MEDRAD,Inc. part of Bayer HealthCare, makes medical devices used in diagnostic imaging procedures that provide doctors with an inner view of the human body. MEDRAD products include vascular injection systems used for radiology contrast agents, magnetic resonance scanner coils, and related accessories such as syringes and disposable tubing. In addition, the firm offers equipment repair, training, and other support services. MEDRAD also makes interventional cardiology devices such as clot removal systems. MEDRAD makes its products in the US and markets them directly and through distributors to hospitals and medical imaging centers in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

NMT Medical company develops implantable devices that treat defects in the walls of the heart's chambers. Its CardioSEAL and STARFlex implants close up holes in the heart, a condition suffered primarily by children.NMT Medical company markets CardioSEAL and STARFlex in the US, Canada, and Europe. A third device, BioSTAR, is a bioabsorbable implant that also corrects heart defects; it has been approved in Canada and Europe. NMT Medical acquired the exclusive rights to CardioSEAL from InnerVentions, a licensee of Children's Hospital Boston.

Nobel Biocare can fix you up with restorative dental implants, crowns, or bridgework when your natural teeth fail you. The company also makes dental prosthetics (dentures) and has products to plug up any small gaps between teeth for purely aesthetic reasons. Its brands include Brånemark, NobelDirect, and Procera (which it rebranded as NobelProcera in 2009). Based in Switzerland, the company has production facilities in Sweden, US, Japan, and Israel. It has a direct sales presence in more than 35 countries and also sells through distributors, giving it a global reach.

Akers Biosciences,Inc. manufactures a variety of point-of-care rapid diagnostic tests. In addition to tests for such diseases as malaria, it has produced screening tools to detect drug and enzyme levels in blood. ABI has also developed sniffing devices to detect breath alcohol as well as diseases such as lung disease and diabetes through breath analysis. Another product whiffs for biological warfare agents in the air. Its Tri-Cholesterol product is a home-use test kit. ABI customers include healthcare facilities (hospitals, physicians' offices) as well as the US military and aid organizations.

Delphi Medical Systems is applying the engineering expertise of its parent company, auto parts colossus Delphi Automotive, to the medical device market. The company brings its parent's manufacturing and logistics prowess in such things as display technologies and safety sensors and puts them to work in the development of medical equipment and devices. Delphi Medical Systems product lines include infusion therapy systems (including intravenous pumps), respiratory devices (portable oxygen concentrators), and vital signs monitoring equipment. Its products are marketed directly and indirectly to health care professionals and consumers.

Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center makes medical care its primary mission. The hospital, part of Trinity Health, provides Boise, Idaho, and the surrounding region with general, acute, and specialized health care services. The medical center has some 390 beds and includes a trauma center, an orthopedic spinal care unit, an air transport service, and a home health and hospice division. It also provides general practice and specialty health services through the Saint Alphonsus Medical Group physician practice organization and through outpatient care clinics. The Sisters of the Holy Cross founded the hospital in 1894.

The company, which conducts business under the name SRI Surgical, provides hospital and surgical centers with such reusable surgical products as gowns and towels. It also provides reprocessed surgical instruments, basins, and surgical accessories that it sorts, sterilizes, and packages at just under a dozen regional facilities scattered throughout the US. Its daily pick-up and delivery service offers a cost-effective alternative to in-house recovery programs. SRI Surgical's marketing strategy hinges upon forming multi-year or short-term agreements with its 425 customers that include Kaiser Permanente, Novation, and HealthTrust Purchasing.

First Dental Health provides fee-for-service dental plans and a variety of related services to customers in Arizona, California, and Nevada. The company offers its individual, group, and family dental plans through its Dental Club subsidiary which has an independent network of some 28,000 dentists. Its provider networks serve more than 400,000 members. The firm was established in 1995.

ISG was founded in 1975 as Suburban Ostomy; today it is a subsidiary of Invacare. Invacare Supply Group (ISG) makes sure that Invacare's distribution wheels are always greased. ISG, a subsidiary of medical equipment maker Invacare Corporation, is a national wholesale distributor of thousands of medical equipment and supply items, including Invacare-brand wheelchairs and products for orthopedics, diabetes, wound care, ostomy, and urological ailments. Through six regional distribution centers in the US, ISG serves customers including managed care companies, pharmacies, home medical equipment providers, and national home-care chain operators.

Grossmont Hospital Corporation runs the Grossmont Hospital, a 450-bed, not-for-profit health care facility. The Grossmont Hospital Corporation was created as a subsidiary of Sharp HealthCare exclusively to run a 30-year lease (expiring in 2021) of state-owned Grossmont Hospital District. The hospital, which opened in 1955, has a staff of about 650 physicians. The full-service acute care facility provides specialty services in the areas of cardiology, oncology, mental health, orthopedics, senior care, sleep disorder services, and women's health care.

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