Which company focuses on diagnostics, breast health, gynecological surgical, and skeletal health; Illinois Tool Works or Hologic?
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Illinois Tool Works Illinois Tool Works Inc. or ITW is a Fortune 500 company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products. It was founded in 1912 by Byron L. Smith.
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Hologic Hologic, Inc. is a developer, manufacturer and supplier of diagnostic products, medical imaging systems and surgical products. The Company’s core business units focus on diagnostics, breast health, gynecological surgical, and skeletal health. Its major products include the Selenia Dimension mammography system, the Discovery and Horizon bone densitometers, the NovaSure endometrial ablation device, the ThinPrep pap test, and the Aptima, Cervista, and Prodesse diagnostic assays. While historically the Company was focused on women's health, expansion into the molecular diagnostics space has resulted in the Company's rebranding from "The Women's Health Company" to its current tagline, "The Science of Sure".
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Gen-Probe Gen-Probe was a company based in San Diego, California specializing in Clinical Diagnostics, Blood Screening, Transplant Products and Research Products. The Company's molecular diagnostics products were used for diagnosis of infectious diseases, blood screening, analyzing blood transfusions for immune response, testing coagulation pathways, and organ transplant viability. Their products and services also included technology and know-how in biomedical research and drug development.
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Boston Scientific Boston Scientific Corporation (Boston Scientific) is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a range of interventional medical specialties, including interventional radiology, interventional cardiology, peripheral interventions, neuromodulation, neurovascular intervention, electrophysiology, cardiac surgery, vascular surgery, endoscopy, oncology, urology and gynecology.
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Moline Plow Company The Moline Plow Company was an American manufacturer of plows and other farm implements, headquartered in Moline, Illinois, USA.
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Pathway Genomics Pathway Genomics is a privately held global precision medical diagnostic company with mobile applications designed to empower physicians and their patients to take control of their health and wellness. Based in San Diego, California, the company offers genetic testing to physicians for their patients to support treatment a variety of health conditions. The test menu ranges from somatic and hereditary cancer, including "BRCA1" and "BRCA2", to pharmacogenomics testing for well-known drugs like Plavix, codeine, lamotrigine, to general health and wellness testing which includes information on a number of health conditions including type 1 and type 2 diabetes and hypertension.
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OLogic OLogic is an embedded systems research and development company with a focus on robotic applications and technologies. OLogic works primarily as an external research and development team, which develops products for its clients. The company’s work has been incorporated in consumer products and the education, medical and defense industries. OLogic is headed by CEO Ted Larson and Vice President of Technology Brandon Blodget.
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CraftWorks Restaurants &amp; Breweries CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries, Inc. is a multi-brand restaurant operator headquartered in dual offices in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Broomfield, Colorado USA. The company owns several casual dining restaurant chains, most notably Old Chicago, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurants, and Rock Bottom Restaurants Breweries. CraftWorks owns and operates nearly 200 restaurant locations throughout North America, has more than 12,000 employees, and over 70 locations serving beer brewed on-site, making it the largest operator of brewery restaurants.
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Total Worker Health Total Worker Health is a trademarked strategy defined as policies, programs, and practices that integrate protection from work-related safety and health hazards with promotion of injury and illness prevention efforts to advance worker well-being. It was conceived and is funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Total Worker Health is tested and developed in six Centers of Excellence for Total Worker Health in the United States.
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Opto Circuits Opto Circuits (India) Limited (OCI) is a vertically integrated multinational medical technology Group that specializes in primary, acute and critical care products for the global markets. Group companies such as Criticare, Eurocor, Mediaid, AMDL and Unetixs Vascular are leaders in cardiac and vital signs monitors, emergency cardiac care equipment, vascular treatments and sensing technologies. The Company's USFDA listed and CE marked products are marketed in more than 150 countries and sold through direct and indirect sales channels across many emerging and developing economies.
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Life Alert Emergency Response Life Alert Emergency Response, Inc. is a nationwide American company, with headquarters in Encino, California, which provides services that help the elderly contact emergency services. Founded in 1987 by Zohar Loshitzer, Arik Amir and Isaac Shepher, the company's system consists of a main unit and a small wireless help button that is worn on the user at all times. Former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop appeared in commercials for Life Alert starting in 1992, stating that he wore one. He remained a spokesman for the company until his death in 2013.
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Health Care Service Corporation Health Care Service Corporation was formerly known as Hospital Service Corporation and changed its name to Health Care Service Corporation in 1975, HCSC is a not-for-profit corporation health insurance company in the United States, The company was founded in 1936 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with a network of offices in the United States. Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) is the licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association for 5 states. It concentrates its operations in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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Edwards Lifesciences Edwards Lifesciences is an American medical equipment company specializing in artificial heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring. It is mostly known for a transcatheter aortic heart valve made of bovine tissue within a collapsible stainless-steel stent, deployed via catheter.
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ShipWorks ShipWorks is a product by the St. Louis, Missouri based Interapptive Inc. It is a multi-carrier shipping software that integrates online sales and marketplace systems including eBay, Etsy, PayPal, Amazon, and Yahoo. The software provides direct support for many US based carriers including DHL Global Mail, FedEx, UPS, USPS, Stamps.com, Endicia, Express 1, OnTrac, uShip and i-Parcel, however integration with non-US based shipping accounts is incomplete.
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Susan B. Horwitz Susan Beth Horwitz (January 6, 1955 – June 11, 2014) was an American computer scientist noted for her research on
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Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) is a non-profit organization based in the US state of Illinois. It sponsors an initiative by the healthcare industry to improve the way computer systems share information. IHE was established in 1998 by a consortium of radiologists and information technology (IT) experts.
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Celliant Celliant is a brand-name synthetic polymer bi-component fiber made from polyethylene terephthalate with optically active particles embedded into the core. Created by Hologenix, LLC, fabrics containing Celliant have been shown to increase oxygenation in body tissue and demonstrated to reduce minor aches and pains. Initially marketed as Holofiber, Hologenix changed the name to Celliant to avoid confusion about the nature of the core of its fiber. Celliant has been shown to interact with electromagnetic emissions (e.g. infrared light) produced by the human body to achieve the increased oxygenation.
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Health Insurance Innovations Health Insurance Innovations is a developer of web-based individual health insurance plans and ancillary products listed on NASDAQ. HII was founded in 2008 by Michael W. Kosloske, and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida. The company uses a cloud-based platform which enables licensed agents to enroll consumers in a variety of insurance products and lifestyle benefits provided by carrier partners. The health insurance products are sold by licensed insurance agents and underwritten by insurance carrier companies.
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Long Island Plastic Surgical Group Long Island Plastic Surgical Group (LIPSG) was founded in April 1948 and is the oldest and largest private academic plastic surgery practice in the United States. The group currently has eight offices in New York, including Garden City, East Hills, Babylon, Huntington, Manhattan, Flushing, Brooklyn-Downtown, and Brooklyn-Park Slope. The practice operates with twenty plastic and reconstructive surgeons who were trained at institutions including Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic and Massachusetts General Hospital. LIPSG is composed of nine centers: Skincare and Age Management; Non-invasive and Surgical Facial Rejuvenation; Pediatric Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery; Facial Reanimation and Peripheral Nerve Repair; Microsurgery and Hand Reconstruction; Breast and Body Cosmetic Surgery; Burns and Complex Wound Management; Breast Reconstruction Cancer Surgery; and Post-Weight Loss Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery.
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Surgical Care Affiliates Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc. (SCA), is one of the largest providers of Outpatient Surgery in the United States. Based in Deerfield, Illinois, the company has a network of more than 200 ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) located in 35 states performing 1 million procedures a year. In March 2017, SCA joined the OptumCare division of Optum (part of UnitedHealth Group).
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Reyes Holdings Reyes Holdings, LLC is an American foodservice wholesaler and distributor. Its divisions include McDonald's distributor Martin-Brower, foodservice company Reinhart FoodService, and beer distributor Reyes Beverage Group. In 2016 it was the 12th-largest private company in the United States. The company is based in Rosemont, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
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Cardinal Health Cardinal Health, Inc. is a Fortune 500 health care services company based in Dublin, Ohio. The company specializes in distribution of pharmaceuticals and medical products, serving more than 100,000 locations. The company also manufactures medical and surgical products, including gloves, surgical apparel and fluid management products. In addition, it operates the nation’s largest network of radiopharmacies. Cardinal Health provides medical products to over 75 percent of hospitals in the United States. In December 2013, it was announced that Cardinal Health would team up with CVS Caremark, which would form the largest generic drug sourcing operation in the United States. The venture was named Red Oak Sourcing and began operations in July 2014.