FirstHealth of the Carolinas maintains a health care network that spans across 15 counties in the mid-Carolinas. The network includes three hospitals (Moore Regional, Richmond Memorial, and Montgomery Memorial) that provide emergency, surgical, acute care, and diagnostic services and have a combined capacity of about 560 beds. Its largest hospital, Moore Regional, includes an inpatient rehabilitation center. FirstHealth of the Carolinas also operates satellite facilities including family practice clinics, fitness centers, and dental practices. In addition, the health system provides home health and hospice services, emergency care, and medical transportation.

Endologix is a developer and manufacturer of minimally invasive treatments for vascular diseases. Endologix is focusing on the development and marketing of its patented technology for the treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA). An aneurysm is a weakening of the wall of the aorta, the largest artery of the body. Aortic aneurysm disease is a leading cause of death in the United States and it is estimated that 1.7 million persons over 55 years of age have an AAA. Each year, physicians diagnose approximately 200,000 people in the United States with AAA.Endologix is currently marketing its Powerlink® Delivery System an innovative, one-piece endoluminal stent graft (ELG) used in treating AAA that has significant advantages when compared with marketed stent alternatives. Powerlink has been commercially available in Europe since 1999. FDA approval for the Powerlink AAA stent graft was received on October 29, 2004. The Powerlink superior design is covered by 17 U.S. patents with 361 allowed claims; the technology is designed to overcome shortcomings of first-generation ELGs. The device is for sale in the United States and selected international markets. Endologix is a publicly-held company trading on NASDAQ: ELGX. The Company's corporate office is located in Irvine, California.

ConvaTec winds its way around wicked wounds. The company makes wound cleansers, wound dressings, bandages, wound hydration products, and a negative pressure wound therapy system. Its products are designed to foster the management and healing of wounds and address such issues as wound dryness and severity. ConvaTec's additional products include ostomy pouching systems, which allow patients with artificial openings (or stomas) to dispose of bodily waste into attachable pouches. The company also makes a line of skin care products, including shampoos, conditioners, body creams, and ointments. ConvaTec manufactures its products in the UK and the US and distributes them worldwide.

From its humble beginning in 1918 as a small community center, Harrison Medical Center has grown into the region's busiest heath system with five campuses serving four counties in Washington State. Harrison's main campus in Bremerton provides general inpatient medical and surgical care and emergency services -- including a Level III trauma center. Its Silverdale campus provides mom and baby care, pediatrics, and specialty services including robotic surgery and weight loss surgical procedures. Harrison's locations in Port Orchard and Belfair provide urgent care services and the Poulsbo campus specializes in cancer care. Combined the five campuses employ about 400 doctors and see more than 17,000 patients annually.

Sierra View District Hospital (SVDH) might have a bedside view of central California's San Joaquin Valley. The not-for-profit 160-bed acute care medical center offers a comprehensive range of primary, specialty, and emergency services in Porterville, California, and surrounding areas. Divisions include oncology, pediatrics, dialysis, diagnostics, women's care, and rehabilitation. SVDH also offers variety of outpatient treatments, as well as laboratory, wellness, and counseling services. Founded in 1948, the hospital serves more than 50,000 patients in its emergency room each year.

Metropolitan Health Networks (MetCare) provides a way to keep Florida's senior citizens healthy. Through contracts with health insurance giant Humana, the company -- an operator of a provider service network (PSN) -- provides health benefits to more than 35,000 of Humana's Medicare Advantage members in Florida. The company, which offers health care services through its network of primary physicians and other affiliates, receives a percentage of premiums paid to Humana. It operates throughout a dozen or so counties in Central and South Florida and offers a variety of other services, including utilization review, claims adjudication, and referral processing.

Noninvasive Medical Technologies helps physicians provide gentler health care. The company manufactures noninvasive hemodynamic monitors that measure blood flow, heart rate, stroke volume, and cardiac output. Its IQ2 is used to assess and evaluate cardiac function. The ZOE device determines if a patient is retaining fluids or is dehydrated without drawing blood. By quickly assessing fluid status, doctors can better treat those at risk for severe or recurring dehydration such as hypertension and heart failure patients and athletes. The company also sells ICG sensors (to obtain hemodynamic data) and electrodes used with its devices. NMT has a supplier agreement with Royal Philips Electronic for its ZOE monitor.

B. Braun Medical is the US arm of German medical supply firm B. Braun Melsungen. The company's products and services include a wide range of traditional and needleless IV systems and accessories, pharmaceutical devices, dialysis machines, critical care products, and vascular access and interventional product lines, as well as continuing education and training programs. B. Braun's customers include hospitals, outpatient surgery centers, and home care services companies. Its network of CAPS (Central Admixture Pharmacy Services) compounding pharmacies provides IV admixtures and solutions to hospitals, clinics, and home care providers throughout the US.

Optos has opted to provide improved imaging tools to eye doctors. The company is a manufacturer of digital diagnostic imaging equipment used by ophthalmologists and other eye care professionals in the detection and management of eye disease. The company's Optomap laser ophthalmoscopes are used by ophthalmologists to perform precision retinal examinations. Its tools are used to detect ailments such as retinal detachments, age-related macular degeneration, and glaucoma and are marketed to physicians in Europe and North America. Optos was founded in 1992 by executive vice chairman and engineer Douglas Anderson after his son's retinal disorder was overlooked by eye doctors.

TranS1 Inc., a medical device company, focuses on the design, development, and marketing of products that implement its proprietary surgical approach to treat degenerative disc disease and instability affecting the lower lumbar region of the spine. The company offers TranS1 pre-sacral approach that enables spine surgeons to access and treat degenerative lumbar discs, as well as to perform fusion and motion preserving surgeries in the L4/L5/S1 region. Its products include AxiaLIF lumbar fusion implant, a threaded titanium rod to enable one-level L5/S1 fusions and two-level L4/L5/S1 fusions; AxiaLIF 360° implants, which consist of 3D Axial Rod plus its titanium facet screws for supplemental posterior fixation; and TranS1 access and disc preparation instruments. In addition, the company, through a partnership agreement with Life Spine, Inc., distributes Avatar, a minimally invasive pedicle screw system. It markets and sells its products through direct sales representatives and independent sales agents in the United States, as well as primarily through third-party distributors in Europe. The company was formerly known as aXiaMed, Inc. and changed its name to TranS1 Inc. in February 2003. TranS1 Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina.

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