CHRISTUS St. Catherine Hospital serves the near-Houston community of Katy, Texas, with acute health care services. The more than 100-bed hospital offers a variety of adult, pediatric, and surgical medical care services to patients in Katy and surrounding areas. Specialized services include emergency medicine, cardiac and orthopedic care, rehabilitation, women's health, home health care, and medical imaging and sleep centers. It also offers cancer care through a partnership with the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The hospital is part of the not-for-profit CHRISTUS Health system, which includes more than 40 hospitals and other facilities in the US.

Integrated Medical Systems International (IMS) understands that no one wants to be operated on with a broken scalpel.Integrated Medical Systems International company repairs such medical and surgical equipment as endoscopes, drills, and knives. It provides restoration and maintenance services either at the hospital site or at one of its own laboratories. IMS also sells products such as instrument cabinets and cleaning devices, as well as certified pre-owned surgical equipment. Through its InstrumentReady program, the company also offers instrument-tracking software and support services aimed at making sure the right instruments and equipment are ready when a surgical or minimally invasive procedure begins.

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is happy to take care of sick people. Founded in 1918 by John Sherard, the not-for-profit health care system serves the Memphis area with seven hospitals; multiple minor medical, surgical, diagnostic health centers, and home health agencies. The system has more than 1,600 beds. In addition to traditional health services, Methodist Healthcare offers extended care services, sleep disorder centers, and physical therapy. It also operates physician practices and a physician referral service. The system's flagship hospital, Methodist University Hospital has about 700 beds and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

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.

DeRoyal Industries,Inc. makes medical equipment and surgical supplies. Products include orthopedic and rehabilitation products, wound care dressings, and surgical safety and critical care products. Its surgical and acute care product lines include custom procedural trays, anesthesia and temperature monitoring supplies, birthing and neonatal care items, catheterization supplies, and endoscopy products, as well as systems devoted to the disposal of medical waste. DeRoyal also has the ability to handle contract manufacturing for those inside and outside the medical industry. The company is owned by chairman and founder Pete DeBusk.

Hansen Medical helps doctors maneuver through matters of the heart. The company develops medical devices designed to diagnose and treat atrial fibrillation, a common type of cardiac arrhythmia. Its core portable Sensei system (used along with its Artisan catheters) incorporates robotics to assist in guiding the movement of flexible catheters in such places as the atria and ventricles. Sensei has received FDA and European regulatory approval for certain uses, including manipulation and mapping of catheters during electrophysiology procedures (to diagnose irregular electrical impulses in the heart); the product is awaiting clearance for use in more delicate ablation procedures in the treatment of arrhythmia.

Seton Healthcare Network provides medical care within Austin's city limits, as well as surrounding areas of Central Texas. The not-for-profit organization, part of Ascension Health, includes nine urban and rural acute-care hospitals, as well as psychiatric and children's hospitals and a network of community clinics. With a total of 1,600 beds, Seton's facilities (known as the Seton Family of Hospitals) offer patients a wide range of services, including regional trauma, heart transplant, neurological, and neonatal intensive care units, as well as primary and specialty care medical services for the uninsured. Seton was first established in Austin in 1902 by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices and implants for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease worldwide. The company’s endovascular products include LeverEdge contrast injector for injection of contrast media into blood vessels; TAArget thoracic stent graft for use in the endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection; the UnBalloon non-occlusive modeling catheter for improvement in the seal of aortic stent grafts; and VascuTape radiopaque tape for improvement in precision of vascular and endovascular procedures. Its vascular products consist of AlboGraft vascular grafts for in bypass and replacement procedures; AlboSure and XenoSure vascular patches for use in closing incisions in a blood vessel; AnastoClip vessel closure system for attaching blood vessels primarily for dialysis access; EndoRE remote endarterectomy devices for removal of blockages in the arteries of the leg; expandable LeMaitre valvulotome for destruction of vein valves to create vein bypass grafts; InvisiGrip vein stripper for single-incision removal of varicose veins; LeMaitre balloon catheters for removal of blood clots, occlusion, and facilitation of blood flow; and Pruitt-Inahara, Pruitt F3, and Flexcel carotid shunts for facilitating blood flow to brain during carotid plaque removal. LeMaitre Vascular company’s products in general surgery category comprise reddick cholangiogram catheter for introduction of dye into the cystic duct; and OptiLock implantable port for central venous infusion of drugs and nutrients. In addition, LeMaitre distributes Powerlink system, a bifurcated abdominal stent graft, as well as engages in private label manufacturing. It sells its products through direct sales force and a network of distributors. LeMaitre Vascular was formerly known as Vascutech, Inc. and changed its name to LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. in April 2001. LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.

HCA International provides health care for Londoners through six private hospitals and four outpatient medical centers with a total of nearly 800 beds. Its specialty hospitals include The Portland Hospital, which serves the health needs of women and children and The Harley Street Clinic which includes the London Cancer Group. The system operates centers of excellence for cancer, cardiology, neurosciences, and pediatrics. As one of the few operators of private hospitals in the UK, HCA International has an agreement with NHS to provide some surgical services to patients of the health authority who have been waiting more than six months.

SHPS wants to turn employees into savvy consumers of health care.SHPS company provides administrative services that integrate traditional benefits administration with disease management programs and decision-support tools that encourage users to stay healthier and use benefits more wisely; the hoped-for end result is lower overall health care costs. SHPS provides its services -- including online benefits administration, program design, call center support, and absence management programs -- to midsized and large employer groups and government agencies; it also provides services to insurers, third-party administrators, and other health care companies. Investment firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe owns SHPS.

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