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Smiths Medical is one of the leading global providers of medical devices for hospitals and homes. Its products are used during critical and intensive care, surgeries, postoperative care and in a variety of high-end home infusion therapies. The company provides its products under more than 10 brand names, including Portex, Medex, Deltec, Level1, Cozmore, Pneupac, Wallace, CADD, BCI, Jelco, Medfusion and Surgivet. Smiths Medical offers various critical care and medication delivery solutions for airway and pain management, needle safety, temperature management monitoring, hospital and ambulatory infusion, vascular access, insulin infusion and in-vitro fertilization. It is a division of the Smiths Group, which is a global technology company with more than 20,000 employees in over 50 countries. The group maintains three divisions focused on high growth detection, medical devices, energy and communications markets. Smiths Medical is located in Southington, Conn.

Covidien, a publicly traded company, is a manufacturer of medical devices and supplies, diagnostic imaging agents and pharmaceuticals. The company supplies medical, surgical, electrosurgical, respiratory therapy products to hospitals, acute care facilities, nursing homes, ambulatory surgery centers, physician offices, etc. Covidien has over 40,000 employees worldwide in more than 60 countries and sells its products in over 140 countries. It offers products from various brands, such as Autosuture, Kendall, Nelloor, Syneture, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Puritan Bennett, etc. In 2010, Covidien acquired ev3 Inc. The company generates annual revenue of over $10 billion. In 2007, Tyco Healthcare separated from Tyco International and changed its name to Covidien.

Kinetic Instruments was founded in 1977, based on the principle of providing dental equipment at value-oriented prices. The company has been providing innovative light generation for more than 25 years. Kinetic Instruments manufactures a variety of products for the dental industry, such as high-speed and low-speed handpieces, sonic handpieces, e-type air motors, handpiece light sources and composite and sealant curing. The company also provides ultraviolet adhesive curing, light emitting diode inspection, rapid glass bonding and ultraviolet authentication. When the company was originally established, Kinetic Instruments main direction was the design and production of high-output light source systems for handpieces fabricated by other manufacturers. The company is based in Bethel, Conn.