Sound Surgical's medical devices use ultrasound to break up and remove body fat. Sound Surgical's VASER System allows doctors to perform the aesthetic cosmetic surgery known as lipoplasty --or "body contouring"-- without using suction cannulas and limiting post-surgical bruising and pain. The firm markets the VASER System to surgeons, surgery centers, and hospitals through a direct sales force in the US and through distribution agreements elsewhere. Along with its hardware, the company provides marketing tools, training, and other support to medical practice customers.

CancerCare is a national nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization that provides free, professional support services to anyone affected by cancer: people with cancer, caregivers, children, loved ones, and the bereaved. CancerCare programs—including counseling and support groups, education, financial assistance and practical help—are provided by professional oncology social workers and are completely free of charge. Founded in 1944, CancerCare provided individual help to more than 100,000 people last year, in addition to the more than 1 million unique visitors to our websites. Find more detailed information about CancerCare programs, operations and finances in our annual report and financial statements.

Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers provides primary and specialty health care services to residents throughout New York's Hudson Valley area. The Poughkeepsie-based organization includes centers specializing in behavioral health, home care, orthopedics, plastic surgery, and trauma care. The hospital also operates a chemical dependency treatment program. Sisters of St. Francis of the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin founded Saint Francis Hospital in 1914 with 40 beds. It is now licensed for 400 beds and provides medical care for more than 10,000 inpatients every year.

Carclo Technical Plastics (CTP), a division of UK plastics injection molding company Carclo, develops and manufactures disposable pharmaceutical and medical devices and other injection-molded components and assemblies made from plastic for the medical, telecom, automotive, electronics, and optics industries. CTP's products include automotive cooling and fastening systems, infusion devices, and inhalation devices; it owns the COIL brand of magnifiers and aids for the visually-impaired. CTP provides such product development services as assembly, design, packaging, and rapid cavity manufacture. Located in southern England, the company markets its products globally.

Advocat Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides long-term care services to nursing home patients primarily in the southeast and southwest United States. Advocat Inc. provides a range of long-term care services to the elderly, which include skilled nursing, ancillary health care services, and assisted living. It also offers various rehabilitative, nutritional, respiratory, and other specialized ancillary services. As of March 9, 2010, it operated 50 skilled nursing centers containing 5,799 licensed nursing beds. Advocat Inc. has nursing centers in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia. Advocat Inc. was founded in 1994 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee.

Univera Healthcare wants the residents of western New York to be healthy. The not-for-profit organization provides health insurance coverage to more than 200,000 members throughout eight counties in western New York. About 30,000 of those members are retirees in the company's SeniorChoice Medicare Advantage plans. Univera's members have access to all of the hospitals in the area, as well as more than 50,000 pharmacies across the US. Univera Healthcare company provides HMO, PPO, indemnity, dental, and other health plans to small and large businesses, as well as individuals. Univera Healthcare is a business segment of The Lifetime Healthcare Companies.

Social & Scientific Systems, an employee-owned company, has supported public and private sector programs since 1978. We contribute significantly to improving public health around the world.

Whether they are supporting HIV/AIDS clinical trials around the world, providing program monitoring and evaluation services in Africa, collecting epidemiologic data in Europe, coordinating AIDS conferences in the Caribbean and Africa, or analyzing Medicare data in the United States, we consistently provide the highest quality support available. We are committed to conducting ourselves ethically, honoring our commitments, acting proactively and responsively, and delivering excellent services—on time and at good value.

Broncus Technologies is developing and commercializing innovative solutions for diagnosing and treating lung diseases. Physicians use LungPoint® Virtual Bronchoscopic Navigation Systems to plan bronchoscopic procedures and maneuver to selected targets in the lungs accurately and quickly. The unique 18 gauge FleXNeedle™ coring needle enables peripheral sampling and access to hard-to-reach areas of the lungs. Airway Bypass is an investigational bronchoscopic procedure for emphysema patients who have shortness of breath due to lung hyperinflation.

Citrus Valley Health Partners helps make things bright and sunny again for its patients. With a total of four facilities, the hospital system serves the people of California's San Gabriel Valley region (between Los Angeles and San Bernardino). Operations include Citrus Valley Medical Center, which has two campuses, more than 500 beds, and a staff of some 690 physicians. The health system's Foothill Presbyterian Hospital has more than 100 beds. Citrus Valley Health Partners also operates a hospice and home health care provider. Areas of specialty include diabetes and cancer treatment, palliative care, wound care, and cardiac care.

Sage Products knows that when it comes to warding off disease and infection, it pays to be wise. Sage Products company manufactures and distributes a variety of hygiene products for bathing, incontinence, and oral care. It also makes gloves, gowns, warmers for its cleansing cloths, and industrial microwaves. Sage sells its products worldwide to health care providers, consumers, and the military through supply contracts and through its consumer-products Web site. Many Sage products are water-free, including prepackaged bathing cloths and preoperative skin preparation cloths, making them particularly useful for troops in the field. Sage was founded in 1971 by CEO Vincent Foglia and director Paul Hills.

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