China Kanghui Holdings designs its products for more organic uses. Through its subsidiaries, medical device company China Kanghui manufactures implantable screws, nails, plates, meshes, and other devices used to treat bone fractures and spinal disorders. It distributes its devices -- which are sold under the Kanghui and Libeier brands -- to hospitals in China through a network of some 240 distributors. To a lesser extent, the company also sells its products internationally across Europe, South America, Africa, as well as to other countries in Asia. China Kanghui, which traces its roots back to 1997, went public in 2010.

Silver Cross Hospital admitted its first patient in Joliet, Illinois, in 1895. Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers has grown to serve the Illinois counties of Will, Grundy, and Cook through its main hospital campus (with more than 300 beds) and several satellite facilities throughout the area. Its services include cardiovascular care, women's health, rehabilitation, and behavioral health care. Outpatient facilities provide primary and specialty care services, including medical imaging and dialysis. The hospital's name comes from the emblem (the Maltese Cross) of the Christian organization that founded the not-for-profit hospital, the International Order of The King's Daughters and Sons.

Biotel Inc. (the Company) provides contract medical devices, software and research services primarily used by medical corporations to satisfy their various outsourcing needs. Biotel holds three operating subsidiaries consisting of Braemar, Inc., Braemar, Inc. Distribution Center, and Agility Centralized Research Services, Inc. Braemar and Agility sell their products, technology and services to medical companies seeking assistance with their various research, manufacturing and clinical research needs. Products designed and manufactured by the Company become components in the product lines of other medical corporations, while research services offered 24 hours per day 7 days per week are used to support the clinical trials of medical corporations. Braemar is the world's largest provider of patient-worn battery powered diagnostic cardiology devices. Braemar designs, manufactures and services diagnostic cardiology devices including 24- and 48-hour Holter recorders and 30-day cardiac ECG event recorders for use by other medical corporations in their product lines.

Martha Jefferson Health Services cares for the residents of an eight-county region in central Virginia, including the city of Charlottesville. With about 175 beds and a staff of 450 doctors, it offers most medical specialties including maternity care, cancer treatment, pain management, cardiology, and home health care. The hospital also has fertilization, outpatient surgery, and urgent care centers, as well as primary and specialty care practices. Martha Jefferson Hospital, which was founded in 1903, has announced plans to join the Sentara Healthcare network.

Woman's Hospital founded in 1968, the hospital was one of the first women's specialty hospitals in the US. The not-for-profit hospital offers women's health classes as well as other educational resources and delivers thousands of babies each year. Services include breast care, cosmetic surgery, general surgery, genetics counseling, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. Woman's Hospital is building a new campus to replace its aging facilities with a five-story hospital building, medical office buildings, and increased capacity for its inpatient rooms and neonatal intensive care unit.

Flagstaff Medical Center serves the residents of northern Arizona. Founded in 1936, the not-for-profit hospital is part of the Northern Arizona Healthcare family. It has some 270 beds and its medical staff includes about 200 physicians. The hospital offers cancer, heart, sports medicine, joint surgery, and women and infants' centers. Other medical services include behavioral health, audiology, diabetes care, home health, hospice, and ambulance and air flight transportation. In addition, Flagstaff Medical Center provides training courses for health care professionals. The hospital's emergency department treats about 40,000 patients each year.

Mentor Corporation produces cosmetic surgery products including Memory Gel breast implants, Prevelle Silk tissue expanders, and facial implants. Additional products include the Byron line of ultrasonic liposuction systems that remove unwanted fat and a line of post-surgery clothing called Caromed. Its Mentor Solutions software helps busy plastic surgeons manage their practices. Mentor's products are sold through its international sales force; it has operations in the US, Europe, and Africa. Founded in 1969, Johnson & Johnson purchased the company in 2009.

Dean Health Systems provides a full range of medical care services to Cheeseheads throughout southern Wisconsin. Dean Health Systems owns and operates a network of dozens of multi-specialty clinics that provide specialty and primary care. It also operates a number of clinics it co-owns with partner St. Mary's Hospital. Additionally, Dean Health Systems, which is 95% physician-owned -- offers health insurance services through Dean Health Plan and clinical and research education through Dean Foundation. SSM Health Care, a nationwide hospital operator, owns 5% of Dean Health Systems.

If you've lost the spring in your step and need a little care, Memorial Medical Center will be there. As the flagship facility for Memorial Health System in Springfield, Illinois, this acute care and teaching hospital provides a wide range of medical and surgical services as well as emergency medicine. Its myriad specialties include cardiovascular care, maternity services, neuromuscular disorders, orthopedics, and burn medicine. A second campus, called Koke Mill Medical Center features an urgent care clinic, X-ray and mammography facilities, and an outpatient physical therapy center. The 560-bed hospital is a teaching affiliate of the Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine.

ApaTech has an appetite for orthopedics. The company's ApaPore product is a synthetic bone graft material used in the treatment of fractures and bone defects, as well as in spinal and joint surgeries. The company's Actifuse product is also a synthetic bone graft material, which is designed to promote bone growth. (In the US, both products are sold as bone void fillers only.) The company's headquarters and manufacturing facilities are in England, but ApaTech has operations in the US and Germany as well. US medical giant Baxter International acquired ApaTech in 2010 to gain access to the bone fusion market.

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