Ion Beam Applications (IBA) on the frontlines in the battle against cancer. IBA designs cyclotrons and produces and distributes radiopharmaceutical markers used by hospitals the world over to detect cancers, and heart and neurological diseases. It's a world leader in proton therapy, used to selectively destroy cancer cells. IBA also provides hospitals with dosimetry products to monitor patient doses and assure the quality of X-ray diagnosis. It produces sterilization and ionization products used to sterilize pre-packaged disposable medical products, cosmetics, and even US mail. IBA was formed in 1986 as a spin-off of the Cyclotron Research Center at the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve.

Cantel Medical Corp. provides infection prevention and control products in the healthcare market. It operates in six segments: Water Purification and Filtration, Healthcare Disposables, Dialysis, Endoscope Reprocessing, Therapeutic Filtration, and Specialty Packaging. The Water Purification and Filtration segment provides water purification equipment and services, filtration and separation products, and disinfectants for the medical, pharmaceutical, biotech, beverage, and commercial industrial markets. The Healthcare Disposables segment offers single-use, infection control products, including face masks, towels and bibs, tray covers, saliva ejectors, germicidal wipes, plastic cups, sterilization pouches, and disinfectants used principally in the dental market. The Dialysis segment provides medical device reprocessing systems, sterilants/disinfectants, dialysate concentrates, and other supplies for renal dialysis. The Endoscope Reprocessing segment offers medical device reprocessing systems, disinfectants, enzymatic detergents, and other supplies used to clean and disinfect flexible endoscopes. The Therapeutic Filtration segment provides hollow fiber membrane filtration and separation technologies for medical applications. The Specialty Packaging segment offers specialty packaging and thermal control products, as well as related compliance training, for the transport of infectious and biological specimens and thermally sensitive pharmaceutical, and other medical products. The company sells its products through its own direct distribution network, as well as through third-party distributors. It operates in the United States, Canada, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and South America. Cantel Medical Corp. was founded in 1963 and is based in Little Falls, New Jersey.

Maquet strives to ensure optimal surgeon performance. Maquet makes what could be some of the most crucial modern components of hospital operating theaters and post-op care facilities. The company is organized into three divisions: surgical workplaces (operating tables, surgical lights, ceiling service lights, and prefabricated operating and intensive care suites); cardiovascular (beating heart positioners, pumps, oxygenators, and grafts for open-heart and vascular surgeries); and critical care (anesthesia and ventilation systems for the operating theater and intensive care). Additionally the company provides software, disposables, and maintenance services. Maquet is a subsidiary of Getinge AB.

Palomar Medical Technologies' laser light show is more functional than flashy. Palomar makes laser and pulsed-light systems, along with related disposable products, for use in aesthetic procedures. The company's products include the EsteLux, StarLux, and MediLux systems. The systems, which are paired with a variety of handpieces, are used for skin resurfacing and acne treatments, hair removal, and treatment of leg veins, among other procedures. Additionally, Palomar's Q-YAG 5 laser removes tattoos and pigmented lesions. The firm markets its products through a direct sales force and distributors around the world.

Interpore Spine has biomaterials deep in its bones. The company, which operates as Interpore Cross, makes synthetic tissue, bone products, and implant systems for spinal and orthopedic procedures. Interpore also makes biological grafting products that encourage bone growth. Interpore Spine also manufactures minimally invasive surgery systems used by orthopedic surgeons and neurologists. Brands include Pro Osteon, InterGro, and BioPlex. The company is a subsidiary of Biomet; other sister company products include dental implants, sports medicine devices, and bracing equipment.

Hill-Rom has set the standard for high performing, intelligent bed systems and has more than a million hospital beds of all types in use around the world. But did you know that Hill-Rom is also a major innovator in the medical technology field, providing medical equipment and medical devices to enhance outcomes for caregivers and their patients? We’re more than a hospital bed company: We are the partner that helps deliver results in health care settings across the continuum from critical medical care through recovery and on to home care. We enable our customers to meet their health care goals and we touch lives to improve outcomes with our leading edge medical equipment and medical technology. We are the new Hill-Rom. Learn more about the new Hill-Rom.

RealMed just can't drive 55 when it comes to health care claims processing. RealMed company operates a business-to-business (B2B) services network that supercharges claims processing by linking bill payers to health care providers over the Internet. The network gives customers access to services including patient eligibility verification, transaction tracking, remittance feeds, and revenue cycle management. RealMed provides services to payers (insurance firms) and providers (hospital networks); it has formed partnerships with the likes of CareFirst and Johns Hopkins Medicine. It also has alliances with software and technology companies. RealMed company was acquired by electronic medical records firm Availity in 2010.

Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital's goal is to give residents of the Mile High City exemplary care. The acute care facility has nearly 570 beds and specializes in cardiovascular disease, cancer, and high-risk labor and delivery. The Catholic not-for-profit hospital sees about 50,000 emergency department visits annually. To ease the strain on its ER, the facility installed an observation unit where patients who need longer care but don't necessarily need to be admitted can be seen for up to 23 hours. The hospital also offers residency programs in family practice, internal medicine, OB-GYN, and general surgery. Founded as Colorado's first private hospital, Exempla Saint Joseph is part of Exempla Healthcare.

Trius Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative antibiotics for serious, life-threatening infections. They are currently conducting Phase 3 trials for torezolid phosphate (TR-701), an IV and orally administered second generation oxazolidinone, for the treatment of serious gram-positive bacterial infections, including those caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). With the continuous increase in bacterial resistance to currently marketed drugs, serious infections are becoming more difficult, if not impossible to treat, and this has led to a clear need for novel therapeutics to treat multi-drug resistant bacterial infections.

University Community Health company is a not-for-profit network of six hospitals in Florida's Tampa Bay area. Its three general hospitals -- two located in Tampa and one in nearby Tarpon Springs -- collectively house some 720 beds and provide emergency, surgical, and acute medical care, as well as provide outpatient services. The system also includes a specialty heart hospital, a women's hospital, and a long-term acute care hospital. University Community Health's name reflects its flagship facility's proximity to the University of South Florida. The company became part of the Adventist Health System in 2010.

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