Synovis Life Technologies believes no one should have to cow to life's illnesses, no matter how serious. The company makes biomaterials (using bovine heart lining) used in surgeries to reinforce tissue and prevent air and blood leaks. Its biggest seller is the Peri-Strip buttress which is used by surgeons to reinforce surgical staple lines, mainly in gastric bypass procedures. The Veritas line of devices are used to repair soft tissue during a range of reconstructive surgeries including abdominal wall, breast, and chest wall operations. Synovis manufactures products to repair and replace damaged tissue under its Tissue-Guard brand. It also makes devices that connect vessels or nerves in microsurgery procedures.

The 450-bed Glendale Adventist Medical Center, founded in 1905 by the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, has more than 500 physicians on its medical staff. Treating the little old lady from Pasadena and other patients throughout the suburbs of sunny Southern California, Glendale Adventist Medical Center is a stalwart community member. Glendale Adventist Medical Center provides a range of specialty services including cancer treatment, cardiology, emergency medicine, neuroscience, home care, psychiatry, rehabilitation, and women's healthcare. The hospital also has its own hour-long television show called "Healthline" that focuses on local health care issues.

Health care is Mary Washington Healthcare's realm in the Old Dominion State. The medical provider (formerly called MediCorp Health System) offers a comprehensive range of health services to residents of Fredericksburg and surrounding communities in central Virginia through its network of hospitals, physicians practices, and community health facilities. The hub of this system is Mary Washington Hospital, a 400-bed acute care medical center that provides services including emergency/trauma care and surgical procedures. The not-for-profit system also includes outpatient care programs and facilities providing primary care and specialty care services for women, seniors, and children.

AGA Medical Holdings works to heal broken hearts. The company specializes in making medical devices for treating structural heart defects and vascular diseases. Its AMPLATZER occlusion devices use minimally invasive small catheters, which physicians can retrieve and position without the need for multiple devices or repetition of procedures. Approved for use in both Europe and the US, the company sell its devices in more than 100 countries. Its primary customers are pediatric cardiologists, radiologists, and vascular surgeons. Dr. Kurt Amplatz and director Franck Gougeon established AGA Medical Holdings in 1995. AGA Medical is being acquired bySt. Jude Medical.

Radient Pharmaceuticals (formerly AMDL) is ready to hunt down cancer and some day might even be able to do something about it.Radient Pharmaceuticals company has developed and manufactures an in vitro blood test to detect over a dozen forms of cancer. Marketed as Onko-Sure, the test kits are approved for use in Europe and Asia; in the US the kits are approved for monitoring colorectal cancer, while in Canada it is used to detect lung cancer. Drug manufacturing facilities in China previously accounted for the bulk of the company's income, but it has chosen to focus its efforts on its Onko-Sure products. Other products in its pipeline include a technology with the potential to develop cancer vaccines.

Titusville Area Hospital, an acute care health facility, provides diagnostic, primary treatment, and emergency health services to more than 30,000 residents in the Crawford County, Pennsylvania region. Specific services at Titusville include birthing, home health care, lithotripsy, and pain management. Titusville Area Hospital opened its doors in 1901.

Masonicare was established in 1995, but its roots date back to 1895 when the Masonic Charity Foundation of Connecticut established a home for orphans and the elderly with Masonic ties. The not-for-profit corporation is led by CEO Stephen McPherson. It may have started out as a place for elderly Masons to retire to, but today Masonicare provides senior health care services to all Connecticut seniors, Mason or not. The firm operates retirement and nursing homes, skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities, assisted living communities, and home and hospice care. In addition to physical therapy and rehabilitation, the group also provides inpatient and outpatient mental health care for seniors.

Staten Island University Hospital ferries health care services to residents of New York City's fastest growing borough and surrounding areas at its two medical campuses. Established in 1861, Staten Island University Hospital maintains about 775 beds and is a teaching affiliate of the State University of New York's Brooklyn Health Science Center. Its larger north campus includes units specializing in cardiology, pathology, cancer, blood-related diseases, burn treatment, trauma, and women's health. The south campus site offers specialty programs such as sleep medicine, geriatric psychiatry, and substance abuse services. The hospital is a member of North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System.

Carle Physician Group takes care of patients in east central Illinois. Carle Physician Group, formerly named Carle Clinic Association, is a not-for-profit physician-owned group made up of some 300 physicians practicing in more than 50 medical specialties at about a dozen locations. The organization's facilities, which are spread out over seven different towns, are linked by a network of electronic medical records, allowing Carle Physician Group's medical providers to access a patient's medical information at any of its locations.Carle Physician Group company also has its own managed care company, Health Alliance Medical Plans. Carle Physician Group was acquired by Carle Foundation, parent of Carle Foundation Hospital, in 2010.

In this case, those M's might stand for medical devices, management, and microbiology. 3M Health Care is a division of the highly diversified 3M Company. It is one of the largest producers of medical and surgical products (tape, dressings, and surgical drapes). It also manufactures Littmann stethoscopes, dental and orthodontic products (the latter through 3M Unitek), drug delivery systems (transdermal patches, inhalers), health information management systems, and microbiological testing and monitoring equipment used by food processors. These businesses account for more than 15% of 3M's annual revenues. 3M created its first health care-focused division in 1961, as the aptly named Medical Products Division.

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