Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc. Company Profile It takes backbone to be the one of the world's biggest makers of spinal implants, and Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA has some serious spine. The Medtronic subsidiary's products treat degenerative diseases, deformities, and spine and cranium trauma. It also develops minimally invasive surgical techniques and computer-assisted surgical instruments, and provides physicians and patients with information through websites such as iscoliosis.com, back.com, and necksurgery.com. Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA markets and distributes its products worldwide. Along with hospitals and physicians, the company has federal contracts with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to supply medical equipment to some of its hospitals.

LaserSight has an eye for vision care. The company's LaserSight Technologies subsidiary makes excimer lasers, which surgically correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. LaserSight's LaserScan LSX system is approved by the FDA for photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser-in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) vision correction procedures. The company also sells ophthalmic equipment including forceps, scissors, and needle holders. Subsidiary TechnicaLaser sells laser products for industrial, laboratory, and other applications. LaserSight has facilities in China and the US and markets its products in more than 30 countries worldwide.

Texas Laser Center is an eye clinic that provides vision correction services such as laser vision correction and cataract surgery to the residents in Austin, Texas, and surrounding areas. Its LASIK procedure, which takes about 15 minutes, changes the shape of the cornea and eliminates the need for contacts or glasses. The center offers free screenings and seminars about laser vision correction.

Cleveland may be home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but you don't have to have the rocking pneumonia or the boogie woogie flu to visit another Cleveland institution: The Cleveland Clinic. The heart of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the not-for-profit hospital has more than 1,300 beds and specializes in cardiac care, digestive disease treatment, and urological and kidney care, along with medical education and research opportunities. The clinic campus includes an international care center, a children's hospital, an outpatient center, and several research institutes. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation network also includes 10 community hospitals and additional health clinics in northeast Ohio and Florida.

Solta Medical (formerly Thermage) makes a non-invasive skin-tightening system that uses radiofrequency energy to get rid of pesky wrinkles on the face and hands, around the eyes, and on other creased and crumpled body parts. The company markets its Thermage ThermaCool radiofrequency generators and single-use ThermaTips to plastic surgeons, dermatologists, and other doctors around the world. Solta also sells Fraxel skin resurfacing systems. It uses a direct sales force in the US and a network of distributors in more than 80 countries for international sales.

Founded in 1976, Audika banks on the notion that the market for senior citizens' hearing correction is not affected by economic downturns. "Paris, I can't hear you. Let me turn up my Audika." The company operates about 400 hearing correction centers in about 80 French regions, making Audika a leading network of hearing correction centers in France. It also operates some centers in Italy. The hearing-focused company uses the centers to distribute hearing aids and other related accessories such as batteries and ear protection products.

The Muhlenberg Campus (formerly Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center) of Solaris Health System provides a variety of health care services to the residents in northern New Jersey. The campus consists of a satellite emergency room clinic, as well as a regional dialysis unit, sleep lab, wound care unit, diabetes center, a home care program, and imaging and medical laboratory facilities. The Muhlenberg Campus offers educational programs in the areas of nursing, medical imaging, and therapeutic sciences through its Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools. Solaris shut down the Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center, an acute-care hospital with some 400 beds, in 2008.

Saint Francis Medical Center serves a five-state region from Missouri (its home base) to Arkansas with about 250 beds. Services include emergency medicine, orthopedics, rehabilitation, and women's health care. It also offers heart and neurosciences institutes, as well as diabetes education and wound healing centers. The health care provider, which was established in 1875, partners with Poplar Bluff Medical Partners to provide outpatient care at Poplar Bluff Medical Complex. Services include family practice, OB-GYN, and pain management.

HemCon Medical Technologies has been a boon to US soldiers wounded on the battlefield. The company's proprietary HemCon bandages and ChitoFlex dressings stop bleeding in trauma patients; in fact, the dressing becomes adhesive upon contact with blood and can prevent hemorrhage. HemCon bandages are made from chitosan, a polysaccharide derived from dried shrimp shells and known for its clotting abilities. Besides the military, its products are used by first responders, oral surgeons, and hospitals. The company was founded in 2001 with partial funding from the US Army; HemCon bandages are now part of every Army medic's standard kit.

Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries offers senior living communities and a range of services for children, youths, families, and older adults in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware, annually touching the lives of nearly 100,000 persons. Its name meaning “one assigned by the church to minister to the needs of others,” Diakon was formed by the Jan. 1, 2000, affiliation of Tressler Lutheran Services of Mechanicsburg, Pa., and Lutheran Services Northeast—itself an affiliation between The Lutheran Home at Topton, Pa., and Lutheran Welfare Service of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Hazleton. With its deepest roots originating in 1868, Diakon’s history includes the legacy of service of such additional organizations as Lutheran Social Services of Maryland, Baltimore.

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