Helping the world's edentulous and incontinent is a part of Astra Tech's mandate. The company, a unit of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, concentrates on researching, developing, and manufacturing medical devices and implants used in odontology (dental surgery) and urology. Other products include wound drains and hemorrhoid ligators. Through international subsidiaries (including Astra Tech Inc. in the US), Astra Tech operates globally through more than 15 subsidiaries; more than 90% of its sales are made outside its home country. Key products include the Astra Tech Dental Implant System, the LoFric hydrophilic bladder catheter, and the Bellovac A.B.T autologous blood transfusion system.

Fauquier Hospital was founded in 1925. Fauquier Hospital takes care of the populace of rural northern Virginia. The multi-location system provides medical, surgical, outpatient, and home health care services to a four county area. With more than 85 beds, the facility is the only hospital in Fauquier, and also serves Culpeper, Prince William and Rappahannock Counties. Specialized services include emergency medicine, oncology, rehabilitation, and cardiac and pulmonary care. The hospital's emergency room has more than 30 private rooms and services about 30,000 patients each year. Fauquier Hospital partners with Prince William Hospitalto operate the Cancer Center at Lake Manassas.

Elekta AB(publ) manufactures the Gamma Knife -- which isn't a knife at all but a chamber that delivers radiation therapy to treat tumors and cancer in the brain. The Gamma Knife was invented in 1968 by Elekta's founder, Dr. Lars Leksell, the father of radiosurgery. The company manufactures other non-invasive treatment systems, such as image-guided radiation therapy (IRGT) and particle therapy, used to treat cancer elsewhere in the body. Elekta also sells health care-related software through its two subsidiaries, CMS and IMPAC. Elekta was founded in 1972. Its products are used in more than 5,000 hospitals around the world.

Children's Hospital & Medical Center has a rich history based on community involvement and service to children. The original Children's Memorial Hospital was founded in 1948 by Dr. C.W.M. Poynter, dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Henry Doorly, publisher of the Omaha World-Herald, with a vision that no child in need of medical care would be turned away due to an inability to pay.Today, families from across a five-state region and beyond seek the experience and expertise of Children's Hospital & Medical Center. We provide care to more than 250,000 children each year. On January 8, 2009, Children's Hospital became Children's Hospital & Medical Center. The growing name signifies regional growth and outreach, while also staying true to Children's roots as a resource for the community and the children we so proudly serve.

Hu-Friedy Manufacturing Company makes the tools that keep your chompers in good chomping order. In business since 1908, the company makes instruments that dentists and dental hygienists use to numb, probe, scrape, pull, and cut teeth and gums during dental visits. It also makes the Hu-Friedy Instrument Management System, an integrated system for sterilizing, storing, and organizing instruments. Its products -- many of which are hand crafted-- are used in general dentistry, as well as dental surgeries, orthodontics, and periodontics. Hu-Friedy sells its products to dental offices and dental schools both directly (in North America) and through equipment dealers worldwide.

Guthrie Healthcare System is a community health-care organization serving residents of the Twin Tiers region of northern Pennsylvania and southern New York through a network of hospitals, community clinics, physicians' practices, and specialty care facilities. The flagship facility is Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, a 238-bed tertiary care teaching hospital that provides a comprehensive range of health services including emergency/trauma care, pediatric care, orthopedics, and rehabilitative care. The system also includes Troy Community Hospital and Corning Hospital. Other system facilities include nursing homes, a senior care community, a hospice care program, and a home health agency.

Trustmark Mutual Holding Company established in 1913 as the Brotherhood of All Railway Employees to provide disability coverage to railroad workers, the company still provides workplace benefits in the US. Trustmark offers group health insurance to employer and affinity groups, benefits administration for companies that self-fund, and voluntary benefits (life, disability, and illness insurance) sold in the workplace. To help its customers control costs and boost employee health, it also offers consumer health advice providers HealthFit and Health Contact Partners. Trustmark Mutual Holding is owned by its policyholders.

Flagstaff Medical Center serves the residents of northern Arizona. Founded in 1936, the not-for-profit hospital is part of the Northern Arizona Healthcare family. It has some 270 beds and its medical staff includes about 200 physicians. The hospital offers cancer, heart, sports medicine, joint surgery, and women and infants' centers. Other medical services include behavioral health, audiology, diabetes care, home health, hospice, and ambulance and air flight transportation. In addition, Flagstaff Medical Center provides training courses for health care professionals. The hospital's emergency department treats about 40,000 patients each year.

DENTSPLY Limited is the British arm of US-based dental product manufacturer DENTSPLY International. The UK subsidiary sells dental and periodontal supplies including adhesives, filling materials and cosmetic compounds, anesthetics and other pharmaceuticals, surgical instruments, cleaning devices, polishing products, X-ray accessories, and all the other small bits and bobs needed to clean and restore teeth. Its Friadent division distributes dental implants while its DeguDent division supplies prosthetics (bridges, crowns, dentures). In all, the company distributes more than 100 different DENTSPLY clinical and laboratory products.

Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center tends to the sick of southern New Jersey. The hospital is a general acute care facility with about 410 inpatient beds. In addition to general medical and surgical care, the hospital specializes in organ transplantation, rehabilitation, dialysis treatment, cardiac care, and perinatal (birthing) care. The hospital also offers nursing and other medical training programs, and it provides community health and outreach services. Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, part of Catholic Health East's Lourdes Health System, is sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, New York.

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