LifeBridge Health links ailing patients to care and healing. Serving the Baltimore region, the not-for-profit company operates two acute-care hospitals, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and Northwest Hospital, with specialties including oncology, neurology, pediatrics, and sports medicine. The LifeBridge Health network also provides long-term care at the Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital (nursing, subacute, and adult day care services) and the Courtland Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (formerly the Jewish Convalescent & Nursing Home). The health system has some 1,200 beds total. Other operations include general physician practices and fitness centers.

St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center is here to help. The not-for-profit hospital has about 215 beds (both acute-care and transitional) and serves some 20 counties in and around Missoula, Montana. Specialty services include cancer treatment, surgery, and occupational health. St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center provides Life Flight air transport to critically ill or injured patients. The hospital provides outpatient primary and specialty care through a host of affiliated physician practices and clinics throughout the area. St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center was founded in 1873 by the Sisters of Providence and is part of Providence Health & Services.

Minntech helps patients stay bloody well clean. The company produces a variety of medical devices and sterilants. Its kidney dialysis products include hemodialysis concentrates, dialyzer reprocessing systems, and hemodialysis blood pumps. Minntech also makes water filtration and disinfecting products used by drug companies, hemodialysis providers, and semiconductor makers, among others. Its Medivators division makes reprocessing systems and chemicals that disinfect endoscopy equipment. The company sells its products primarily to hospitals, clinics, and kidney treatment centers through distributors around the world. Minntech is a subsidiary of Cantel Medical.

This government agency provides homes for heroes. The US Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) consists of the 276-acre US Soldiers' and Airmen's Home in Washington, DC, and the 44-acre, 11-story US Naval Home in Gulfport, Mississippi. Both are continuing care retirement communities in which residents can live independently or in assisted living or long-term care facilities. The homes have about 1,600 residents (retired sailors, soldiers, airmen and women, and marines), 97% of whom served in a war theater and nearly 93% of whom retired with 20 or more years of military service.

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.

Jackson County Hospital Corporation provides traditional medical and surgical care for the residents in Jackson County, Florida. The not-for-profit company manages the acute-care, 100-bed Jackson Hospital. Some of the services offered at the hospital include cardiac rehabilitation, intensive care, occupational therapy, radiology, a maternity center, and a sleep laboratory. The medical center also offers physical and speech therapy and laboratory services. Jackson County Hospital Corporation is managed by a board of trustees that is appointed by the governor of Florida.

Cardiogenesis will leave a hole in your heart and not feel a pang of guilt. The company's laser and fiber-optic systems are used for transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) and percutaneous myocardial channeling (PMC), procedures that use a laser to cut channels through the heart muscle into the heart chamber to help circulation in cardiac patients. Its SolarGen 2100 system, composed of fiber-optic and laser surgical tools on a powered base unit, is FDA-approved and is marketed through Cardiogenesis' sales force in the US and through international distributors. The company's PMC system is available outside the US. The company also sells catheters and other related equipment to operate its laser systems.

Ellis Hospital serves the residents of New York's capital area. Its main hospital facility with some 380 beds provides services including diagnostic, primary, emergency, surgical, and rehabilitative care. The hospital is also home to centers of excellence in the treatment of and care for heart and cardiovascular ailments, cancer, women's health issues, stroke-related problems, and behavioral health concerns. The hospital also operates the Ellis Center (a more than 80-bed nursing home), the Bellvue Woman's Center, and the satellite outpatient clinic Ellis Health Center. Ellis Hospital operates academic programs to prepare students for careers in health care and nursing.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), America's first cancer center founded in 1898 by Dr. Roswell Park. RPCI is the only upstate New York facility to hold the National Cancer Center designation of "comprehensive cancer center" and to serve as a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Over its long history, Roswell Park Cancer Institute has made fundamental contributions to reducing the cancer burden and has successfully maintained an exemplary leadership role in setting the national standards for cancer care, research and education.

The Cooper Companies has its customers covered. The Cooper Companies company makes specialty medical devices in two niche markets: vision care and gynecology. Its CooperVision subsidiary makes specialty contact lenses, including toric lenses for astigmatism, multifocal lenses for presbyopia (blurred vision), and cosmetic lenses. The Cooper Companies also offers lenses for more common vision problems such as nearsightedness and farsightedness. Subsidiary CooperSurgical specializes in women's health care; its wide range of products include bone densitometers (for diagnosing osteoporosis), surgery instruments, and fetal monitors.

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