Founded in 1976 by the parents of managing director Peter Myers, Altomed has customers both within the UK and internationally. Focusing its business on the eyes of the world, Altomed resells stainless steel and titanium instruments and single-use devices for opthalmic surgery, acting as a distributor for such companies as Labtician, Rhein Medical, and Volk Optical. Altomed also offers some repair services on instruments, diamond knives, and other products. The company sells products to optometrists and veterinary surgeons, as well. It has expanded its product line to include Microwash trays, used by hospitals to decontaminate instruments used in micro-surgery.

Teleflex helps medical professionals manage fluids and oxygen and it helps airlines keep cargo contained. Through its Medical segment, Teleflex makes surgical instruments, medical devices, and disposable supplies for hospital procedures, especially catheters for all parts of the body. While medical products are its main focus. The company's Aerospace segment provides aircraft cargo handling systems under the Telair International and Nordisk brands. Teleflex distributes its products in more than 140 countries around the globe.

Clearly, if you are looking for health care in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, the place to go is Clearfield Hospital, operated by Clearfield Area Health Services. The rural acute care hospital, which opened its doors in 1901, has about 95 beds. Specialized services include emergency medicine, pediatrics, occupational health, rehabilitation, and home care. The hospital also has an inpatient behavioral health unit designed to treat patients who are 55 years and older and suffering from depression and anxiety. Clearfield Hospital -- which operates a number of rural primary and specialty care clinics -- also provides educational programs, classes, and community outreach testing and screening services.

This Faulkner provides primary and acute medical care and a full range of specialty health services to scholarly Bostonians. A 150-bed academic hospital, Faulkner Hospital a partner facility to the larger Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston; both facilities are members of the Partners HealthCare System. Specialized services include cardiology, psychiatry, orthopedics, internal medicine, and gastrointestinal surgery. The not-for-profit hospital, founded in 1900, is affiliated with the Tufts University School of Medicine and Harvard University's Medical School. Faulkner Hospital also provides community wellness programs for area residents.

Cutera has a handle on hairy situations and a firm plan for flabby faces. The firm makes lasers for medical and aesthetic use in doctors' offices and spas. Its FDA-approved devices are marketed under the names CoolGlide, Solera, and Xeo and are used for hair removal and treatments to reduce pigmented lesions (age and sun spots), wrinkles, and veins. Its Titan line of products uses deep tissue heating to firm up saggy skin. The company markets its products through a direct sales force and a distributor (PSS World Medical) in the US and relies on a small sales group and distributors in more than 30 other countries.

Pennine Healthcare products may be disposable, but they're anything but dispensable. The company makes sterile, single use medical devices, manufacturing more than 50 million per year at its facilities in Derby. The disposable products are designed for applications in airway management (suction catheters, mucus extractors), gastroenterology (stomach tubes, bile bags), respiratory uses (filters, oxygen therapy), surgical suction (tubes and probes), and urology (various types of catheters). The firm also offers custom procedure packs for surgical procedures. Its products are sold by third-party distributors throughout the UK and in more than 70 countries.

INSIGHT IMAGING, headquartered in Lake Forest, California, is a nationwide provider of diagnostic imaging services. The company serves patients, physicians, managed care entities, hospitals and other contractual customers in more than 30 states, including the following targeted regional markets: California, Arizona, New England, the Carolinas, Florida and the Mid-Atlantic states.

Genesis HealthCare System doesn't need Phil Collins on drums to give it the medical touch. The health care system consists of two acute care hospitals (Genesis-Bethesda and Genesis-Good Samaritan Hospital) in Zanesville, Ohio. The hospitals' specialty areas include oncology, cardiovascular health, orthopedics, and women's care. Genesis HealthCare also operates an extended care facility, rehabilitation centers, a pharmacy, a children's development center, specialty outpatient clinics, and a home health and hospice agency in Zanesville and surrounding communities in southeastern Ohio. Genesis Healthcare System is a not-for-profit system formed in 1997 when the Bethesda and Good Samaritan hospitals merged.

Affinity Health Plan has a knack for providing health care services to New York families. The not-for-profit company offers a variety of managed care services for low- and moderate-income residents of the New York metro area. Affinity Health Plan company serves more than 225,000 participants in its state-sponsored Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus, Medicaid, and Medicare programs. It also offers specialty programs for maternity, dental, and vision care services. Affinity Health's provider network includes 10,000 primary care and specialist physicians, as well as more than 80 hospitals. Affinity Health Plan company was established in 1986 as the Bronx Health Plan.

The Reading Hospital and Medical Center does treat patients in Berks County, Pennsylvania and the surrounding area. The not-for-profit medical center provides acute care and rehabilitation programs, as well as behavioral and occupational health services. Specialty units include cancer, cardiovascular, weight management, diabetes, orthopedic, trauma, and women's health centers. The Reading Hospital and Medical Center was founded in 1868 as The Reading Dispensary. In addition to the main hospital, the center operates six other medical centers in nearby communities and imaging centers throughout its region. In total, its facilities have about 830 beds.

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