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ALABAMA AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES INC (AAII)
Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc. provides aircraft maintenance and modification services in the United States. It provides aircraft maintenance and modification services for the government and military customers focusing on providing programmed depot maintenance (PDM) on large transport aircraft. The company also offers aircraft parts and support and engineering services, as well as provides repair, maintenance, and modification services to its customers. The principal services performed under military contracts include PDMs, systems integration of component upgrades, and modification of fixed wing aircraft. In addition, Alabama Aircraft Industries designs and manufactures a range of proprietary aerospace products, including various space systems, such as guidance control systems and launch vehicles, and precision components for the aviation industry. The company was founded in 1983. It was formerly known as Pemco Aviation Group, Inc. and changed its name to Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc. on September 19, 2007. Alabama Aircraft Industries is based in Birmingham, Alabama.
ABIOMED, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of medical products to assist or replace the pumping function of the failing heart. ABIOMED manufactures and sells the AB5000 Circulatory Support System and the BVS 5000 Biventricular Support System for the temporary support of patients with failing but potentially recoverable hearts. BVS and AB5000 are sold in the United States through direct sales and clinical support teams. In Europe, ABIOMED offers the Impella Recover minimally invasive cardiovascular support systems. Its AbioCor, which is in clinical trials, is a heart replacement device for the failing ventricles of a patient's diseased heart and takes over the heart's blood pumping function. ABIOMED conducts its international sales efforts through distributors and by selling directly in selected European markets through ABIOMED B.V., its wholly owned subsidiary. The company was founded by David M. Lederman in 1981. ABIOMED is headquartered in Danvers, Massachusetts.
ACME UNITED CORPORATION (ACU)
Acme United Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of cutting devices, measuring instruments, and safety products for school, office, and home use in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. It sells scissors, shears, guillotine paper trimmers, rotary paper trimmers, rotary cutters, hobby knives and blades, utility knives, medical cutting instruments, rulers, math tools, tape measures, first aid kits, personal protection products, and over-the-counter medication refills. The company sells its products through independent manufacturer representatives and direct sales force to wholesale, contract, and retail stationery distributors, office supply super stores, school supply distributors, and mass market retailers. Acme United was organized in 1867. It changed its name to The Acme Shear Company in 1882 and to Acme United Corporation in 1971. The company is headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut.
AMERICAN DENTAL PARTNERS INC (ADPI)
American Dental Partners, Inc. provides business services to multidisciplinary dental groups in selected markets in the United States. It acquires selected assets of the dental practices with which it affiliates and enters into long-term service agreements with the affiliated dental groups or professional corporations. The company provides various services for the administration of the nonclinical aspects of the dental operations. These services include assisting with organizational planning and development; providing recruiting, retention, and training programs; supporting quality assurance initiatives of the affiliated dental group; providing ongoing facilities development, maintenance, and management; administering employee benefits and payroll; procuring supplies and other resources; maintaining necessary information systems; assisting with marketing and payor relations; and providing financial planning, reporting, and analysis. As of December 31, 2004, American Dental Partners was affiliated with 19 dental group practices, comprising 398 dentists practicing in 177 locations in 17 states. The company was founded by Gregory A. Serrao in 1995 and is based in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Aetna, Inc. provides health care, dental, pharmacy, group life, disability, and long-term care benefits in the United States. It operates in three segments: Health Care, Group Insurance, and Large Case Pensions. Health Care segment consists of health and dental plans offered on a risk basis and on an employer-funded basis. It provides medical and dental benefit products, including health maintenance organization, point-of-service, preferred provider organization, and indemnity benefit products. These products are also sold with the company's consumer-directed health plans, Aetna HealthFund and Health Savings Accounts. It also provides specialty products, such as pharmacy benefits management, dental, vision, and behavioral health programs. Further, this segment provides access to network of independent dental and vision participating providers through its Vital Savings by Aetna discount program. Group Insurance segment offers life, disability, and long-term care insurance products. Large Case Pension segment manages a variety of retirement products, including pension and annuity products primarily for defined benefit and defined contribution plans. The company was incorporated in 1982 under the name of United States Health Care Systems, Inc. and subsequently changed its name to Aetna, Inc. Aetna is headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut.
Almost Family, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide home health nursing and adult day health services. The company operates in two segments, Home Health Care and Adult Day Care. The Home Health Care segment includes two divisions, Visiting Nurse (VN) and Personal Care (PC). The VN division provides skilled medical services in patients'' homes to enable recipients to reduce or avoid periods of hospitalization and/or nursing home care. The PC division provides services in patients'' homes through a para-professional staff, such as home health aides. The company's Adult Day Health Services segment provides health services to disabled or frail adults. These services are provided in the company''s physical facilities. The company operates 20 adult day care centers, as of December 31, 2004. Almost Family has service locations in Kentucky, Florida, Maryland, Ohio, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Alabama, and Indiana. The company was incorporated in 1985. It was formerly known as Caretenders HealthCorp and changed its name to Almost Family, Inc. in 2000. The company is based in Louisville, Kentucky.
APRIA HEALTHCARE GROUP INC (AHG)
Apria Healthcare Group, Inc. provides home healthcare services, and related products and supplies as part of a care plan. It operates in three segments: Home Respiratory Therapy, Home Infusion Therapy, and Home Medical Equipment/Other. Home Respiratory Therapy segment provides home respiratory therapy services to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, nervous system-related respiratory conditions, obstructive sleep apnea, congestive heart failure, and lung cancer. It provides oxygen systems, home ventilators, sleep apnea equipment, nebulizers, respiratory medications, and related services. This segment also offers infant apnea monitors, continuous positive airway pressure devices, and noninvasive positive pressure ventilation. Home Infusion Therapy segment offers infusion therapy services, including the administration of drugs or nutrients directly into the body intravenously through a needle or catheter. It also administers enteral nutrients directly into the gastrointestinal tract through a feeding tube. Home Medical Equipment/Other segment provides patient safety items, ambulatory aids, and in-home equipment, such as wheelchairs and hospital beds. The company also offers other services, such as educating patients and their care-givers about illnesses and providing them with written instructions about home safety, self-care, and the proper use of their equipment; monitoring patients' individualized treatment plans; reporting patient progress and status to the physician and/or managed care organization; providing in-home delivery and set-up of equipment and/or supplies; maintaining and repairing equipment; and processing claims to third-party payors and billing and collecting patient co-pays and deductibles. The company offers its services primarily to physicians, managed care organizations, hospitals, medical groups, home health agencies, and case managers in the United States. Apria Healthcare Group is headquartered in Lake Forest, California.
ALLIED HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS INC (AHPI)
Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. manufactures respiratory care products, medical gas equipment, and emergency medical products used in various hospital and alternate care settings. Its respiratory care product line includes respiratory care/anesthesia products, including air compressors, calibration equipment, humidifiers, croup tents, equipment dryers, and respiratory disposable products; and home respiratory care products, including aluminum oxygen cylinders, oxygen regulators, pneumatic nebulizers, and portable suction equipment. The company's medical gas equipment product line includes construction products, such as in-wall medical system components, central station pumps and compressors, and headwalls; regulation devices and suction equipment, such as flowmeters, vacuum regulators, and pressure regulators, as well as related adapters, fittings, and hoses that measure, regulate, monitor, and enable transfer of medical gases from walled piping or equipment to patients in hospital rooms, operating theaters, or intensive care areas; and disposable oxygen and gas cylinders. Its emergency medical product line includes respiratory/resuscitator products, including demand resuscitation valves, portable resuscitation systems, bag masks and related products, emergency transport ventilators, precision oxygen regulators, minilators, multilators, and humidifiers; and trauma patient handling products, including spine immobilization products, pneumatic anti-shock garments, and trauma burn kits. Allied Healthcare sells its products to respiratory care/anesthesia product distributors, hospital construction contractors, emergency medical equipment dealers, and hospitals. The company markets its products through dealers, agents, and exporters in the United States, Canada, Mexico, central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East. Allied Healthcare was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC (AMMD)
American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. (AMS) engages in the development and delivery of medical solutions to patients and physicians. The company offers products for erectile restoration, benign prostatic hyperplasia, male urethral stricture, urinary and fecal incontinence, menorrhagia, and pelvic organ prolapse. It provides various solutions, including the Artificial Urinary Sphincter, the In-Fast, SPARC, Monarc, BioArc sling systems, and the Acticon Neosphincter to restore male and female urinary continence and fecal continence, as well as provides treatments for vaginal prolapse and menorrhagia. In addition, AMS offers a range of solutions for erectile restoration and urethral stricture; TherMatrx Dose Optimized therapy for in-office benign prostatic hyperplasia, as well as provides detrusor external sphincter dyssynergia treatment and prostate treatments. The company distributes its products through direct sales force, independent sales representatives, and independent distributors to physician customers, including urologists, gynecologists, and urogynecologists in the United States, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Europe, Europe, and Asia. AMS was founded by Robert Buuck, Gerald Timm, William Bradley, and F. Brantley Scott in 1972. The company is headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES (AMS)
American Shared Hospital Services, through its subsidiary, provides Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery services to medical centers in the United States. The Gamma Knife, an alternative noninvasive procedure to conventional brain surgery, treats selected malignant tumors, benign brain tumors, arteriovenous malformations, and trigeminal neuralgia. The company also offers planning, installation, reimbursement, and marketing support services. As of April 28, 2005, it provided Gamma Knife units to 20 medical centers in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin. American Shared Hospital was founded by Ernest A. Bates in 1980 and is based in San Francisco, California.
ANGEION CORPORATION (ANGN)
Angeion Corporation, through its subsidiary, Medical Graphics Corporation, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of noninvasive cardio-respiratory diagnostic systems used in the management and improvement of cardio-respiratory health. The company offers its products to health care professionals for the prevention, detection, and treatment of heart and lung disease. Its MedGraphics products include pulmonary function and cardiopulmonary exercise testing systems that operate with its proprietary BreezeSuite Windows2000/XP software to address the needs of hospitals, clinics, and physician offices. Angeion's pulmonary function systems consist of spirometry, pulmonary function systems, and body plethysmograph systems. In addition, it provides cardiopulmonary exercise testing systems, which measure functional capacity, fitness, or conditioning levels, as well as enable physicians to diagnose heart and lung diseases. Further, the company offers cycle ergometers and treadmills for use in diagnostic, rehabilitation, training, and sports medicine applications. Angeion markets its products in the United States through direct sales force, as well as through independent distributors internationally. It also sells health and fitness products through health and fitness clubs, personal training studios, weight loss centers, and other retail outlets. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of disposable protective apparel and infection control products primarily in the United States. It also manufactures and distributes medical bed pads and accessories, as well as pet beds. The company operates in four segments: Disposable Protective Apparel, Infection Control, Extended Care, and Engineered Products. The Disposable Protective Apparel segment produces disposable protective apparel, which include shoecovers, bouffant caps, gowns, frocks, coveralls, and lab coats. The Infection Control segment offers face masks and eye shields. The Extended Care segment offers extended care products, such as medical bed pads, pet beds and pet toy accessories, wheelchair covers, geriatric chair surfaces, operating room table surfaces, and pediatric surfaces. The Engineered Products segment provides a line of construction weatherization products and paint with antimicrobials. Its construction weatherization products consist of building wrap and a synthetic roof underlayment. Its line of paint with antimicrobials is designed to inhibit growth of bacteria, fungi, and algae on the painted surfaces in hospitals, surgical rooms, and cleanrooms and associated controlled environments. Alpha Pro Tech offers its products in the industrial, cleanroom, pharmaceutical, medical and dental, and extended care markets. The company sells its products primarily through a network of independent distributors. Alpha Pro Tech was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Markham, Canada.
ARRAY BIOPHARMA INC (ARRY)
Array BioPharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule drugs to treat debilitating and life-threatening diseases. The company's drug development pipeline primarily focuses on the treatment of cancer and inflammatory disease, and includes drugs that regulate targets in therapeutically important disease pathways. It offers ARRY-142886 (AZD6244)/MEK, which is in the Phase Ib clinical development, for the treatment of cancer. The company also provides ARRY-334543, ErbB-2/EGFR Inhibitors, and ErbB-2 Inhibitors that are in preclinical models of human cancer. It has collaborations with Amgen; AstraZeneca; Elan; Eli Lilly and Company; Genentech, Inc.; Hoffman-La Roche, Inc.; ICOS Corporation; InterMune, Inc.; Japan Tobacco, Inc.; Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals; QLT, Inc.; Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. Array was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.
ARTHROCARE CORPORATION (ARTC)
Arthrocare Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices used in soft-tissue surgery. Its products are based on its patented Coblation technology, a soft-tissue surgical controlled ablation technology. The company operates through five segments: Sports Medicine, Arthrocare Spine, ENT, Arthrocare Coblation Technologies (ACT), and AngioCare. The Sports Medicine segment offers surgical instruments for use in various arthroscopic procedures, such as shoulder, knee, elbow, ankle, wrist, hip, and nontraumatic soft tissue injuries. The ArthroCare Spine segment provides procedures for spinal disc decompression and soft tissue removal, as well as bone access and biopsy, and percutaneous injection of bone cement and bone augmentation in the spine. The ENT segment commercializes its ear, nose, and throat surgery products for use in general head, neck, and oral surgical procedures, which include sinus surgery, the treatment of snoring, reduction of nasal turbinates, adenoidectomy, and tonsillectomy. It also provides Visage products for use in various cosmetic surgery procedures. The ACT segment develops and manufactures products as an original equipment manufacture supplier of surgical instruments to companies in general surgery, cardiology, urology, and gynecology markets. The AngioCare segment develops various cardiovascular applications. These products enable surgeons to ablate, shrink, sculpt, cut, or aspirate, and suction soft tissue, as well as to seal small bleeding vessels with one surgical system. The company sells its products through a combination of distributors supported by regional sales mangers, a direct sales force, and corporate partners in the United States and Europe, as well as in Japan. It also distributes through relationships with distributors of arthroscopy products in Europe, South Africa, South and Central America, and Russia. ArthroCare was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
AMERICA SERVICE GROUP INC (ASGR)
America Service Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide managed healthcare services to correctional facilities in the United States. It contracts with state, county, and local governmental agencies to provide and administer healthcare services to inmates of prisons and jails. The company also administers various on-site healthcare programs, and arranges for and oversees off-site hospitalization and specialty outpatient care. Its services include on-site services, such as regular physical and dental screening and care, psychiatric care, OB-GYN screening and care, and diagnostic testing; and off-site services comprising specialty outpatient diagnostic testing and care, emergency room care, surgery, and hospitalization. The company also provides on-site administrative support services, including program management, maintenance of on-site medical records and employee recruitment, scheduling, continuing education and quality assurance, medical audits, credentialing, and clinical program development activities. In addition, it distributes pharmaceuticals and medical supplies to inmates of correctional facilities; and provides clinical pharmacy services. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.
ASPECT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC (ASPM)
Aspect Medical Systems, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the development, manufacture, and marketing of an anesthesia monitoring system called the BIS system. The company's BIS system provides information that enables clinicians to assess and manage a patient's level of consciousness in the operating room and intensive care settings, and administer the amount of anesthesia needed by each patient. Its customers include anesthesia providers, hospitals, outpatient surgical centers, and individual practitioners in office-based practice. The company markets and sells its products through direct sales force, distributors, and original equipment manufacturers worldwide. Aspect Medical Systems has collaboration with Brain Resource Co., Ltd. in a clinical study that would evaluate brain electrical activity in patients identified with mild cognitive impairment, a memory impairment that often precedes Alzheimer's disease. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.
ATRION CORPORATION (ATRI)
Atrion Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, sale, and distribution of various products and components, primarily for the medical and health care industry worldwide. It offers ophthalmology products, which include LacriCATH product line of balloon catheters used in the treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction in children and adults. The company's cardiovascular products comprise MPS Myocardial Protection System that delivers essential fluids and medications to the heart during open-heart surgery; cardiac surgery vacuum relief valves; Retract-O-Tape silicone vessel loops; and Clean-Cut rotating aortic punch, used in heart bypass surgery. It also offers intravenous fluid delivery line for therapy procedures employed in anesthesia administration, intravenous feeding, intensive care, and cancer therapy. Atrion manufactures valves, tubing flanges, right angle connectors, and closures for life vests, life rafts, inflatable boats, inflatable toys, survival equipment, and other inflatable structures, as well as various one-way and two-way 'Breather' valves for use on electronics cases, munitions cases, pressure vessels, lift bags, space suits, mattresses, escape slides, and other application requiring pressure relief for use in aviation and marine safety products. In addition, the company provides contract manufacturing services for other original equipment manufacturers of medical devices, as well as warehousing and inventory management services. It offers pressure monitoring kits for use in labor and delivery procedures and various critical care applications. Further, the company 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. Atrion markets its components to other equipment manufacturers; and sells finished devices to physicians, hospitals, clinics, and other treatment centers. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
ATS Medical, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices, primarily cardiovascular surgery products. It operates in the mechanical bileaflet portion of the replacement heart valve and in the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation markets. The company also develops autotransfusion products. ATS Medical's primary product includes ATS Open Pivot Heart Valve, which is designed to address factors that contribute to thrombogenesis in mechanical valves and enable hemodynamic performance. The company also markets surgical cryotherapy products for the ablation of cardiac arrhythmias in the United States and internationally. It sells its products through direct sales organizations in the United States and France, as well as through an independent distribution network in other international markets. ATS Medical was founded in 1987 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
AVENTINE RENEWABLE ENERGY HOLDINGS INC (AVR)
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc. engages in the production and marketing of fuel-grade ethanol in the United States. It also produces various co-products, such as distillers grain, corn gluten feed, corn germ, and brewers' yeast. In addition, the company produces bio-products, Kosher and Chametz free brewers' yeast, which is used in animal and human food and fermentation applications. Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings is headquartered in Pekin, Illinois.
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC (BAX)
Baxter International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, assists healthcare professionals and their patients with the treatment of complex medical conditions, including cancer, hemophilia, immune disorders, kidney disease, and trauma worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Medication Delivery, BioScience, and Renal. The Medication Delivery segment provides various intravenous solutions and specialty products that are used in combination for fluid replenishment, general anesthesia, nutrition therapy, pain management, antibiotic therapy, and chemotherapy. The BioScience segment develops biopharmaceuticals, biosurgery products, vaccines and blood collection, and processing and storage products and technologies for transfusion therapies. The Renal segment develops products and provides services to treat end-stage kidney disease. The company's products are used by hospitals, clinical and medical research laboratories, blood and plasma collection centers, kidney dialysis centers, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, doctors' offices, and by patients at home under physician supervision. It distributes its products through independent distributors, drug wholesalers acting as sales agents, and specialty pharmacy or homecare companies. Baxter International has collaborative agreements with Nektar Therapeutics to develop PEGylated therapeutic forms of blood clotting proteins for patients with hemophilia, in order to reduce the frequency of injections required to treat blood clotting disorders, such as hemophilia; and with Lipoxen Technologies, Ltd. to develop longer acting therapeutic forms of blood clotting proteins. The company was founded in 1931 and is based in Deerfield, Illinois.
C. R. Bard, Inc. (Bard) engages in the design, manufacture, packaging, distribution, and sale of medical, surgical, diagnostic, and patient care devices. It has four product groups: Vascular, Urology, Oncology, and Surgical Specialties. In the Vascular products group, the company offers products for the peripheral vascular market. These products include percutaneous transluminal angioplasty catheters, guidewires, introducers and accessories, peripheral stents, vena cava filters, and biopsy devices; electrophysiology products, including diagnostic, therapeutic, and temporary pacing electrode catheters; and fabrics, meshes, and implantable vascular grafts. In the Urology products group, Bard offers foley catheters; surgical sling and injectable tissue bulking products that are used to treat stress urinary incontinence; natural and synthetic materials for the treatment of pelvic floor or vaginal prolapse; brachytherapy services, devices, and radioactive seeds that are used to treat prostate cancer; urine monitoring and collection systems; ureteral stents; and specialty devices for ureteroscopic procedures and stone removal. The company's Oncology products include devices used in the treatment and management of various cancers, and other diseases and disorders. These include specialty access catheters, ports, and enteral feeding devices. Bard's Surgical Specialty products include meshes for hernia and other soft tissue repairs; irrigation devices for orthopedic, laparoscopic, and gynecological procedures; and products for topical hemostasis. It sells its products to hospitals, individual health care professionals, extended care facilities, and alternate site facilities worldwide. Bard distributes its products directly and through distributors. The company was founded in 1907 by Charles Russell Bard and is headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey.
BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY (BDX)
Becton, Dickinson and Company engages in the manufacture and sale of medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment, and diagnostic products worldwide. The company has three segments: Medical, Diagnostics, and Biosciences. The Medical segment offers needles, syringes, and intravenous catheters, including safety-engineered devices for medication delivery; insulin injection devices and blood glucose monitors for the treatment of diabetes; prefillable drug delivery devices to pharmaceutical companies and end-users as drug/device combinations; surgical blades and regional anesthesia needles; critical care monitoring devices; ophthalmic surgery devices; sharps disposal containers; and home healthcare products. The Diagnostics segment provides integrated systems for evacuated blood collection, a line of safety-engineered specimen collection products and systems, plated media, automated blood culturing, molecular testing systems for sexually transmitted diseases, microorganism identification and drug susceptibility systems, and manual testing products. The Biosciences segment includes fluorescence activated cell sorters and analyzers, cell imaging systems, monoclonal antibodies and kits, reagent systems for life sciences research, tools to aid in drug discovery and growth of tissue and cells, and diagnostic assays. It serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, industry, and the general public, primarily through independent sales representatives and independent distribution channels. The company was founded in 1897 and is based in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.
BIOLASE TECHNOLOGY INC (BLTI)
Biolase Technology, Inc., a medical technology company, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of advanced dental, cosmetic, and surgical lasers and related products primarily in the United States and internationally. Its products include dental laser systems that allow dentists, periodontists, endodontists, oral surgeons, and other specialists to perform various dental procedures, including cosmetic and surgical applications. The company's laser system products include Waterlase system and Diode system. The Waterlase system uses a patented combination of water and laser to perform dental procedures performed using dental drills, scalpels, and other dental instruments for cutting soft and hard tissue. The Diode laser system uses a semiconductor diode laser to perform soft tissue and cosmetic procedures, including tooth whitening. In addition, the company manufactures and sells accessories and disposables for its laser systems, such as hand pieces, laser tips, and tooth whitening gelkits. Biolase Technology sells its products through its direct sales force and a network of independent distributors. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in San Clemente, California.
BIO-REFERENCE LABORATORIES INC (BRLI)
Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. provides clinical laboratory testing services primarily in the greater New York metropolitan area. It laboratory testing services are utilized by healthcare providers for the detection, diagnosis, evaluation, monitoring, and treatment of diseases. The company offers a range of chemical diagnostic tests, including blood and urine analysis, blood chemistry, hematology services, serology, radioimmuno analysis, toxicology pap smears, tissue pathology, and other tissue analysis. It offers its services directly to physicians, hospitals, clinics, correctional, and other health facilities. The company also operates a clinical knowledge management service, which uses customer data from laboratory results, pharmaceutical data, claims data, and other data sources to provide administrative and clinical decision support systems. In addition, it operates a Web-based connectivity portal solution for laboratories and physicians. Bio-Reference Laboratories was founded in 1981. The company is based in Elmwood Park, New Jersey.
BIOSPHERE MEDICAL INC (BSMD)
Biosphere Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company. It engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic applications based on proprietary bioengineered microsphere technology to treat uterine fibroids, hypervascularized tumors, and vascular malformations. The company's products include Embosphere Microspheres, EmboGold Microspheres, Hepasphere SAP Microspheres, EmboCath Hydrophilic Infusion Catheter, and Segway Hydrophilic Guidewire. Embosphere Microspheres and EmboGold Microspheres are used for the treatment of hypervascularized tumors and arteriovenous malformations. Hepasphere SAP Microspheres are used for treatment of liver cancer. EmboCath Hydrophilic Infusion Catheter and Segway Hydrophilic Guidewire are used in peripheral embolization procedures. BioSphere Medical sells its products primarily in the United States and the European Union, as well as in Canada, Middle East, Africa, South America, and Asia. The company was incorporated in 1993. It was formerly known as BioSepra, Inc. and changed its name to BioSphere Medical, Inc. in 1999. BioSphere Medical is headquartered in Rockland, Massachusetts.
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION (BSX)
Boston Scientific Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices that are used in interventional medical specialties. The company's products are offered by two groups, Cardiovascular and Endosurgery. The Cardiovascular organization provides products and technologies for use in interventional cardiology, peripheral interventions, vascular surgery, electrophysiology, and neurovascular procedures. The Endosurgery organization provides products and technologies for use in oncology, endoscopy, urology, and gynecology procedures. In addition, the company operates in the neuromodulation market. It provides products for the treatment of auditory disorders and chronic pain. The company's less-invasive medical products are used for enlarging narrowed blood vessels to prevent heart attack and stroke; clearing passages blocked by plaque to restore blood flow; opening obstructions and bringing relief to patients suffering from various forms of cancer; performing biopsies and intravascular ultrasounds; mapping electrical problems in the heart; placing filters to prevent blood clots from reaching the lungs, heart, or brain; treating urological, renal, pulmonary, neurovascular, and gastrointestinal diseases; and modulating nerve activity to treat deafness and chronic pain. The company markets its products through direct sales force, and a network of distributors and dealers. Boston Scientific Corp. has a collaboration agreement with Affinergy, Inc. to investigate new coatings for cardiovascular stents. The company was founded by John E. Abele and Peter M. Nicholas in 1979. Boston Scientific Corp. is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts.
CBIZ, Inc. provides professional business services to various businesses, individuals, governmental entities, and not-for-profit enterprises in the United States and Canada. It offers services through four practice groups, including financial services, employee services, medical management professionals (MMP), and national practices. The company's financial services group provides accounting, tax, financial advisory, litigation support, valuation, Sarbanes-Oxley 404 consulting, internal audit, fraud detection, and real estate advisory services. Its employee services group offers group health, property and casualty insurance, COBRA/Flex, retirement planning, wealth management, life insurance, human capital management, payroll services, specialty life insurance, and actuarial services. CBIZ's MMP group provides coding and billing, accounts receivable management, and full practice management services. Its national practices group consists of managed networking and hardware services, project management, software solutions, mergers and acquisitions, health care consulting, government relations, and IT consulting. The company was founded in 1987. It was formerly known as Century Business Services, Inc. and changed its name to CBIZ, Inc. in 2005. CBIZ is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
CARDIODYNAMICS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (CDIC)
CardioDynamics International Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of noninvasive impedance cardiography (ICG) diagnostic and monitoring technologies, and electrodes worldwide. Its patented ICG technology noninvasively monitors the heart's ability to deliver blood to the body. The company operates in two segments, ICG and Electrocardiograph (ECG). The ICG segment develops, manufactures, and sells various devices, including the BioZ ICG Monitor and a noninvasive hemodynamic monitor; BioZ ICG Module a hemodynamic status assessment device; and BioZtect a sensors and cable system, which devices use ICG technology to noninvasively measure the heart's mechanical characteristics by monitoring the heart's ability to deliver blood to the body. It also offers certain other diagnostic, monitoring, and measurement devices to physicians, researchers, and equipment manufacturers. The ICG segment's products are used primarily by physicians to assess, diagnose, and treat cardiovascular diseases. The ECG segment designs, manufactures, and sells electrocardiogram electrodes and related supplies, which are used primarily in electrocardiogram and other diagnostic procedures for cardiology, electrotherapy, sleep testing, neurology, and general purpose diagnostic testing. It sells its products to medical suppliers, facilities, and physicians. CardioDynamics has strategic relationships with GE Medical Systems for the development of a custom plug-in module for the GEMS-IT Solar and DASH series of bedside monitors; and a co-development and original equipment manufacturer agreement with Philips Medical Systems, which combines CardioDynamics' proprietary ICG technology with Philips' diagnostic 12-lead ECG and enable both companies to market the combined ICG/ECG product. The company sells its products through its direct sales force and through a network of distributors. CardioDynamics was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
CIGNA Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides employee benefits offered through the workplace in the United States, Asia, and Europe. The company operates in two segments, Health Care, and Disability and Life. The Health Care segment offers various managed care, and indemnity products and services, including dental benefit plans; managed behavioral health care services and employee assistance programs; medical management and utilization management services; pharmacy programs and pharmaceutical fulfillment services; and disability and life insurance products. It also provides disability and life insurance products to employers, multiple employer groups, unions, government-sponsored programs, and other groups. Disability and Life segment provides long- and short-term disability insurance, disability and workers' compensation case management, group life insurance, and accident and specialty insurance products. CIGNA also offers personal accident insurance coverage, which consists primarily of accidental death and dismemberment, and travel accident insurance to employers. In addition, the company offers corporate life insurance products, which include permanent life insurance contracts sold to corporations to provide coverage on the lives of certain of their employees. Its corporate life insurance products include universal life and variable universal life policies. CIGNA also provides individual and group life, accident and health insurance, and health care products primarily in South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and Spain. As of December 31, 2004, CIGNA's medical health maintenance organizations networks included approximately 354,000 physicians and 3,100 hospitals. The company was founded in 1792 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
CANDELA CORPORATION (CLZR)
Candela Corporation engages in the research, development, manufacture, marketing, sale, and servicing of lasers and light-based products used to perform aesthetic and cosmetic procedures worldwide. Its product line includes GentleLASE family of lasers for the treatment of unwanted hair and for the treatment of vascular lesions, pigmented lesions, and wrinkles; Vbeam for the treatment of vascular lesions, wrinkles, psoriasis, and other conditions; ALEXLAZR for the treatment of pigmented lesions and tattoos; Smoothbeam diode laser for nonablative dermal remodeling of wrinkles, and the treatment of acne and acne scars; C-beam pulsed dye laser for treatment of psoriasis and surgical scars; and Ellipse Intense Pulsed Light system for the improvement of sun-damaged skin by photo rejuvenation through removal of both vascular and dyspigmentation. The company sells its products directly and through a network of distributors to plastic and cosmetic surgeons; dermatologists; general practitioners; and certain specialists, including obstetricians, gynecologists, and general and vascular surgeons. Candela Corporation was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Wayland, Massachusetts.
CHINA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC (CMED)
China Medical Technologies, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices for the treatment of solid cancers and benign tumors in the People's Republic of China. It offers In-vitro diagnostics systems, which include enhanced chemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA) system and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) imaging analysis system and probes. The company's ECLIA system consists of ECLIA analyzer for detecting minute levels of light triggered by combining reagents with body fluid samples to produce diagnostic results; reagent kits, which are formulated to create various reactions with blood or other body fluid samples; and a data analysis system to analyze and organize the information produced form diagnostic results. It offers 62 types of reagent kits for use with the ECLIA analyzer for detecting and monitoring various types of diseases and disorders, including thyroid disorders, diabetes, hepatitis, and disorders related to reproduction and growth, SARS, Down syndrome, liver fibrosis, and various types of tumors. China Medical Technologies also offers FISH imaging analysis system and probes, which uses FISH technology for prenatal and postnatal diagnosis, and early detection and prognosis of various cancers. In addition, the company provides HIFU therapy system to treat liver, breast, and kidney tumors; solid tumors in the pelvic cavity or on bone; and tumors in the four limbs or superficial tissues. It sells its products through direct sales force and distributors. China Medical Technologies was founded in 1999 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
CONMED CORPORATION (CNMD)
CONMED Corporation, a medical technology company, offers instruments, implants, and video equipment for arthroscopic sports medicine, as well as powered surgical instruments, such as drills and saws for orthopedic, otolaryngologic, neurosurgery, and other surgical specialties. The company develops, manufactures, and supplies radio frequency electrosurgery systems that are used to cut and cauterize tissue in various types of surgical procedures worldwide; endosurgery products, such as trocars, clip appliers, scissors, and surgical staplers; and electrocardiogram electrodes for heart monitoring and other patient care products. It also offers integrated operating room systems and equipment. The company's CONMED Endoscopic technologies offer a portfolio of disposable products used by gastroenterologists to diagnose and treat diseases of the digestive tract. Its products are used in various clinical settings, such as operating rooms, surgery centers, physicians' offices, and hospitals. The company distributes its products through medical specialty distributors and surgeons to hospitals and other healthcare institutions. CONMED was incorporated in 1970. The company was founded by Eugene R. Corasanti. CONMED Corporation is headquartered in Utica, New York.
Continucare Corporation provides primary care physician services on an outpatient basis in Florida. It provides medical services to patients through employee physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician's assistants. The company also provides practice management services to independent physician affiliates (IPAs), including assistance with medical utilization management, pharmacy management, and specialist network development. As of September 30, 2005, the company provided practice management services to 27 IPAs; and operated a network of 15 medical centers in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Hillsborough Counties, Florida. The company also provided services to or for approximately 13,400 patients on a full risk basis and approximately 14,600 patients on a limited or nonrisk basis, as of the above date. Continucare has managed care agreements with Humana Medical Plans, Inc.; Vista Healthplan of South Florida, Inc.; and Wellcare, Inc. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
COOPER COMPANIES INC (COO)
The Cooper Companies, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of healthcare products worldwide. It operates in two segments, CooperVision and CooperSurgical. The CooperVision segment develops, manufactures, and markets a range of contact lenses for the vision care market. It specializes in toric lenses that correct astigmatism; cosmetic lenses, which change the appearance of the color of the eye; and other lenses. The CooperSurgical segment engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices, diagnostic products, and surgical instruments and accessories, which are used primarily by gynecologists and obstetricians. The company markets its products through field sales representatives and distributors in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Portugal, Italy, Spain, France, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Australia, and South Africa. The company was organized in 1980 and is based in Pleasanton, California. The Cooper Companies, Inc. acquired Ocular Sciences, Inc., a contact lens manufacturer, in January 2005.
Conceptus, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of medical products for women's health in the United States. The company offers Essure, a permanent birth control device for women that provides a nonincisional alternative to tubal ligation. It markets its product primarily in Australia, Canada, Europe, Indonesia, Singapore, and the United States. Conceptus was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in San Carlos, California.
COGDELL SPENCER INC (CSA)
Cogdell Spencer, Inc. owns specialty office properties for the medical profession in the southeastern United States. It primarily engages in the ownership, development, redevelopment, acquisition, and management of medical office buildings and other healthcare-related facilities. Cogdell Spencer owns and/or manages 73 medical office buildings and healthcare-related facilities, which include 45 wholly owned properties; 8 joint venture properties; 16 properties owned by third parties; and 4 properties held for sale. The company intends to qualify as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. Cogdell Spencer was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
CAPITAL SENIOR LIVING CORPORATION (CSU)
Capital Senior Living Corporation (CSLC) engages in the ownership, operation, development, and management of senior living communities throughout the United States. The company provides various senior living services to the elderly, including independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, and home care services. Its independent living services include daily meals, transportation, social and recreational activities, laundry, housekeeping, health care monitoring, and 24-hour staffing. CSLC's assisted living care and services include personal care services, support services, and supplemental services. It provides traditional long-term care services through registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and certified nursing assistants in skilled nursing facilities. The company also offers a range of restorative nursing and rehabilitation services in its communities, including physical, occupational, speech, and medical social services. In addition, it also provides private pay and home care services to its clients, as well as offers customized physician, dentistry, podiatry, and other health-related services. As of December 31, 2004, the company operated 54 senior living communities in 20 states, as well as a home care agency. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH)
Community Health Systems, Inc. engages in the ownership, lease, and operation of acute care hospitals in the United States. Its hospitals offer a range of inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services, including orthopedics, cardiology, occupational medicine, diagnostic services, emergency services, rehabilitation treatment, home health, and skilled nursing. As of December 31, 2004, it owned, leased, or operated 71 hospitals in 22 states, with an aggregate of 7,888 licensed beds. The company was organized in 1985 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee.
DATATRAK INTERNATIONAL INC (DATA)
DATATRAK International, Inc. serves as an application service provider in the electronic data capture industry. The company principally provides software and other related services, which enable its customers to collect and transmit clinical trial data electronically. It offers DATATRAK EDC software suit, an e-process solution, to provide electronic data capture and other services to clinical trial sponsors and contract research organizations. The DATATRAK EDC suit consists of DATATRAK Entry, DATATRAK Review, DATATRAK Design, and DATATRAK Report/Export modules for various applications. Its customers include the clinical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, contract research organizations, and medical device research industries. DATATRAK International markets its software and services primarily in the United States, Canada, and Germany. It has an alliance agreement with SAS Institute, Inc. The company was founded by Jeffrey A. Green in 1991. DATATRAK International is headquartered in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
DIALYSIS CORPORATION OF AMERICA (DCAI)
Dialysis Corporation of America, through its subsidiaries, engages in the development and operation of outpatient kidney dialysis centers. The company provides dialysis and ancillary services to patients suffering from chronic kidney failure, also known as end-stage renal disease (ESRD) through these centers. It also provides acute inpatient dialysis treatments in hospitals, homecare services, and dialysis center management services. As of September 30, 2005, the company owned 24 operating dialysis centers located in Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia; and managed 2 other dialysis facilities located in Ohio and Georgia. Its ancillary services to ESRD patients include the administration of certain prescription drugs. Dialysis Corporation was organized in 1976 and is based in Linthicum, Maryland.
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED (DGX)
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated provides diagnostic testing, information, and services for the healthcare industry in the United States. It offers esoteric testing, such as gene-based testing and testing for drugs of abuse; and anatomic pathology services and testing to support clinical trials of new pharmaceuticals worldwide. Quest Diagnostics manufactures and markets diagnostic test kits and systems primarily for esoteric testing, which are sold to hospitals, clinical laboratories, and dialysis centers domestically and internationally, through its subsidiary, Nichols Institute Diagnostics. The company offers a range of clinical laboratory testing services to patients, physicians, hospitals, healthcare insurers, employers, governmental institutions, and other commercial clinical laboratories. It operates a network of approximately 1,900 patient service centers and laboratories located in approximately 30 metropolitan areas in the United States. The company markets its products to customers through its direct sales force, healthcare insurers sales force, customer service representatives, and couriers. Quest Diagnostics is headquartered in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.
Datascope Corp. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of products for clinical health care markets in interventional cardiology and radiology, cardiovascular and vascular surgery, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, and critical care. The company operates in two segments, Cardiac Assist/Monitoring Products and Interventional Products/Vascular Grafts. The Cardiac Assist/Monitoring Products segment offers electronic intra-aortic balloon pumps and catheters that are used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease and electronic physiological monitors that provide for patient safety and management of patient care. The Interventional Products/Vascular Grafts segment offers vascular sealing devices, which are used to seal arterial puncture wounds to stop bleeding after cardiovascular catheterization procedures; interventional radiology products used in dialysis access; and a line of knitted and woven polyester vascular grafts and patches for reconstructive vascular and cardiovascular surgery. The company markets its products through direct sales representatives and independent distributors primarily in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Datascope was organized in 1964 and is headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey.
DaVita, Inc. provides dialysis services in the United States for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure, also known as end stage renal disease (ESRD). The company operates kidney dialysis centers and provides related medical services primarily in dialysis centers and in contracted hospitals across the United States. Its services include outpatient dialysis services; hospital inpatient dialysis services; and ancillary services, such as ESRD laboratory services and disease management services. The company's subsidiary, DaVita Clinical Research, conducts renal and renal-related research trials of new drugs and devices. As of December 31, 2004, DaVita operated or provided administrative services to 660 outpatient facilities serving approximately 54,000 patients in 37 states and the District of Columbia. In addition, it also provided acute inpatient dialysis services in approximately 370 hospitals. DaVita is headquartered in El Segundo, California.
Daxor Corporation operates as a medical device manufacturing and biotechnology company in the United States. It is developing BVA-100, which measures human blood volume. This instrument is used in conjunction with a single use radiopharmaceutical diagnostic injection kit known as Volumex. BVA-100 has an accuracy of approximately 98% while also providing the predicted normal blood volume for that specific individual based on the height, weight, and sex of the patient. Daxor's patented Volumex utilizes Albumin I-131, a classic tracer used for blood volume measurement. The company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Scientific Medical Systems, operates a frozen blood bank in New York that allows people to store their own blood utilizing cryobiology technology for approximately 10 years. In addition, Idant, a division of the Scientific Medical subsidiary, provides sperm banking services. The company also provides special screening for rare hereditary recessive genetic traits. Daxor was founded in 1970 and is based in New York City.
DYNACQ HEALTHCARE INC (DYII)
Dynacq Healthcare, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the development and management of general acute care hospitals that principally provide specialized general surgeries, such as bariatric, orthopedic, and neuro-spine surgeries primarily in the United States. The company also provides fertility, sleep laboratory, and pain management services, as well as minor emergency treatment services; and ear, nose, and throat services. Its hospitals include operating rooms, pre and postoperative space, intensive care units, nursing units, and diagnostic facilities, as well as medical office buildings that lease space to physicians and other healthcare providers. As of August 31, 2005, it owned four hospital facilities in the United States, as well as a 70% equity interest in Shanghai DeAn Hospital, a joint venture formed for the purpose of constructing a hospital in Shanghai, China. The company was incorporated in 1983. It was formerly known as Dynacq International, Inc. and changed its name to Dynacq Healthcare, Inc. in 2003. Dynacq Healthcare is based in Houston, Texas.
DYNATRONICS CORPORATION (DYNT)
Dynatronics Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and distribution of physical medicine products and aesthetic products. It offers a line of medical equipment, including therapy devices, medical supplies and soft goods, treatment tables, and rehabilitation equipment. In addition, the company manufactures and distributes a line of aesthetic equipment that consists of aesthetic massage and microdermabrasion devices, as well as provides skin care products. Dynatronics' products are primarily used by physical therapists, chiropractors, sports medicine practitioners, podiatrists, plastic surgeons, dermatologists, aestheticians, and other aesthetic services providers. It distributes its products primarily through a network of independent dealers, direct relationships with certain national accounts, and full-line catalog, as well as through manufacturer representatives and direct sales force in the United States and internationally. Dynatronics was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
HearUSA, Inc. operates hearing care centers in the United States and Canada. The company operates in three segments: Company-Owned Centers (COC), Network of Independent Providers (NIP), and E-Commerce Business (ECB). The COC segment offers various products and services, including diagnostic audiological testing for hearing aids and assistive listening. As of December 31, 2004, it owned 154 centers in 11 states and in the Province of Ontario, Canada. The NIP segment operates a network of approximately 1,400 credentialed audiology providers that support hearing benefit programs with employer groups, health insurers, and benefit sponsors. The ECB segment offers on-line information about hearing loss, hearing aids, assistive listening devices, and the services offered by hearing health care professionals. It also offers on-line purchases of hearing related products, such as batteries, hearing aid accessories, and assistive listening devices. HearUSA was organized as HEARx, Ltd. in 1986 and changed its name to HearUSA, Inc. in 2002. The company is based in West Palm Beach, Florida.
ELBIT IMAGING LTD (EMITF)
Elbit Medical Imaging, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership, construction, operation, and management of hotels, and commercial and entertainment malls in central and eastern Europe. The company also owns and operates an entertainment and commercial center in Israel, as well as involves in the research and development, production, and marketing of image guided focused ultrasound treatment equipment. As of December 31, 2004, it had an aggregate of four operating commercial and entertainment malls in Poland, as well as an aggregate of eight malls in various stages of development and planning in Poland, the Czech Republic, Latvia, and Greece. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is based in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Elbit Medical Imaging, Ltd. is a subsidiary of Europe Israel, (M.M.S.), Ltd.
Endocare, Inc., a specialty medical device company, engages in the development, manufacturing, and distribution of health care products for cryoablation. The cryoablation refers to the use of ice to destroy tissue, such as tumors for therapeutic purposes. It offers products for the treatment of prostate and renal cancer, which include Cryocare surgical systems with cryoprobe capability; Cryocare CS System, a Cryocare surgical system with onboard ultrasound; CryoGuide, a computerized cryoprobe placement, simulation, and guidance system for cryosurgery; Cryoprobes, which are disposable probes used with the Cryocare surgical system; and FasTrac, a percutaneous access device that allows one-step insertion of cryoprobes. The company sells its products primarily to physicians, hospitals, and third party service providers through its direct sales force in the United States, and through independent distributors internationally. It has a strategic alliance with Sanarus Medical, Inc. Endocare was founded in 1990 and is based in Irvine, California.
EntreMed, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development of therapeutics primarily for the treatment of cancer. It develops multimechanism oncology and anti-inflammatory drugs that target disease cells directly and the blood vessels that nourish them. The company's lead drug candidate Panzem (2-methoxyestradiol or 2ME2) is in clinical trials for cancer, as well as in preclinical development for nononcology indications. Panzem is in Phase I and Phase II clinical trials. The company also develops various molecules, including analogs of 2ME2, modulators of fibroblast growth factor-2 activity, tissue factor pathway inhibitor peptides, and proteinase activated receptor-2 antagonists to inhibit tumor growth and angiogenesis activities. The company has a strategic alliance with Allergan to develop and commercialize small molecule angiogenic inhibitors for the treatment and prevention of diseases and conditions of the eye; research collaboration with Affymax, Inc. to identify lead tissue factor pathway inhibitor drug candidates for the treatment of cancer; and a cooperative research and development agreement with the National Cancer Institute to evaluate the role of HIF-1alpha inhibition in the treatment of cancer. EntreMed was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Rockville, Maryland.
Enzo Biochem, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of diagnostic and research products based on genetic engineering, biotechnology, and molecular biology. These products are designed for the diagnosis of and/or screening for infectious diseases, cancers, genetic defects, and other medically pertinent diagnostic information. The company's major product categories include preformatted in situ kits, preformatted microplate kits, membrane kits, labeled probes, and labeling and signaling reagents. It is also conducting research and development activities in the development of therapeutic products based on the company's technology platform of genetic modulation and immune modulation. Enzo Biochem is evaluating its proprietary gene medicine for HIV-1 infection, as well as its proprietary immune regulation medicines for hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection, and for Crohn's Disease. In addition, it operates a regional clinical reference laboratory that provides diagnostic services to the greater New York and New Jersey medical community. This laboratory offers a menu of routine and esoteric clinical laboratory tests or procedures. These tests are frequently used in general patient care by physicians to establish or support a diagnosis, monitor treatment or medication, or search for an otherwise undiagnosed condition. Enzo Biochem markets its products and services through direct sales, manufacturers, and distributors. The company was co-founded by Elazar Rabbani, Shahram K. Rabbani, and Barry W. Weiner in 1976. Enzo Biochem is headquartered in Farmingdale, New York.
EMERITUS CORPORATION (ESC)
Emeritus Corporation, an integrated assisted living company, operates residential style communities in the United States. These communities provide basic services, assisted living services, and special care program for senior citizens who need help with the activities of daily living. Its basic services include three nutritious meals per day; social and recreational activities; weekly housekeeping and linen service; building maintenance; individual apartment maintenance and grounds keeping; 24-hour emergency response and security; licensed nurses available to monitor and coordinate care needs, organize wellness activities, and transportation to appointments; and excursions for independent, assisted living, and those with Alzheimer's and related dementia. The company's assisted living services consist of medication management and supervision; reminders for dining and recreational activities; assistance with bathing, dressing, and grooming; incontinence care and assistance; psycho-social support; dining assistance; and miscellaneous services, such as diabetic management, prescription medication reviews, transfers, and simple treatments for assisted living residents. Emeritus Corporation's special care programs include personalized environment, activities planned to support interactions, and specialized dining and hydration programs, as well as partnerships with families and others through support groups, one-on-one meetings, and educational forums for residents with Alzheimer's and related dementias. The company also provides management services to independent and related-party owners of assisted living communities. As of March 31, 2005, Emeritus had interests in 182 communities representing capacity for approximately 18,400 residents in 34 states. The company was founded by Daniel R. Baty, Raymond R. Brandstrom, and Frank A. Ruffo Jr. in 1993. Emeritus is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
ESCALON MEDICAL CORP (ESMC)
Escalon Medical Corp. engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, and distribution of medical devices and pharmaceuticals in the areas of ophthalmology, diabetes, hematology, and vascular access. It provides instruments for blood cell counting and blood analysis; and supplies the reagent and other consumable materials needed to operate the instruments. The company also sells diabetic testing products, including DS5 that measures long-term glucose control in diabetic patients; and Hb-Gold, which provides for in vitro measurement of certain genetic diseases of the blood. In addition, it offers equipment for use in the field of human and veterinary hematology. The company also manufactures and markets ultrasound systems for diagnostic or biometric applications in ophthalmology, including A-Scans, B-Scans, High frequency B-Scans, and pachymeters. Further, it develops, manufactures, and markets vascular access products that include Doppler-guided vascular access assemblies used to locate desired vessels for access. Escalon Medical also provides ophthalmic surgical products to vitreoretinal ophthalmic surgeons; distributes intraocular gas products, C3F8 and SF6, which are used by vitreoretinal surgeons as a temporary tamponade in detached retina surgery; light sources, including various fiber optic probes and illuminated tissue manipulators; and CFA camera system. The company also offers viscous fluid transfer systems and related disposable syringe products, which aid in the process of injecting and extracting silicone oil. The company has license and distribution rights for Povidone-Iodine 2.5% solution, an anti-microbial to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum in newborns. It sells its product to surgeons, laboratories, medical institutions, educational institutions, and ophthalmologists. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC (ESRX)
Express Scripts, Inc. operates as a pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company in North America, providing health care management and administration services. The company's integrated PBM services include network claims processing, mail pharmacy services, specialty prescription fulfillment, benefit design consultation, drug utilization review, formulary management, disease management, and drug data analysis services. Express Scripts also provides nonPBM services, including pharmaceuticals distribution services through its Express Scripts Specialty Distribution Services subsidiary; and drug sample fulfillment and sample accountability services through its subsidiary Phoenix Marketing Group, Inc. The company's clients include health maintenance organizations, health insurers, third-party administrators, employers, union-sponsored benefit plans, and government health programs. Express Scripts was established in 1986 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION (EW)
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation provides products and technologies designed to treat advanced cardiovascular disease. It provides products and technologies to address heart valve disease, peripheral vascular disease, and critical care technologies. The company's products and technologies are categorized into five areas: heart valve therapy, critical care, cardiac surgery systems, vascular, and other distributed products. Its heart valve therapy portfolio comprises tissue heart valves and heart valve repair products that are used to replace or repair a patient's diseased or defective heart valve. In the critical care area, the company provides hemodynamic monitoring systems used to measure a patient's heart function, as well as disposable pressure transducers and central venous access products for fluid and drug delivery. The company's cardiac surgery systems portfolio consists of a diverse line of products, including oxygenators, blood containers, filters, and other disposable products used during cardiopulmonary bypass procedures, cannulae, and transmyocardial revascularization technology. Edwards Lifesciences' vascular portfolio includes a line of balloon catheter-based products, surgical clips and inserts, angioscopy equipment, artificial implantable grafts, and stents used in the treatment of peripheral vascular disease. In addition, the company's other distributed products include intra-aortic balloon pumps, pacemakers, and other products. It distributes its products through direct sales force and independent distributors primarily in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Edwards Lifesciences was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
Exactech, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, distribution, and sale of orthopaedic implant devices, related surgical instrumentation, and biologic materials to hospitals and physicians in the United States and internationally. The company offers Optetrak knee system, a modular system designed to improve the movement of the knee cap, which is called patellar tracking and reduces the force between surfaces in a joint, and provides a functional range of motion. It also offers AcuMatch integrated hip system, which is designed to address the requirements for total hip replacement, including primary and revision needs. Exactech also distributes bone paste materials for use in nonspinal musculoskeletal orthopaedic procedures. Its allograft materials are distributed as Opteform and Optefil, and are used for repairing bone and filling bone defects. In addition, the company offers AcuDriver automated osteotome system, an air-driven impact hand piece that assists surgeons during joint implant revision procedures by aiding in removal of failed prostheses and bone cement; and distributes Link surgical instrumentation that can be used in various orthopaedic procedures, including shoulder, knee, spine, foot, ankle, and hip arthroplasty; and offers Cemex bone cement system featuring a self-contained delivery system. Exactech markets its orthopaedic implant products in the United States through independent sales agencies and domestic distributors. The company was co-founded by William Petty, Betty Petty, and Gary J. Miller in 1985. Exactech is headquartered in Gainesville, Florida.
ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS INC (EYE)
Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (AMO) engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of surgical devices for the eyes worldwide. It has two product lines, ophthalmic surgical and eye care. The company's ophthalmic surgical product line provides medical devices for use in the cataract and refractive surgery markets. Cataract surgery market focuses on four products, including foldable intraocular lenses (IOLs), implantation systems, phacoemulsification systems, and viscoelastics. Refractive surgery market, in addition to IOLs and viscoelastics, markets microkeratomes for use in the LASIK procedure. AMO's eye care product line provides a range of contact lens care products for use with various contact lenses. These products include single-bottle, multipurpose cleaning and disinfecting solutions, hydrogen peroxide-based disinfecting solutions, daily cleaners, enzymatic cleaners, and contact lens rewetting drops. The company's customers include surgeons, hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, optometrists, opticians, ophthalmologists, and retailers, such as mass merchandisers and drug store chains. It has direct operations in approximately 20 countries; and markets and sells its products in approximately 60 countries, including Europe. AMO has operations in North and South America, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Japan, and Asia Pacific. Advanced Medical Optics was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Santa Ana, California.
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE CORPORATION (FMS)
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FONAR Corporation engages in the research, development, production, and marketing of medical scanning equipment, which utilizes magnetic resonance imaging technology (MRI) for the detection and diagnosis of human diseases. Its principal products include Stand-Up/Upright MRI, which allows patients to be scanned in a fully weight bearing condition, such as standing, sitting, or bending in any position that causes symptoms; and FONAR 360, a room-size recumbent scanner that optimizes openness while facilitating physician access to the patient. The company also provides management services to physician's practices and other medical providers, including diagnostic imaging centers and ancillary services. These services include development; administration; leasing of office space; facilities and medical equipment; provision of supplies; staffing and supervision of nonmedical personnel; legal services; accounting, billing, and collection; and the development and implementation of practice growth and marketing strategies. The company offers its products and services primarily to private scanning centers and hospitals in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. FONAR Corporation was formed in 1978 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.
Langer, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of medical products for the orthopedic, orthotic, and prosthetic markets. The company operates in two segments, Orthopedic and Skincare. The Orthopedic segment offers a line of approximately 500 orthopedic products, including custom foot and ankle orthotic devices, prefabricated foot products, rehabilitation products, and gel-based orthopedic and prosthetics products for patients to correct, protect, and heal. The Skincare segment provides a line of approximately 50 skincare products for the medical, therapeutic, and retail markets. Its products include scar management products, and gel-based therapeutic gloves and socks for skin appearance, as well as for transmission of moisture agents, vitamins, and nutrients to the skin. Langer sells its products primarily to independent medical distributors and directly to healthcare professionals in the United States and Canada, as well as in approximately 30 other countries. It markets its products to podiatrists, orthopedists, orthopedic surgeons, dermatologists, cosmetic and plastic surgeons, occupational and physical rehabilitation professionals, prosthetists, orthotists, and various healthcare professionals. The company was formerly known as Langer Biomechanics Group, Inc. and changed its name to Langer, Inc. in 2001. Langer is headquartered in Deer Park, New York.
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NEW CONCEPT ENERGY INC (GBR)
CabelTel International Corporation provides cable television services in Bulgaria. Its telecommunications activities include providing subscription cable television, fixed voice telephony services, and data services in Bulgaria and surrounding countries. The company offers cable television services to approximately 130,000 households. It also engages in the ownership and operation of real estate, comprising a retirement community in King City, Oregon, with a capacity for 114 residents, as well as an outlet mall in Gainesville, Texas with approximately 315,000 square feet of retail space available for lease. In addition, CabelTel International owns oil and gas leases in Gregg and Rusk Counties, Texas. As of June 30, 2005, it operated 48 producing wells. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
GENEREX BIOTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (GNBT)
Generex Biotechnology Corporation engages in the research and development of drug delivery systems and technology. Its products include morphine, fentanyl, heparin, and flu vaccine, which are used medically for pain relief and as a sedative. The company also offers Oralin product, which is a proprietary insulin formulation used for diabetes management. Its Oralin product is delivered through RapidMist device, which is used to administer large molecule drugs, including proteins, peptides, monoclonal antibodies, hormones, and vaccines. The company, through its subsidiary, Antigen Express, Inc., conducts research and development of technologies and immunomedicines for the treatment of malignant, infectious, autoimmune, and allergic diseases. Generex Biotechnology was founded in 1983 and is based in Ontario, Canada.
HAEMONETICS CORPORATION (HAE)
Haemonetics Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of automated systems and single-use disposables for the collection, processing, and surgical salvage of donor and patient blood. The company's systems enable users to collect and process the blood component they target, such as plasma, platelets, or red blood cells. Its products include PCS brand systems, which automate the collection of plasma from donors; MCS, which automate the collection of platelets; ACP that automate the process used to freeze, thaw, and wash red blood cells. The company's surgical blood salvage systems are used during and after surgery to collect a patient's own blood for reinfusion. These systems include Cell Saver brand systems for higher blood loss surgeries and trauma; OrthoPAT brand systems for lower, slower blood loss procedures; and cardioPAT brand system for blood loss during and after beating heart surgeries or for blood loss after various coronary artery bypass graft surgeries. The company offers its products primarily through direct sales force, independent distributors, and agents principally in the United Sates, Europe, and Japan and other parts of Asia. Haemonetics was founded in 1971 and is based in Braintree, Massachusetts.
HANGER ORTHOPEDIC GROUP INC (HGR)
Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. engages in the ownership and operation of orthotic and prosthetic patient-care centers in the United States. It offers various patient-care services, including fabrication, fitting, and maintenance of orthotic and prosthetic devices. The company's orthotics operations offer standard and custom-made braces, and other devices, such as spinal, knee, and sports-medicine braces that provide external support to patients suffering from musculoskeletal disorders, such as ailments of the back, extremities or joints, and injuries from sports or other activities. Its prosthetics operations provide custom-made artificial limbs for patients who are without limbs as a result of traumatic injuries, vascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, or congenital disorders. Hanger Orthopedic Group also distributes branded and private label orthotic and prosthetic devices and components in the United States, which are manufactured by third parties. As of December 31, 2004, the company operated approximately 619 patient care centers in 44 states and the District of Columbia. Hanger Orthopedic Group was founded in 1861 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.
Hooper Holmes, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides outsourced risk assessment services to the life and health insurance industry, and medical evaluation and claims management services to the automobile insurance industry and the workers' compensation industry in the United States and United Kingdom. The company provides paramedical and medical examinations, including blood and urine specimen collection, primarily in connection with insurance carriers' processing and evaluation of the risks associated with underwriting insurance policies; tele-underwriting, telephone personal health interviews, and medical records retrieval; and laboratory testing services. In addition, it provides medical claims services, which primarily includes the arrangement of independent medical exams for the purpose of determining the nature, source, and extent of injury to insurance adjusters for use in processing accident claims, primarily on behalf of property and casualty insurance carriers. In addition, Hooper Holmes provides other services, including the preparation of general practitioner reports for the legal, corporate, and insurance industries; underwriting of life insurance policies on an outsourced basis, without the mortality risks attendant to such underwriting activity; and pre and post employment physical examination screening services for public transportation and corporate agencies. Hooper Holmes operates through approximately 160 branch offices and 76 contractor affiliate offices located in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company is based in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.
HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES INC (HMA)
Health Management Associates, Inc. engages in the ownership and operation of general acute care hospitals and psychiatric hospitals in nonurban communities primarily in the southeastern and southwestern United States. Its services include general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, diagnostic care, coronary care, pediatric services, behavioral health services, and psychiatric care. The company also provides outpatient services, such as one-day surgery, laboratory, x-ray, respiratory therapy, cardiology, and physical therapy. In addition, it offers specialty services in cardiology, such as open-heart surgery; neuro-surgery; oncology; radiation therapy; CT scanning; MRI imaging; lithotripsy; and full-service obstetrics. As of September 30, 2005, the company operated 57 hospitals, consisting of 55 acute care hospitals with approximately 8,128 beds; and 2 psychiatric hospitals with approximately 182 beds. Health Management Associates was formed in 1977 and is headquartered in Naples, Florida.
Health Net, Inc. operates as a managed health care company in the United States. The company's health maintenance organizations, point of service (POS), insured preferred provider organizations (PPO), and government contracts subsidiaries provide health benefits through various programs, including group, individual, Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE. Its health plans offer its members a range of health care services, such as ambulatory and outpatient physician care, hospital care, pharmacy services, behavioral health, and ancillary diagnostic and therapeutic services. The company also offers managed health care products related to behavioral health and prescription drugs. In addition, Health Net owns interests in health and life insurance companies that are licensed to sell exclusive provider organization, PPO, POS, and indemnity products, as well as auxiliary nonhealth products, such as life and accidental death and dismemberment, dental, vision, behavioral health, and disability insurance. The company is headquartered in Woodland Hills, California.
Hologic, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and supply of diagnostic and medical imaging systems for serving the healthcare needs of women. It focuses on mammography and bone densitometry. The company's mammography products include the Selenia full field digital mammography system and a series of screen-film mammography systems, breast biopsy image guidance systems, and other systems. Its osteoporosis assessment products consist of a family of QDR X-ray bone densitometers; and the Sahara Clinical Bone Sonometer, an ultrasound device that assesses the bone density of the heel. Hologic also offers Fluoroscan mini C-arm imaging systems for orthopedic surgeons to perform minimally invasive surgical procedures on a patient's extremities, such as the hand, wrist, knee, foot, and ankle. In addition, it provides digital detector products for original equipment manufacturers to incorporate into their own equipment, as well as minimally invasive stereotactic breast biopsy guidance systems, such as MultiCare Platinum prone breast biopsy table and the StereoLoc II upright attachment that provide an alternative to open surgical biopsy. Further, the company sells, distributes, and services complementary products that are developed and manufactured by other original equipment manufacturers. Its customers include hospitals, imaging clinics, and private practices, as well as healthcare organizations and pharmaceutical companies. The company sells and services its products through a combination of direct sales and service force, and a network of independent distributors in the United States and Belgium. Hologic was founded by S. David Ellenbogen and Jay A. Stein. The company was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.
HILLENBRAND INDUSTRIES INC (HRC)
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. provides medical technologies and related services for the health care industry. It provides patient support systems, non-invasive therapeutic products for various acute and chronic medical conditions, medical equipment rentals, and information technology solutions. The company's patient support systems include various electrically adjustable and manual bed systems and integrated and non integrated therapeutic surfaces for use in high, mid, and low acuity settings; bedside cabinets; adjustable-height overbed tables; mattresses; communications products; and patient room furniture. It rents and sells non invasive therapeutic products and surfaces primarily to acute, extended, and home care customers for various acute and chronic medical conditions, such as pulmonary, wound, circulatory, and bariatric conditions. The company also develops and markets various communications technologies and software solutions, such as a suite of clinical communication and productivity solutions, NaviCare patient flow management system, and WatchChild obstetric data management system. In addition, Hill-Rom Holdings operates hospital bed, therapy bed, and patient room equipment manufacturing and development facilities in the United States, France, Australia, and Mexico. The company was founded in 1969. It was formerly known as Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. and changed its name to Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. in March 2008. The company is headquartered in Batesville, Indiana.
ARRHYTHMIA RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY INC (HRT)
Arrhythmia Research Technology, Inc. (ART) engages in the development and licensing of medical software that acquires data and analyzes electrical impulses of the heart to detect and aid in the treatment of potentially lethal arrhythmias. Its products consist of Predictor 7 software, which is a Windows compatible version of Arrhythmia Research Technology's analytical program for the detection of late potentials. The company's customers include research institutions, hospitals, and clinics. Arrhythmia, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Micron Products, Inc., manufactures and distributes silver plated and nonsilver plated conductive resin sensors, and metal snap fasteners used in the manufacture of disposable integrated electrodes constituting a part of electrocardiographic diagnostic and monitoring instruments. It also manufactures and leases electrode assembly machines to its sensor and snap customers. The company markets its products through licensing with original equipment manufacturers. Arrhythmia was founded in 1981 and is based in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
HealthTronics, Inc. engages in the provision of healthcare services; manufacture of medical devices primarily for the urology community; and manufacture and design of specialty vehicles used for the transport of medical, and broadcast and communications equipment primarily in the United States. It operates in three segments: Urology, Specialty Vehicle Manufacturing, and Medical Device Sales and Service. The Urology segment provides services related to the operation of lithotripters, including scheduling, staffing, training, quality assurance, regulatory compliance; and contracting with payors, hospitals, and surgery centers. These Lithotripters use extracorporeal shock waves to break up kidney stones into small pieces, which can pass naturally through the body's urinary tract. The Specialty Vehicle Manufacturing segment provides manufacturing services and installation, upgrade, refurbishment, and repair of medical equipment for mobile medical service providers, and the mobile broadcast and communication industry. This segment designs, constructs, and engineer mobile trailers, coaches, and special purpose mobile units that transport medical devices, such as magnetic resonance imaging, cardiac catheterization labs, CT scanware, lithotripters and positron emission tomography, and equipment designed for mobile command and control centers, as well as broadcasting and communications applications. The Medical Device Sales and Service segment manufactures, sells, and maintains lithotripters, as well as markets fixed and mobile tables for urological treatments and imaging; and patient handling tables for use by pain management clinics. HealthTronics is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Humana, Inc., a health benefits company, offers health insurance coverage and related services through various Internet-based plans for employer groups, government-sponsored programs, and individuals in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Commercial and Government. The Commercial segment comprises members enrolled in products and includes three lines of business: fully insured medical, administrative services only (ASO), and specialty products. Fully insured medical products include consumer-directed products, including health maintenance organization (HMO) products, which provide prepaid health insurance coverage to its members through a network of independent primary care physicians, specialty physicians, and other health care providers; and preferred provider organization products that provide a member to choose a physician or other health care provider. ASO products are marketed to employers, who self-insure their employee health plans. Specialty products include dental, group and individual life, and short-term disability products. The Government segment consists of members enrolled in government-sponsored programs and includes three types of products: Medicare Advantage, which provides persons age 65 and over, and some disabled persons under the age of 65 certain hospital and medical insurance benefits; Medicaid, a federal program to enable the delivery of health care services to low-income residents; and TRICARE, which provides health insurance coverage to the dependents of active duty military personnel, and to retired military personnel and their dependents. The company offers its products and services primarily through independent brokers, agents, and sales representatives. As of December 31, 2004, it had approximately 7.0 million members in its medical insurance programs, as well as approximately 1.7 million members in its specialty products programs. Humana, Inc. was organized in 1964 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
ICU Medical, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of disposable medical connection systems for use in intravenous (I.V.) therapy applications. Its products include CLAVE, a one-piece, needleless I.V. connection device; custom I.V. systems; Punctur-Guard line of blood collection needles; CLC2000, one piece, swabable connector used to connect I.V. lines to catheters; 1o2 Valve, a one-way or two-way drug delivery system; and Lopez Enteral Valve, a small ‘T' valve designed to be connected into nasogastric, gastric, or jejunostomy tube systems. The company's devices are designed to protect healthcare workers and their patients from exposure to infectious diseases, such as Hepatitis B and C and Human Immunodeficiency Virus, through accidental needlesticks. In addition, the company develops a family of single-use needleless connectors for use in piggyback and nonpiggyback applications. ICU Medical sells its products to I.V. product manufacturers and independent distributors. It distributes its products in the United States, Canada, western Europe, the Pacific Rim, Latin America, and South Africa. ICU Medical was founded by George A. Lopez and is based in San Clemente, California.
I-FLOW CORPORATION (IFLO)
I-Flow Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of ambulatory infusion systems for pain management and infusion therapy. It manufactures a line of infusion pumps, catheters, and pain kits that administer medication directly to the wound site, as well as administer local anesthetics, chemotherapies, antibiotics, diagnostic agents, nutritional supplements, and other medications. The company sells and distributes its products in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle East. In addition, it engages in the rental of infusion pumps on a month-to-month basis for the treatment of cancer. I-Flow Corp. has a partnership with the University of Minnesota to conduct an animal study to evaluate the promise of antimicrobial benefits of ON-Q. The company was established in 1985 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, California.
ING CLARION GLOBAL REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND (IGR)
ING Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund operates as a nondiversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund invests primarily in common and preferred stocks of the real estate companies. Its real estate investment portfolio primarily comprises buildings, shopping centers, warehouses, hotels, apartments, and malls. ING Clarion Real Estate Securities, L.P. serves as investment advisor of the fund. The fund was founded in 2003 and is based in Radnor, Pennsylvania.
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