KCI Medical Ltd, the UK operating division of US firm Kinetic Concepts, designs and manufactures hospital beds for critically ill patients and lifts for bedridden patients. The company's wound care mattresses massage patients, increasing circulation and reducing the chances of the development of bedsores and pressure ulcers. KCI Medical's best known product is its acute and chronic wound closure device, the V.A.C. (Vacuum Assisted Closure) therapy system. KCI Medical was founded in 1991.

Long Beach Medical Center was founded in 1922. Long Beach Medical Center (LBMC) serves half a dozen Long Island communities. The facility has about 160 acute care beds at the main center, as well as 200 subacute care beds at The Komanoff Center for Geriatric and Rehabilitative Medicine. LBMC provides behavioral health, family health care, emergency, and rehabilitation services. Its Family Care Center offers health care to those with inadequate financial resources. LBMC has teaching affiliations with the New York College of Podiatric Medicine and the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Upson Regional Medical Center is a 115-bed hospital that serves the communities in and around Thomaston, Georgia. In addition to general surgery and acute care, the hospital offers specialty services including occupational therapy, rehabilitation, pediatrics, and emergency care. Upson Regional also houses a neonatal special care unit, a sleep disorders center, and a wound healing center. The medical center has expanded its footprint with new medical offices and dining facilities.

The drug development industry has come along way in the last two decades. In the 1980s and early 1990s, when the focus was on cost-savings and capacity management, contract research organizations (CROs) were used primarily as spillover capacity. The work was done and often done well, but our relationship with our pharmaceutical clients was tactical, and CRO growth rates and profitability were volatile. From roughly 2000 to 2005, biotechnology and specialty pharmaceutical companies began to use CROs more strategically, which stabilized demand and improved the performance and return on investment of CROs.

Drew Scientific specializes in the design, manufacture, and distribution of analytical systems for laboratory testing. It provides cell counters, hemoglobin analyzers, and other instruments and testing consumables (reagents) for use in the diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and hematology. The company also sells its products to the animal health and veterinary research markets. Drew Scientific has operations in the US and in the UK, and its products are sold in countries around the globe. The company is a subsidiary of Escalon Medical.

When it comes to surgical implants, RTI Biologics recommends the natural alternative. The firm develops products made from human and animal tissue that are used in orthopedic, dental, and other surgeries to repair fractures, spinal disorders, sports injuries, breast reconstruction, and other procedures. Using its BioCleanse and Tutoplast processes, the company sterilizes tissue -- including bone, tendons, and skin -- that is then used in surgeries. RTI Biologics sells its allografts (made from human tissue) and xenografts (made from animals) in the US and more than 30 countries. Its direct sales force targets the sports medicine and general orthopedic markets.

John Muir Health provides health care to residents in the San Francisco Bay area. The not-for-profit system operates three hospitals, outpatient and urgent care centers, a physician practice organization, and several community health foundations. The John Muir Medical Center Walnut Creek Campus has about 325 beds and specializes in providing services such as neurological, orthopedic, and obstetrics care. The system's Concord Campus, which has some 260 beds, specializes in providing cardiac and cancer care. The John Muir Behavioral Health Center is a 70-bed psychiatric hospital. It also provides labortory testing through its MuirLab division, and it offers home health, rehabilitation, and wellness programs.

LifeCell puts new life into the tissue graft market. The firm makes skin graft materials processed from cadaver skin, a category of products known as allografts. Its products include AlloDerm, used in reconstructive plastic, dental, and burn surgeries and Strattice Reconstructive Tissue Matrix, for plastic and reconstructive surgery and wound healing. LifeCell markets a series of other products for additional applications, including one called Cymetra for grafting and head and neck plastic reconstruction. The company markets its products in the US and abroad through a direct sales force and distributors. LifeCell is owned by wound care company Kinetic Concepts.

Abiomed, Inc. and its subsidiaries manufacture and sell medical devices in circulatory support that offer a continuum of care in heart recovery to acute heart failure patients. It offers various disposable products for the surgery suite, which comprise BVS 5000 blood pump and AB5000 ventricle for temporary support of acute heart failure patients in profound shock, including patients suffering from cardiogenic shock after a heart attack, post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock, or myocarditis; integrated cannula system that connects the ventricle or blood pump to the heart and an associated artery; and Impella LD that provides temporary left ventricular assist devices support for recovery from post-cardiotomy hemodynamic instability and cardiogenic shock. The company also provides disposable products for the cardiac catheterization lab and the surgery suite that include Impella 2.5 and 5.0 catheters, which are percutaneous micro heart pumps with integrated motors and sensors for use in interventional cardiology and heart surgery; and IAB, a percutaneous intra-aortic balloon used to support various prophylactic, pre-shock, and profound shock conditions. In addition, it offers driver console products, such as AB5000 console for BVS 5000 blood pump and AB5000 ventricle; mobile pump consoles for Impella products; iPulse console, a multi-purpose driver console for IAB, AB5000, BVS 5000, and other manufacturers’ IABs; and portable discharge driver for AB5000 for in-hospital and out-of-hospital patients. Further, Abiomed provides AbioCor implantable replacement heart, a self-contained artificial heart for severe biventricular heart failure. It sells its products through direct sales representatives and clinical support personnel in the United States, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Ireland; and internationally. ABIOMED, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Danvers, Massachusetts.

St. Joseph's Healthcare System takes care of northern New Jersey. The health care system's facilities include St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, a tertiary teaching hospital with about 650 beds that includes the 120-bed St. Joseph's Children's Hospital. The regional hospital has a state-designated trauma center and provides specialty services including cardiology, oncology, obstetrics, and neurology. St. Joseph's Healthcare also operates St. Joseph's Wayne Hospital, a community medical center with some 230 beds. Other operations include St. Vincent's Nursing Home, a home health agency, and a network of community clinics. St. Joseph's Healthcare System is sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth.

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