery, skilled nursing, psychiatric care, and neuro-surgery. Its hospitals also offer outpatient services, including one-day surgery, laboratory, x-ray, respiratory therapy, imaging, sports medicine, and lithotripsy. As of December 31, 2009, LifePoint Hospitals owned or leased 47 hospitals with a total of 5,552 licensed beds in 17 states.

Don't hold your breath for an asthma cure, but breathe easier knowing that medical device developer Asthmatx is working on it. Whereas current treatments consist of inhaled medicines, Asthmatx has developed a more invasive outpatient treatment system based on what it calls Bronchial Thermoplasty to treat severe asthma. Delivered by a catheter through the nose or mouth, its Alair System uses heat to reduce the airway smooth muscles which constrict during an asthma attack. The Alair System received FDA approval in early 2010. Asthmatx is a wholly owned subsidiary of medical device giant Boston Scientific.

Tomball Regional Medical Center provides health care services to residents of Tomball, Texas and the surrounding areas, including Northwest Houston. The 360-bed Tomball Regional Medical Center provides specialized services in emergency and cardiac care, sports medicine, cancer treatment, and outpatient surgery. The medical center also provides diagnostic imaging, home health, and rehabilitation services, and operates outpatient facilities including an emergency clinic, a women's health center, and a retirement community.

Organogenesis has the skinny on replacement tissue. Flagship product Apligraf is a human skin substitute approved to treat diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers caused by poor circulation. Rejection-resistant Apligraf is bio-engineered using living skin cells and has been used to treat chronic open wounds in some 250,000 patients; the company is developing a next-generation version of the material (using its VCT technology) using all human components. In addition to Apligraf, Organogenesis offers a line of biomaterials used in a range of surgical procedures to seal or reconstruct soft tissue, and it also develops regenerative technologies in the area of cosmetic skin rejuvenation.

Washington Hospital Center Corporation, at the heart of the MedStar Health system, serves about 450,000 patients living in and around the nation's capital each year. Washington Hospital Center has approximately 925 beds and includes specialized care centers for cancer, cardiovascular conditions, and neurosciences. Other services include organ transplantation and a regional burn treatment center, as well as emergency air transportation. The hospital also conducts clinical research and offers educational residency and fellowship programs.

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