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Spacelabs Healthcare combines a core of the world s most respected medical device and services companies. With offices worldwide and distribution channels in more than 100 countries, Spacelabs has the talent and resources to connect the needs of caregivers and their patients with real-life integrated solutions. The company specializes in patient monitoring and connectivity and anesthesia delivery and ventilation products and solutions, diagnostic cardiology and clinical trial services. It is a subsidiary of OSI Systems, a diversified developer, manufacturer and seller of optoelectronic components and systems throughout the world. Spacelabs Healthcare maintains a location in Issaquah, Wash.

Verathon specializes in the development of handheld ultrasound devices. The company s mission is to advance patient care by making non-invasive instruments and devices more accessible to health care providers. Verathon's patented, non-invasive BladderScan instrument has become the standard of care for bladder volume measurement. The company was founded in 1984 to use emerging ultrasound technology to develop non-invasive, easy to use medical devices that would fill unmet needs in health care. Verathon s headquarters is in Bothell, Wash.

BioLife Solutions is a leader in the biological packaging field. It provides preservation solutions that maintain the viability and health of cellular matter and tissues during freezing, transportation and storage. Its products are designed to support the emerging fields of cell and gene therapy, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The company s line of preservation solutions is composed of complex synthetic, aqueous solutions containing, in part, minerals and other elements found in human blood, which are necessary to maintain fluids and chemical balances throughout the body at near freezing temperatures. The solutions preserve cells and tissue in low temperature environments for extended periods after removal of the cells through minimally invasive biopsy or surgical extraction, as well as in shipping the propagated material for the application of cell or gene therapy or tissue engineering. BioLife Solutions has headquarters in Oswego, N.Y., and trades publicly on the Over The Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol BLFS.OB.