Formed in 1996, the company operates through about 20 branches located throughout the US. Just because a ventilator has a few scratches and dents doesn't mean it's headed for the junkyard. Not with Freedom Medical around anyway. Freedom Medical refurbishes capital medical equipment (dialysis machines, ventilators, patient monitors, and the like) and then sells or rents it to cash-strapped hospitals, alternate care sites, ambulance companies, and medical equipment dealers. It also provides repair and maintenance services.

Vascular Solutions, Inc., a medical device company, develops solutions to interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists worldwide. It provides Hemostat products, including D-Stat Dry hemostat, a topical thrombin-based pad with a bandage used to control surface bleeding; and D-Stat Flowable hemostat, a thick yet flowable thrombin-based mixture for preventing bleeding in subcutaneous pockets. The company also offers extraction catheters consisting of the Pronto V3 and Pronto LP extraction catheters and mechanical systems for the removal of soft thrombus from arteries; vein products, including Vari-Lase endovenous laser, a laser and procedure kit that is used for the treatment of varicose veins; and specialty catheters, such as Langston dual lumen catheters, Twin-Pass dual access catheters, GuideLiner catheters, Minnie support catheters, and Gopher catheters. In addition, it provides access products, which include Micro Elite and Expro Elite snares, the Guardian hemostasis valve, and guidewires used in connection with percutaneous access to the vasculature. Further, the company offers Acolysis ultrasound thrombolysis system for the treatment of peripheral vascular diseases in the international markets. Vascular Solutions, Inc. offers its products directly to the physicians through direct domestic sales force and international distribution network. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

TherOx is a medical device company that developed the SuperSaturated Oxygen (SSO2) Therapy System to prevent muscle tissue death following a heart attack. The SSO2 Therapy System mixes oxygen and saline with the patient's blood and pumps it back through the coronary artery to restore blood flow and reduce the amount of heart muscle tissue that dies after a person goes into cardiac arrest. The SSO2 System has not been FDA-approved; TherOx has conducted two studies involving 570 patients and hopes to be able to market the product in mid-2009.

A division of Japanese camera and film company FUJIFILM, the company markets and sells FUJIFILM's imaging equipment and software in the US, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean. It is one of the largest providers of machines utilizing digital X-ray technology (known as Computed Radiography, or CR). The company also makes picture archiving software (branded Synapse) and heads up Fuji's R&D operations for such software technology. Other products include conventional X-ray equipment, imaging printers, and mammography systems.

KInetic Concepts,Inc "therapeutic surfaces" (commonly known as hospital beds and specialized mattresses) treat and prevent complications associated with patient immobility, such as pressure sores and buildup of fluid in the lungs. The company also makes vacuum-assisted wound care systems and critical care therapy systems, which rotate immobilized patients to reduce the incidence of pulmonary complications and pressure sores. Its LifeCell business develops tissue regeneration products used in surgical procedures. Customers include acute and long-term care facilities, home health agencies, wound care clinics, and individuals in the US and abroad.

Biosense Webster makes products that explore, and in some cases alter, the terrain of the human heart. Its catheters and imaging systems are used by electrophysiologists and interventional cardiologists worldwide to find and treat heart arrhythmias (irregular heart rhythms.) Its CARTO XP EP Navigation System uses 3-D imaging technology to map the heart's electrical activity and lets doctors navigate the heart using the company's diagnostic catheters. Biosense Webster also makes therapeutic ablation catheters and systems that destroy faulty electric pathways in the heart that cause arrhythmias. Biosense Webster is a member of parent Johnson & Johnson's medical devices and diagnostics division.

Queen might not reign riotously over the whole of Napa Valley, but her benevolence can be felt throughout the region. Queen of the Valley Medical Center has some 190 beds. Part of the St. Joseph Health System, the health care facility provides acute and tertiary care to the residents of California's Napa County. It specializes in family and women's services, work health, and rehabilitation services, as well as trauma, emergency, and urgent care. "The Queen," as it is known colloquially, operates regional cancer and heart centers, the Napa Valley Imaging Center, a breast center, and Nursing Center of Excellence.

Virtua Memorial Hospital of Burlington County contributes its healthy virtues to the Virtua Health system. The hospital provides acute care to patients in southern New Jersey and the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The hospital has more than 430 beds and is well-known for its women's and children's health services. Other specialty programs include a sleep center, cardiac rehabilitation, diabetes treatment, and wound care. The hospital is also home to the Fox Chase Virtua Health Cancer center, and it operates an in-hospital hospice center for terminally ill patients through a partnership with Samaritan Hospice.

Guided Therapeutics (formerly SpectRx) can shed some light on your condition. The firm is developing diagnostic products, including a cervical cancer detection device, using its proprietary biophotonic technology known as LightTouch. The technology uses optics and spectroscopy to provide doctors with non-invasive diagnostic methods for finding cancer. In order to zero in on its diagnostic business, the company in 2007 sold its SimpleChoice line of insulin pumps, which diabetics use to control blood glucose levels, to ICU Medical; it changed its name to Guided Therapeutics the following year to reflect its new focus.

IRIDEX Corporation, founded in 1989, is a worldwide leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing innovative and versatile light-based medical systems and delivery devices. IRIDEX offer laser based solutions for multiple specialties including Aesthetic Medicine, Ophthalmology, and Otolaryngology.IRIDEX also maintain a deep commitment to the success of IRIDEX customers, with comprehensive technical, clinical, and service support programs. With superior technology for superior results, IRIDEX is dedicated to standards of excellence that meet your own.

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