Cyberonics makes the first medical device to be cleared by the FDA for treating epilepsy. The company's VNS Therapy System is a pacemaker-like device implanted under the collarbone with a lead attached to the vagus nerve in the neck. The device delivers intermittent signals to the brain, dubbed vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), to control epileptic seizures. The signals can be programmed by a physician using a computer, and patients can stop or start signals with a hand-held magnet. The VNS system is also used for treatment-resistant depression, and it is being studied for conditions such as bulimia and Alzheimer's disease. In addition to the US, Cyberonics markets the system in about 70 countries around the globe.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Centers provides oral and facial reconstruction surgery services through six Ohio locations. The centers offer services such as dental implant surgery, wisdom tooth removal, and corrective jaw surgery. Physicians at the centers also treat facial pain, facial injuries and fractures, and temporomandibular disorders (TMJ). In addition, cosmetic surgery is offered at some locations.

WellGroup HealthPartners provides medical care through a network of health care facilities in the southern suburbs of Chicago. The medical provider operates about a half dozen clinics offering general practice and specialty services. Its more than 80 doctors represent about 25 medical, diagnostic, and surgical specialties, including obstetrics, internal medicine, pulmonary health, orthopedics, endocrinology, and pediatrics. Additional services include rehabilitation therapy, behavioral health, dental, pharmacy, and laboratory offerings. WellGroup HealthPartners is part of the Sisters of St. Francis Health Services.

Biomerica, Inc. was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. Biomerica, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets medical diagnostic products for the early detection and monitoring of chronic diseases and medical conditions. Its diagnostic test kits are used to analyze blood or urine from patients in the diagnosis of various diseases and other medical complications, or to measure the level of specific hormones, antibodies, antigens, or other substances, which might exist in the human body in small concentrations. The company’s clinical laboratory diagnostic products include tests for bone and anemia conditions, gastrointestinal diseases, food intolerance, diabetes, and others. It offers its medical diagnostic products primarily to hospital and clinical laboratories, medical research institutions, medical schools, pharmaceutical companies, chain drugstores, wholesalers, and physicians’ offices worldwide. The company was formerly known as NMS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and changed its name to Biomerica, Inc. in November 1987.

Chilton Memorial Hospital was originally founded in 1954 as a 50-bed facility. Chilton Memorial Hospital serves the residents of northern New Jersey's Morris and Passaic counties. The acute-care facility has some 260 beds and provides emergency, inpatient, surgical, and outpatient care. The hospital operates with a staff of about 500 physicians who practice in 60 fields of health care. Chilton Memorial Hospital offers such specialities as a cancer center, surgical weight-loss programs, occupational health, orthopedics, stroke care, pediatrics, and dialysis.

Smiths Medical provides the tools doctors need in intensive care, surgery, and post-operative care. The company develops medical devices for treatment in areas such as cardiology, oncology, pain management, and home health care. Products include general anesthesia devices, epidural components, safety lancets, and pulse monitors, as well as a line of assisted reproduction products. Smiths Medical provides its products to hospitals (which make up the majority of its customer base), specialists, and home care providers. Most of its worldwide territories are serviced through wholly-owned local sales and distribution companies. A division of the Smiths Group, the company is led by president Srini Seshadri.

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.

Sanford Health-MeritCare combines two Dakota health care legends: South Dakota's Sanford Health and North Dakota's MeritCare Health System. Both date back to the 1890s, and today the combined not-for-profit health care provider is one of the largest integrated health care systems in the US. It serves many rural areas in the Midwest with about 30 regional and community hospitals (housing more than 1,600 beds) in the Dakotas, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. Its medical centers offer services in such areas as cancer, cardiology, emergency care, orthopedics, pediatrics, trauma, and women's health. Sanford Health-MeritCare also boasts expanded research and education capabilities as a result of its 2009 merger.

Frederick Memorial Healthcare was founded in 1902. Frederick Memorial Healthcare System operates Frederick Memorial Hospital, an acute care facility with some 240 beds, and 20 satellite facilities in and around Frederick, Maryland. Other facilities in the system include Hospice of Frederick County, Mt. Airy Health Services and the FMH Regional Cancer Therapy Center. Specialty services include cardiology, oncology, pediatrics, and psychiatry. It also operates Glade Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center through a joint venture with Adventist HealthCare.

Discover how Inverness Medical Innovations will be adopting the Alere name for many of its diagnostics and health management offerings. Alere is connecting you to the information needed to make accurate and timely health decisions. By combining the results of our diagnostics with the analysis and insight of our health management services we help you get to the right diagnosis faster, select the best course of treatment and allow care to continue no matter where you are. So whether your treatment is taking place in an emergency room in China, a doctor’s office in Spain or at home in Australia, our products and services make it possible to connect with the information you need to make the best health decisions.

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