North Philadelphia Health System (NPHS) is there to help. The system is comprised of two acute care hospitals with a total of just over 300 beds. The Girard Medical Center provides long-term care, outpatient mental health services, and general medical and surgical care. St. Joseph's Hospital provides general medical and surgical care, as well as critical care, primary care, and specialty clinics. NPHS was incorporated in 1990 as a not-for-profit corporation to own and operate Girard Medical Center and St. Joseph's Hospital after both filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Premier group purchasing organization (GPO) is an alliance of more than 2,400 US hospitals and some 70,000 other health care sites. Premier -- which is owned by a group of about 200 not-for-profit hospitals -- works to negotiate lower-cost contracts for medical supplies by contracting with hundreds of suppliers nationally for everything from pacemakers and catheters to furniture and food service equipment. Premier serves facilities of all sizes, from the smallest rural hospital to huge academic medical centers and its group purchasing power represents more than $30 billion each year.

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.

Ohio Valley Medical Center is not located in Ohio, but it is in a valley. The Wheeling, West Virginia-based medical provider administers a variety of acute care, primary care, and other health services to patients through a 225-bed hospital. The facility, established in 1890, specializes in intermediate care, physical rehabilitation, and skilled nursing. Other services include cardiology, emergency care, gynecology, neurology, oncology, and psychiatry, as well as home health care. OVMC also operates the Peterson Rehabilitation Center, and it has a partnership with nearby East Ohio Regional Hospital (just across the river in Martins Ferry, Ohio.)

TherOx is a medical device company that developed the SuperSaturated Oxygen (SSO2) Therapy System to prevent muscle tissue death following a heart attack. The SSO2 Therapy System mixes oxygen and saline with the patient's blood and pumps it back through the coronary artery to restore blood flow and reduce the amount of heart muscle tissue that dies after a person goes into cardiac arrest. The SSO2 System has not been FDA-approved; TherOx has conducted two studies involving 570 patients and hopes to be able to market the product in mid-2009.

Bovie Medical Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of medical products and devices, primarily electrosurgical generators and disposables in the United States and Canada. The company offers electrosurgery line of products, including desiccators, generators, electrodes, electrosurgical pencils, and various ancillary disposable products used during surgical procedures in gynecology, urology, plastic surgery, dermatology, veterinary, and other surgical markets for the cutting and coagulation of tissue. Its product line comprises Aaron 900 and Aaron 940, desiccators designed primarily for dermatology and family practice physicians; Aaron 950, a desiccator with cut capacity for outpatient surgical procedures; Aaron 1250U, a 120-watt multipurpose electrosurgery generator, as well as various digital electrosurgery generators; and the SEER line of products for liver, pancreatic, and kidney tumor therapies. The company also offers battery operated cauteries for sculpting woven grafts in bypass surgery and vasectomies; evacuation of subungual hematoma; and for arresting bleeding in various surgeries. In addition, it manufactures specialty lighting instruments for use in ophthalmology; and specialty lighting instruments for general surgery, hip replacement surgery, and for the placement of endotracheal tubes in emergency and surgical procedures, as well as offers physicians’ office use penlights. Further, the company provides a nerve locator stimulator primarily used for identifying motor nerves in hand and facial reconstructive surgery. Bovie Medical Corporation was founded in 1982 and is based in Melville, New York.

Sisters of Mercy provides a range of health care and social services through its network of facilities and service organizations. The organization operates more than two dozen acute care hospitals (including three specialty heart hospitals) with some 4,000 licensed beds in seven states throughout the South and Midwest. Its hospital groups include facilities for nursing homes, medical practices, and outpatient centers. Sisters of Mercy Health System also runs health outreach organizations in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.

Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (CSI) is comprised of a highly experienced, uniquely qualified team of experts experienced in the assessment, development and commercialization of medical devices for treating peripheral arterial disease(PAD).CSI products address a large and growing economic and clinical need due to over 17 million people suffering from PAD and a rapid increase in diabetes, obesity, hypertension and renal insufficiency. CSI is a leader in providing clinically proven, safe and effective vascular solutions, and CSI mission is to save limbs and keep patients walking!

Edwards, the company is a spin-off of Baxter International. Its main products are still heart valve devices, including valves made from animal tissue and annuloplasty rings that repair damaged valves. The company also makes monitoring systems that measure heart function during surgery; various types of cannulae (surgical tubes used for drainage, delivery, or filtration); and embolectomy catheters that remove blood clots from peripheral arteries. Edwards Lifesciences markets its products worldwide through a direct sales force and distributors.

Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) is a major provider of kidney dialysis services and renal care products. More than 39,000 employees share a commitment to deliver the highest quality services for our patients and health care partners. Through Fresenius Medical Services, our dialysis services entity, we provide ongoing dialysis treatment for more than 128,700 patients through our network of over 1,700 facilities nationwide. This makes us the largest provider of renal services in North America. Our dialysis care services include hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and transplant support services, and are provided, as appropriate, in a dialysis clinic, at home, or in a hospital to fit our patients' needs.

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