St. John River District runs deep in the communities it serves. Part of St. John Health, the hospital serves Michigan's St. Clair and Macomb counties (the southern portion of the state's "thumb") with about 70 beds. The acute-care hospital operates five outpatient centers and offers a range of services including cardiology, orthopedics, and vascular diagnostics. St. John River District Hospital also runs a sleep study center and urinary incontinence center. In addition it has a bloodless treatment program for patients whose religious convictions preclude certain treatments. Since its inception in 1965, the hospital undergone seven major renovation programs, including the reconstruction of emergency department.

Synergetics USA is in sync with making microsurgical instruments and electrosurgery systems used in minimally invasive surgeries, primarily in the fields of ophthalmology and neurology. Among its products are forceps, retractors, scissors, and illuminators used in vitreoretinal surgeries; precision neurosurgery instruments; and the Omni ultrasonic aspirator used to remove tumors. It also makes bipolar electrosurgical generators, which use electrical currents to cut tissue and seal blood vessels. Synergetics sells its products to hospitals, physicians, and clinics directly and through distributors in the US and abroad; it also sells certain items through partnerships with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

Established in 1996 in Seattle, WA, by healthcare professionals who observed the damaging effects of excess weight in their patient population, Sound Health Solutions is dedicated to reducing health risks and to improving the global health of individuals through sustainable weight loss. After adding a second clinic in 2004, the company continued to grow, introducing its nationwide Sound Health CONNECT™ program in 2005 and expanding into the pre- and post-surgery market that same year. We are proud to be offering a professional, cost-saving solution to the growing epidemic of obesity.

Links Medical Products Inc, manufactures and markets medical products designed primarily for hospitals, long-term care facilities, and home health agencies. Its primary product is the Silent Knight tablet crushing system for patients who can't take pills. Other products include Hydra-Aid beverage thickeners, Microdot glucose monitoring systems, and Cocoon bed rail systems. It also distributes products from other manufacturers, including DiabetiCare skin cream and Provide liquid nutritional supplements. Links Medical Products was founded in 1995 by CEO Tom Buckley and his son, company president Pat Buckley.

Gateway Health Plan opens doors to health care coverage. Gateway Health Plan company provides managed health care services (as an HMO) to Pennsylvania residents. Its Medicaid HMO serves some 225,000 eligible recipients. In addition, the company serves 24,000 members who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid assistance through its Medicare Assured special needs program. Gateway's service area covers about 27 counties throughout Pennsylvania. The company's services include primary care, dental, prescriptions, disease management, and mental health services. Gateway, an affiliate of Highmark, was founded in 1992 as an alternative to the Department of Public Welfare's Medical Assistance Program in Pennsylvania.

St. Anthony's Medical Center serves St. Louis and Jefferson Counties in Missouri, as well as two southwestern Illinois counties. With about 770 beds and more than 800 affiliated physicians, the hospital provides a comprehensive offering, including inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, diagnostic, and behavioral health care. The hospital also operates a level two trauma center, a cancer center, and a pediatric emergency center, as well as several urgent care facilities. It also offers home health, hospice, laboratory, and pharmacy services. More than 60,000 patients visit the hospital's emergency room each year. St. Anthony's Medical Center was started in 1900 by the Franciscan Sisters of Germany.

DEKA Research and Development is perhaps best known for its founder and president Dean Kamen -- and for the Segway Personal Transporter he invented. DEKA is a design and engineering firm that develops innovative technologies, many of them in the field of medical devices. The Segway itself was an offshoot of the iBOT, an all-terrain, stair-climbing wheelchair the company developed with Independence Technology, a unit of Johnson & Johnson. (Kamen founded a separate company in 1999 to market the Segway.) DEKA's other products include a portable dialysis machine developed in partnership with Baxter International and an improved intravascular stent made with J&J's Cordis. DEKA was founded in 1982.

LVL delivers "le garde soin affectueux" (that's TLC in French). LVL Medical Groupe is a top provider of home health care equipment and services in France. The company offers the equipment for, as well as the administration of, respiratory care; its services include oxygen therapy and aerosol therapy for about 35,000 patients across France who suffer from chronic bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, sleep apnea, and other respiratory conditions. LVL also provides such home infusion therapy as intravenous drug treatment, pain management, and nutrition therapy. The group, which was formed in 1989, runs hospital-adjacent care centers and offers home care for children in Germany through subsidiary LVL Medical Deutschland.

Georgetown University Hospital, part of MedStar Health, is a 609-bed acute care teaching hospital serving residents of the greater Washington, DC, area, including Maryland and Virginia. The hospital's staff of more than 1,100 physicians represents a wide range of medical specializations including cardiology, oncology, neurology/neurosurgery, and surgical transplantation. Georgetown University Hospital provides a comprehensive array of inpatient, outpatient, surgical, and rehabilitative care services. The hospital is part of a local network of affiliated primary care providers.

Formed in 1921 to build a better thermometer, Terumo is one of Japan's largest health care product suppliers. The company makes and sells a wide range of general hospital products and equipment, including disposable supplies (syringes and wound dressings), blood glucose monitors, dialyzers, infusion pumps, and intravenous liquid nutrients. It also makes blood transfusion bags, as well as cardiac and vascular products, such as heart-lung machines used in open heart surgery, vascular grafts, and catheters. And yes, it still makes thermometers, which are part of its consumer health care product portfolio. Terumo operates in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. It sells its products in some 150 countries worldwide.

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