Cardo Medical is a publicly traded company committed to innovation of the finest quality orthopedic reconstructive and spine surgical products in the world. Cardo has a laser like, focused approach to creative product development with a gifted team of professionals who share a common passion to push the envelope of engineering and design. Cardo Medical is building upon proven concepts with incremental innovation in implant design concepts. The company is tuned into a radical rethinking of current surgical instrumentation, and procedure technique. The company is committed to using innovation to make complex and difficult surgical procedures, easier, more reproducible, and safer, with predictable long-lasting outcomes.Cardo Medical is setting a new standard of uncompromising quality and constant product innovation and enhancement. Cardo products are designed to give patients the opportunity to return to the highest level of function and maintain as active a lifestyle as possible. Cardo Medical believe that life is too short to live with pain and functional limitations.

C. R. Bard, Inc. was founded in 1907 and is based in Murray Hill, New Jersey. C. R. Bard together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, packaging, distribution, and sale of medical, surgical, diagnostic, and patient care devices worldwide. It offers vascular, urology, oncology, and surgical specialty products. The company’s vascular products include percutaneous transluminal angioplasty catheters, guidewires, introducers, and accessories; peripheral vascular stents and stent grafts, vena cava filters, and biopsy devices; electrophysiology products, such as electrophysiology diagnostic, therapeutic, and temporary pacing electrode catheters, as well as laboratory systems; and fabrics, meshes, and implantable vascular grafts. Its urology products comprise infection control Foley catheters to reduce the rate of urinary tract infections; surgical slings used to treat stress urinary incontinence; natural and synthetic devices to treat pelvic floor and vaginal prolapse; brachytherapy services, devices, and radioactive seeds used to treat prostate cancer; intermittent urinary drainage catheters, and urine monitoring and collection systems; ureteral stents; specialty devices for ureteroscopic procedures and stone removal; fecal incontinence products; and catheter stabilization devices. The company offers various devices to treat and manage cancers, and other diseases and disorders, including specialty access catheters, ports, vascular access ultrasound devices, and enteral feeding devices. Its surgical specialty products include implanted patches and fixation systems for hernia and other soft tissue repairs; irrigation devices for orthopedic, laparoscopic, and gynecological procedures; and products for topical hemostasis. C. R. Bard sells its products directly and through distributors to hospitals, individual health care professionals, extended care facilities, and alternate site facilities.

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.

Lafayette General Medical Center provides general inpatient medical and surgical care, as well as highly specialized services such as trauma care and neonatal intensive care. The not-for-profit hospital, which has about 300 beds, also offers home health services, outpatient care, occupational medicine, and mental health care. Lafayette General is a member of group purchasing organization Premier and has affiliations with two small community hospitals -- St. Martin Hospital in St. Martin Parish and Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital in Vermilion Parish -- to which it provides management services.

Empowering our patients to achieve their goals. Comprised of the nation’s best clinicians and practitioners. Providing world-class resources and leadership. This is the story of Physiotherapy Associates…the only national provider solely dedicated to outpatient rehabilitation and orthotics and prosthetics services. Getting to where we are today was purposeful. We selected the best clinicians and practices to join our family. We provided them with the best resources available to serve the diverse and unique issues each of our patients face. Together, we designed highly effective programs that are customized to the individual needs of our patients.

Focusing on orthopedics, wound care, and endoscopy, the firm makes products to repair joints, skin, soft tissue, and bone. Smith & Nephew plc orthopedics division makes hip, knee, and shoulder replacements, in addition to fixation and bone-growth devices used to repair broken bones. Smith & Nephew also makes arthroscopes, blades, digital cameras, and other surgical products through its endoscopy division. Its advanced wound management division manufactures and sells bandages and dressings used to treat a variety of injuries. The company operates in more than 30 countries worldwide.

For more than 150 years, B. Braun Melsungen has made supplies to treat what ails you. With a history going back to 1839, the company makes a wide variety of medical and surgical equipment for clients all over the world. It operates through four divisions: Hospital Care (anesthesia and infusion equipment, IV solutions, and catheters); Aesculap (surgical instruments, sutures, orthopedic implants); Out Patient Market (diabetes, wound care, and nutrition products); and B. Braun Avitum (dialysis products). The company also operates dialysis clinics in Europe and provides contract manufacturing services. B. Braun plans to continue to operate as a family-run business, with no near-term plans to pursue a public offering.

EDAP TMS S.A. develops, manufactures, and markets non-surgical medical devices that treat urological diseases. EDAP's line of lithotripters utilize shockwaves to pulverize kidney stones. The company's Ablatherm system incorporates a technology called High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU), in which ultrasound waves are used to destroy prostate cancer cells. The company is also developing HIFU for the treatment of other types of tumors. Key subsidiaries EDAP Technomed, Inc. and EDAP Technomed Co. Ltd. market the company's products to the US and Japan, respectively. EDAP TMS was established in 1979.

University of Colorado Hospital Authority won't pull you over for driving too fast, but it might pull you over for mistreating your body. The Denver-based organization includes the University of Colorado Hospital, which is a teaching institution for, you guessed it, the University of Colorado. Its Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion in Aurora is a 400-bed community hospital. The health care system also operates a number of specialty care facilities, including the Anschutz Cancer Pavilion, which not only offers cancer treatment but also conducts research, and the Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute. Half a dozen clinics in and around Denver offer primary care.

Southwest Healthcare System medical provider operates two acute care facilities -- Inland Valley Medical Center and Rancho Springs Medical Center -- in Southern California. Inland Valley, which has Riverside County's only trauma center, has more than 120 licensed beds. Rancho Springs is a short-term facility with some 95 licensed beds. The health care system is owned by Universal Health Services and boasts nearly three dozen medical specialties and includes the Southwest Outpatient Imaging Center close to Inland Valley Medical Center.

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