Angiotech Pharmaceuticals is teaching old devices new tricks. The firm develops medical products that combine devices with drugs to make them more effective with fewer side effects. Its flagship product in the Pharmaceutical Technologies segment is the TAXUS drug-eluting stent, which Boston Scientific sells and for which it pays Angiotech royalties. The stent is used to open up diseased arteries, and the drug coating keeps scar tissue from forming and creating a new blockage. The company's Medical Products segment makes the Quill wound closure system and other single-use medical products for interventional radiology, ophthalmology, and surgery. Angiotech has facilities in North America and Europe.

Paragon Medical helps keep medical equipment safe and clean. The company designs and manufactures customized polymer and metal cases and trays used for surgical instrument storage and sterilization purposes, primarily for the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) market. Paragon also provides engineering, design, and manufacturing of surgical instruments and implantable medical device components for OEM customers. The company specializes in equipment and supplies for the orthopedic industry. Additional services include project management, consulting, sterilization validation, and inventory management. The company was founded in 1991 and has offices in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center is a Part of Sentara Healthcare.Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical center includes a 145-bed hospital that provides medical, surgical, and home-care services to the residents of (and visitors to) eastern Virginia. Specialized services include cardiac care, pediatrics, emergency medicine, orthopedics, pulmonary diagnostics, and community health education. Additional facilities include centers for outpatient surgery and rehabilitation, senior behaviorial health, sleep wellness, and cancer treatment. The center was founded as a 60-bed hospital in 1961.

Virginia Hospital Center-Arlington Health Systems is a general medical-surgical facility providing health care services to residents of northern Virginia. The hospital has about 350 beds and boasts all-private rooms. The acute medical center includes emergency, cardiology, neurology, orthopedics, respiratory, urology, cancer care, and women's health divisions, as well as radiology and diagnostic imaging facilities. In addition, Virginia Hospital Center provides outpatient rehabilitation services and runs an urgent care clinic that furnishes primary care for minor emergencies. The hospital, which first opened its doors in 1944, is a teaching facility for the Georgetown University School of Medicine.

Osceola Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is a leader; while the original led Seminole warriors, this Osceola is a leader in health care. The hospital has about 235 beds with all private rooms. It offers cardiac care through a heart institute and stroke care through a primary stroke center. The medical center's heart institute is one of the few local facilities certified in carotid stenting to increase heart blood flow. ORMC also features a Level II neonatal intensive care unit and specialty services that include pediatrics, oncology, neurology, and psychiatry. The medical center is part of hospital operator HCA and is led by CEO E. Timothy Cook.

Atrion Corporation develops and manufactures ophthalmology, cardiovascular, and fluid delivery devices primarily for medical applications in the United States and internationally. Atrion Corporation manufactures soft contact lens storage and disinfection cases; and the LacriCATH line of balloon catheters used in the treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction in children and adults. It develops the MPS2 Myocardial Protection System, a proprietary technology delivering fluids and medications to the heart during open-heart surgery; cardiac surgery vacuum relief valves; Retract-O-Tape silicone vessel loops; inflation devices for balloon catheter dilation, stent deployment, and fluid dispensing; and Clean-Cut rotating aortic punch and PerfectCut Aortotomy System, both of which are used in heart bypass surgery. Atrion manufactures various intravenous fluid delivery products comprising medical tubing clamps; swabbable luer valves; and luer syringe check valves and one-way valves. It produces inflation systems and valves used in marine and aviation safety products; one-way and two-way ‘Breather’ valves for use on electronics cases, munitions cases, pressure vessels, transportation container cases, escape slides, and other medical and non-medical applications; and a line of products designed for safe needle and scalpel blade containment, as well as the ACTester product line consisting of instrumentation and associated disposables used to measure the activated clotting time of blood. Atrion Corporation also provides contract manufacturing services for other original equipment manufacturers of medical devices; and owns and maintains a 22-mile high-pressure steel pipeline in north Alabama that is leased to an industrial gas producer that transports gaseous oxygen to its customers. It sells its products through a sales force. Atrion Corporation was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Allen, Texas.

For nearly a century, MacNeal has been providing quality healthcare to the Berwyn community and its surrounding area. Families continue to trust us with the care of their loved ones because of the strong relationships we've built with them over the years. And as our community grows, MacNeal consistently expands our scope of care to keep every generation of your family growing strong.Today, the MacNeal Health Network serves the healthcare needs of more than one million people in the near west and southwest suburbs of Chicago. Along with MacNeal Hospital, a 427-bed fully accredited teaching hospital, our network is comprised of ten primary care centers, a resource library, a school for at-risk children and many other programs. Nearly 90% of our 400 physicians are board-certified, and many speak Spanish. This breadth of service at MacNeal ensures that you and your family receive the level of care you deserve, year after year.

All jokes about British oral health aside, 1st Dental Laboratories gives dentists in the UK the supplies they need to give patients a better smile. With more than a dozen labs spread from Devon to Northumberland, the company offers full-service dental laboratory services -- including the manufacture of crowns, bridges, and dentures -- to dentists and dental surgeons in the UK. 1st Dental Laboratories has grown by snapping up other independent dental laboratories throughout the country, including Advanced Restorative Techniques, Aesthetic Dental Lab, Benchmark Dental Laboratories, and Riley Dental Laboratory.

DeKalb Regional Health System now serves the Atlanta metropolitan area. The health system, operating as DeKalb Medical, includes two acute-care hospitals, DeKalb Medical at North Decatur (450 beds) and DeKalb Medical at Hillandale (100 beds), as well as one long-term rehabilitation hospital, the 75-bed DeKalb Medical at Downtown Decatur. Together those facilities serve the communities in and around Georgia's DeKalb County. Specialty hospital services include oncology, cardiology, orthopedics, and diabetes care. The health system, which began operations in 1961, also operates primary, specialty, and mobile health care clinics.

Centegra Health System became a "system" when two northern Illinois area hospitals -- Northern Illinois Medical Center and Memorial Medical Center -- joined forces. Today it serves residents of the greater McHenry County region through these two facilities, renamed Centegra Hospital - McHenry and Centegra Hospital - Woodstock. They offer emergency and trauma care, as well as obstetrics services. Centegra has dedicated cancer, diabetes, and heart centers and also offers rehabilitation, behavioral health, and fitness services. The community-based health system encompasses a network of primary care and specialty outpatient clinics.

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