[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 23, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10790-S10795]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
Y2K AND MEDICAL DEVICES
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, most of us are aware that there is a very
serious computer problem, the year 2000 computer problem or Y2K
problem, which has the potential to dramatically disrupt our energy,
transportation, banking and health sectors, just to name a few.
As most of you know, the year 2000 computer technology problem stems
from the earlier programing of two digit date codes; many old programs
were written assuming the year would begin with ``19.'' Therefore the
year-2000 computer problem means that if an unknown number of programs
and microchips around the world aren't fixed or replaced, computers
that read ``00'' as the year 1900, not 2000 will fail or malfunction on
January 1, 2000.
To correct this problem millions of dollars have been earmarked by
government and industry to identify, correct and test the millions of
lines of code and embedded chips that perform mission-critical
functions.
Senator Bennett and I co-chair the Senate's Year 2000 Committee and
we are actively reviewing the progress of U.S. industry and government
agencies. Both must bring their own systems into compliance and the
government agencies must monitor the compliance status of the areas
that they regulate.
This is truly a world-wide phenomenon, and while the United States is
doing a pretty good job of playing catch up, many nations of the world
have hardly begun to address their own year 2000 or Y2K problems.
From time to time I will come to the Senate floor to brief the other
Members and the public on the progress of the committee's work and the
highlight problems areas.
One such problem area was highlighted during the committee's hearing
on health concerns. Whereas, in many industries, there are areas termed
mission-critical which refers to embedded or coded systems without
which the primary objective of that system fails. In the health field,
there are life-critical systems which sustain human life. An example of
a life-critical embedded system would be a cardiac monitor in the
intensive-care unit of a hospital. If it fails, the patient could lose
his or her life.
With this in mind I was deeply disturbed to learn, during one of the
committee's earlier hearings, that the FDA's attempts to survey and
document year 2000 compliance within the medical device industry had
indicated an unacceptable low level of response. At the committee's
July 23, 1998 hearing on the health care industry, I was shocked by the
fact that instead of taking steps to deal with this problem, the
medical device industry, as a whole, at that time, seemed to be
exacerbating the problem by refusing to provide information either to
the FDA or to even the hospitals and clinics which use the devices
every day. I made it clear that this sort of attitude was stunningly
short-sighted and could only cause harm to both the makers and users of
these devices. Indeed, the committee learned that the FDA on June 28,
1998 requested that the nearly 2000 medical device manufacturers
immediately respond and indicate their level of year 2000 compliance.
This initial lack of response was indeed irresponsible. According to
the FDA, of the nearly 1,935 medical manufacturers surveyed,
approximately 755 replied.
Let me repeat this. Of the nearly 2,000 manufactures of life-critical
medical devices, the FDA tells us that less than 40 percent responded
to the oversight agency tasked with insuring that critical medical
devices still work when you and I and the people we love are in need
and might depend on this sophisticated equipment.
Again this is unacceptable. I am therefore submitting a list of those
manufacturers that did not reply to the FDA's request for information
to the Record for all Americans to see. It is my hope that these
companies quickly comply and provide information as to the year 2000
readiness of these critical medical devices. It is also my hope that
this will serve as a wake up call to other industries to be vigilant,
responsible and pro-active in their efforts to insure that Americans
wake up to a wonderful new year on January first of the year 2000.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the list of these companies be
printed in the Record. I understand the Government Printing Office
estimates the cost of printing this list to be $1,426.00.
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There being no objection, the list was ordered to be printed in the
Record, as follows:
Company, City, State or Country
3d Ultrasound, Inc., Durham, NC; 3m, Tustin, CA; 3m Health
Care, Ann Arbor, MI; A. Stein-R.A. Consulting, Ginot Shomron,
Israel; A.S. Laerdal, Stavanger, Norway; A.Z.E. Medical,
Inc., Brooklyn, NY; Abaxis, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; Absolute X-
Ray Corp., New York City, NY; Abtek Biologicals, Ltd.,
Liverpool, United Kingdom; Accumed Intl., Inc., Chicago, IL;
Accumed Intl., Inc., Westlake, OH; Accutome, Inc., Malvern,
PA; Actimed Laboratories, Inc., Burlington, NJ; Acuson Corp,
Mountain View, CA; Adac Medical Technologies, Washington, MO;
Adac Laboratories, Milpitas,CA.
Adac Health Information Systems, Houston, TX; Adapteck,
Inc, Des Plaines, IL; Advance Scientific, Inc, Guaynabo, PR;
Advanced Biomedical Devices, Inc, Andover, MA; Advanced
Medical Instruments, Inc, Broken Arrow, OK; Advanced Bio-
Science, Inc, Santa Clara, CA; Advanced Radiation Therapy,
Cordova, TN; Advanced Nuclear Imaging Corp, Hollywood, FL;
Advanced Medical Products, Inc, Columbia, SC; Advantage
Medical Division of CME Telemetrix, London, Canada;
Aerosport, Inc, Ann Arbor, MI; AFP Imaging Corp, Elmsford,
NY; Agfa-Gevaert, NV, Mortsel, Belgium.
Air Tecniques Inc, Hicksville, NY; Air Liquide-Big Three,
Inc, Houston, TX; Airgas Northeast Inc, Salem, NH; Airgas
South Inc, unknown, unknown; Airgas Specialty Gases,
Theodore, AL; Airgas South, Marietta, GA; Airgas Mid-Atlantic
Inc, Linthicum, MD; Airgas-Mid South Inc, Tulsa, OK; Airgas-
Northern California & Nevada, San Leandro, CA; Airsep Corp,
Buffalo, NY; Aiv Systems, Inc, Berlin, NJ; Alaris Medical
Systems, Inc, San Diego, CA; Alban Scientific, Inc, St Louis,
MO.
Albyn Medical Limited, Dingwall, United Kingdom; Alcon
Laboratories, Ft Worth, TX; Alcopro, Inc, Knoxville, TN;
Alerchek, Inc, Portland, ME; Alert Care, Inc, Mill Valley,
CA; Alexander Mfg Co, Mason City, IA; Alfa Biotech Spa,
Pomezia Rome, Italy; Alko Diagnostic Corp, Holliston, MA;
Aloka Co, Ltd, Tokyo, Japan; Alpha Biomedical Laboratories,
Bellevue, WA; Alpha Antigens, Inc, Columbia, MO; Althin
Medical, Miami Lakes, FL; Alvar, Northbrook, IL; Alza Corp,
Palo Alto, CA; Ambulatory Monitoring, Inc, Ardsley, NY;
Amcest Corporation, Roselle, NJ.
American Technology Exchange, Inc, Island Lake, IL;
American X-Ray Co, Inc, Knoxville, TN; American Science &
Engineering, Inc, Billerica, MA; American Laboratory
Products, Windham, NH; American Qualex, Inc, San Clemente,
CA; American Blood Resources Assn, Annapolis, MD; American
Bio Medica Corp, Ancramdale, NY; American Research Products
Co, Solon, OH; American National Red Cross, Arlington, VA;
American Medical Systems, Inc, Minnetonka, MN.
Ameriwater, Dayton, OH; Amersham Holdings, Inc, Arlington
Heights, IL; Amico Lab, Inc, Nashville, TN; Amlab, Nynashamn,
Sweden; Ampcor Diagnostics, Inc, Bridgeport, NJ; Amsino Intl,
Inc, Pomona, CA; Amuchina Intl, Inc, Gaithersburg, MD;
Analyte Diagnostics, Inc, Hallandale, FL.
Analytic Bio-Chemistries, Inc, Feasterville, PA; Ancorvis
Prof Morandi SRL, Bolonga, Italy; Andries Tek Incorporated,
Austin, TX; Anesthesia Equipment Supply, Inc, Black Diamond,
WA; Anesthesia Recording, Inc, Pittsburg, PA; Anesthesia
Association, Inc, San Marcos, CA; Angiodynamics, Inc,
Queensbury, NY; Angiodynamics, Ltd, County Wexford, Ireland;
Anzai Medical Co, Ltd, Tokoyo, Japan; Aoot Zavod Komponent
Moscow, Russia; Apcot Medical Systems, Philadelphia, PA;
Apelex, Bagneux, France; Apheresis Technologies, Inc, Palm
Harbor, FL; Apollo Dental Products, Inc, Clovis, CA;
Apothecary Products, Inc, Burnsville, MN; Applied Cardiac
Systems, Laguana Hills, CA; Applied Membranes, Inc, San
Marcos, CA; Applied Water Engineering, Inc, Salt Lake City,
UT; Applied Biometrics, Inc, Burnsvile, MN; Applied X-Ray
Technologies, Inc, Denver, CO; Applied Science Group, Inc,
Bedford, MA; Applied Sciences Corp, Hsinchu City, China;
Aquamatch, Inc, Laguana Hills, CA; Areeda Assoc, Ltd, Los
Angeles, CA; Arndorfer Medical Specialties, Greendale, WI;
Aspect Medical Systems, Inc, Natick, MA; Associates In
Reliable Medical Systems Corp, Inc, Pt Charlotte, FL.
Astraea, Richmond, VA; Atl-Echo Ultrasound, Reedsville, PA;
Atlas Researches, Ltd, Hod Hasharon, Israel; Atmos
Medizintechnik Gmbh & Co, Lenzkirch, Germany; Audo-Aid, Inc,
Hato Rey, PR; Augustine Medical, Inc, Eden Prairie, MN;
Automated Medical Products Corp, New York, NY; Automated
Voice Systems, Inc, Yorba Linda, CA; Automed Corp, Richmond,
BC, Canada, Aventric, Technologies, Madison Heights, MI;
Avionics Specialties, Inc, Charlottesville, VA; B Braum
Medical, Inc, Irvine, CA; Ballco Products, Greenwich, CT; Ban
Nguyen, Westminister, CA; Banta Healthcare Products, Inc,
Neenah, WI; Banyan Intl Corp, Abilene, TX; Barex, Ltd,
Minneapolis, MN; Bartels, Inc, Issaquah, WA; Base Ten
Systems, Inc, Trenton, NJ; Baxter Cardiovascular Group,
Irvine, CA; Baxter Research Medical, Inc, Midvale, UT; Bay
Shore Medical Equipment Corp, Bayshore, NY; Bay Area Medical
Physics, Inc, Aptos, CA; Bayer Corp, West Haven, CT; Bayer
Corp, Tarrytown, NY; Bayer Corp, Elkhart, IN.
Bayer Corp, Berkeley, CA; Baylor Biomedical Services,
Dallas, TX; Bbi-Source Scientific, Inc, Garden Grove, CA;
Beckman Instruments, Inc, Naguabo, PR; Beckman Instruments,
Inc, Chaska, MN; Behavioral Technology, Inc, Salt Lake City,
UT; Behring Diagnostics, Inc, Westwood, MA; Bei Medical
System Co, Inc, Hackensack, NJ;
Beijing Imports, Houston, TX; Benchmark Reagents, Horsham
Vic 3400, Australia, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, Washington,
DC; Berthold Detection Systems, Pforzheim, Germany; BG
Imaging Specialties, Inc, The Bronx, NY; Biermana and
Muserlain, New York, NY; Biex, Inc, Dublin, CA; Bio-Medical
Products Corp, Mendham, NJ; Bio-Mechanical Healthcare, Inc,
Toronto, Canada; Bio/Data Corporation, Horsham, PA.
Bio-Phase Diagnostics Laboratory, Mississauga, Ontario,
Canada; Bio-Analytics Laboratories, Inc, Palm City, FL; Bio-
Whittaker, Inc, Walkersville, MD; Bio-Test Medical, Inc,
Gibsonia, PA; Bio-Tek Instruments, Inc, Winooski, VT; Bio-
Instrumentation, Inc, Goleta, CA; Bio-Clin, Inc, St. Louis,
MO; Bio-Logic Systems Corp, Mundelein, IL; Bio-Rad
Laboratories Gmbh, Munchen, Germany; Bioanalytical Systems,
Inc, West Lafayette, IN; Biochem Immunosystems, Inc,
Allentown, PA.
Biochemical Diagnostic, Inc, Brentwood, NY; Biochemical
Trade, Inc, Miami, FL; Biocon Do Brasil Industrial, Ltd, Rio
De Janeiro, Brazil; Biodex Medical Systems, Inc, Shirley, NY;
Biofeedback Instruments, Inc, New York, NY; Biofield Corp,
Roswell, GA; Biogenetic Technologies, Inc, Tampa, FL;
Biokinetix Corp, Stamford, CT; Biokit SA, Barcelona, Spain;
Biomed Healthcare, Inc, Irvine, CA; Biomerieux Sa, Marcy
Letoile, France; Bionostics, Inc, Acton, MA; Biopool Intl,
Inc, West Chester, PA; Biopool Intl, Inc, Ventura, CA;
Biosensor Corp, Maple Grove, MN.
Biosolve, Issaquah, WA; Biosyn, Ltd, Belfast, Ireland;
Biosys Co, Ltd, Seoul, Korea; Biosystems, SA, Barcelona,
Spain; Biotecx Laboratories, Inc, Houston, TX; Biotronik,
Inc, Lake Oswego, OR; Biozonics, Inc, Mequon, WI; Blackhawk
Biosystems, Inc, San Ramon, CA; Blood Trac Systems, Inc,
Toronto, Canada; Blood Systems, Inc, Scottsdale, AZ; Blood
Bank Computer Systems, Inc, Auburn, WA; Blue Spring Corp,
Port Lavaca, TX; Bnos Meditech Ltd, Essex, United Kingdom;
Bobes SA, Madrid, Spain; Body Watch, Inc, Winston-Salem, NC;
Boehringer Mannheim Corp, Indianapolis, IN.
Boehringer Biochemia Robin, SPA, Monza, Italy; Boehringer
Mannheim Corp, Pleasanton, CA; Booth Medical Equipment Co,
Inc., Alexander, AR; Borgatta, Mexico City, Mexico; Boston
Medical Products, Inc, Westborough, MA; Boston Scientific
Corp, Natick, MA; Bowles, Keathing Epsteen Hering & Lowe
Chartere, Chicago, IL; Boyce Regulatory & Quality Consulting,
Dallas, TX; Braemer Corporation, Burnsville, MN; Brainlab
Gmbh, Heimstetten, Germany; Brand X-Ray Co, Inc, Addison, IL;
Brooks Medical Systems, Inc, Everett, WA; Bruce Med Supply,
Waltham, MA.
Brunswick Biomedical Technologies, Wareham, MA; Buckman Co,
Inc, Concord, CA; Buffington Clinical Systems, Cleveland, OH;
Buhlmann Laboratories, Schonenbuch, Switzerland; Burke
Neutech, Inc, St Petersburg, FL; Burkhart Raentgen, Inc, St
Petersburg, FL; Buxton Biomedical, Inc, Mountain Lakes, NJ; C
& C Oxygen Co, Chattanooga, TN; Caliber Medical Corp, Reno,
NV; Calibur Dental Technologies, Inc, King City, Canada;
Cambridge Heart, Inc, Bedford, MA.
Cameron Medical Corp, South Gate, CA; Camtronics, Ltd,
Hartland, WI; Canon USA, Inc, Lake Success, NY; Canwest
Medictex, Inc, Vancouver, Canada; Canyon Diagnostics, Inc,
Anaheim, CA; Capintec, Inc, Pittsburgh, PA; Caprius, Inc,
Wilmington, MA; Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc, St Paul, MN; Cardiac
Telecom Corp, Turtle Creek, PA; Cardiac Evaluation Center,
Inc, Milwaukee, WI; Cardiac Care Units, Inc, Woodlands Hills,
CA; Cardiac Science, Inc, Irvine, CA; Cardio Control; The
Netherlands, Netherlands, Cardio Technics, SA, Puebla,
Mexico.
Cardiodynamics International Corp, San Diego, CA;
Cardiodyne, Inc, Irvine, CA; Cardiovascular Diagnostics, Inc,
Raleigh, NC; Caring Technologies, Inc, Bethesda, MD; Caroba
Plastics, Inc, Englewood, CO; Carolina Liquid Chemistries
Corp, Brea, CA; Carter-Wallace, Inc, Cranbury, NJ; Cassling
Diagnostics Imaging, Omaha, NE; Catalyst Research Corp,
Owings Mills, MD; CDC Technologies, Inc, Oxford, CT; Cemax-
Icon, Inc, Fremont, CA; Cenogenics Corp, Morganville, NJ.
Cerium Visual Technologies, Ltd, Tenterden, United Kingdom;
Cerner Corp, Kansas City, MO; Chadwick Miller, Inc, Canton,
MA; Challenge Unlimited, Inc, Alton, IL; Chem-Index, Inc,
Hialeah, FL; Chembio Diagnostic Systems, Inc, Medford, NY;
China National Medicines & Health Products, Beijing, China;
Chisolm Biological Laboratory, Aiken, SC; Chori America, Inc,
New York, NY; Cimetra, West Chazy, NY; Cine Graphics, Inc,
Grand Prairie, TX; Circuit Board Assemblers, Inc,
Youngsville, NC; Cirrus Air Technologies, Locust Valley, NY;
Clin-Chem Mfg, Minden, NV.
Clinetics Corporation, Tustin, CA; Clinical Standards
Laboratories, Inc, Rancho Dominguez, CA; Clinical
Diagnostics, Inc, Chester, SC; Clinico, Bad Hersfeld,
Germany; Clinicomp International, Inc, San Diego, CA; Clover
International Corp, Tokyo, Japan; Cobe Cardiovascular, Inc,
Arvada, CO; Cobe Bct, Inc, Lakewood, CO; Coeur Laboratories,
Inc, Raleigh, NC; Colin Corp, Komaki City,
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Japan; Colin Medical Instruments Corp, San Antonio, TX;
Colorado Medtech, Inc, Longmont, CO; Columbis Scientific,
Inc, Columbia, MD; Columbus Instruments Intl Corp, Columbus,
OH.
Combined Instruments, Ltd, Sailkot, Pakistan; Comet AG,
Liebefeld, Switzerland; Communications & Power Industries
Canada, Inc, Georgetown, Canada; Composite Health Care
System, Falls Church, VA; Composites Horizons, Inc, Covina,
CA; Compumedics Sleep Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia; Compur-
Electronic, Munich, Germany; Computerized Screening, Inc,
Sparks, NV; Concord E & I, Woodstock, IL; Consulting Western
Services, Lakewood, CA; Consumer Sensory Products, Inc, Palo
Alto, CA; Continental Laboratory Products, Inc, San Diego,
CA.
Cook Vascular, Inc, Leechburg, PA; Cordis Corporation,
Miami Lakes, FL; Cordis Webster, Inc, Baldwin Park, CA;
Cordis Corporation, Warren, NJ; Corning Samco Corp, San
Fernando, CA; Corning, Inc, Corning, NY; Corp Brothers, Inc,
Providence, RI; Cortex Biophysik, Frankfurt, Germany;
Cranford X-Ray Co, Houston, TX.
Creative Medical Development, Inc, Nevada City, CA;
Creative Biomedics, San Clemente, CA; Creative Health
Products, Inc, Plymouth, MI; Critical Care Systems, Inc,
Hollywood, FL; Critikon, Tampa, FL; Crossover Industry
Products, Inc, Norwalk, CA; Crystal, Berlin, Germany; CTI Pet
Systems, Inc, Knoxville, TN; CTI Services, Inc, Knoxville,
TN; Custom X-Ray Service, Inc, Phoenix, AZ; Custom Med,
Munchen, Germany; Cyberlab, Inc, Brookfield, CT; Cygnus, Inc,
Patterson, NJ; Dacomed Corp, Newport Beach, CA; Dade
Microscan, Inc, West Sacramento, CA.
Dade Chemistry Systems, Inc, Newark, DE; Dae II Tech Co,
Ltd, Seoul, Korea; Daily Medical Products, Inc, San Diego,
CA; Danby Medical Ltd, Essex, England; Dantec Medical, Inc,
Allendale, NJ; Data Medical Associates, Inc, Arlington, TX;
Dav-Mar Medical Products, Inc, Commack, NY; Dayton Water
Systems, Dayton, OH; Del Medical Systems Corp, Valhalla, NY;
Delta Quality Consulting, Plano, TX; Department of Veterans
Affairs, Bay Pines, FL; Department of Veterans Affairs,
Washington, DC; Deputy Intl, Ltd, Leeds, United Kingdom;
Deroyal Industries, Inc, Powell, TN.
Dexall Biomedical Labs, Inc, Gaithersburg, MD; DGH
Technology, Inc, Exton, PA; Diabetes Control & Care
Technology, Eden Prairie, MN; Diagnostic Technology, Inc,
Hauppauge, NY; Diagnostic Monitoring, Irvine, CA; Diagnostic
Medical Systems, Inc, Fargo, ND; Diagnostic Systems
Laboratories, Webster, TX; Diagnostic Monitoring Software,
Tustin, CA; Diagnostic Resources, Inc, Bay Port, NY;
Diagnostic Specialties, Metuchen, NJ; Diagnostic Instruments,
Inc, Lorain, OH; Diagnostics Biochem Canada, Inc, London,
Canada; Diamedix Corp, Miami, FL.
Diametrics Medical, Inc, Roseville, MN; Diametrics Medical,
Ltd, HIgh Wycombe, United Kingdom; Diasorin/American Standard
Co, Columbia, MD; Diasorin, Columbia, MD; Diasys Corp,
Waterbury, CT; Diatech Diagnostics, Inc, Boston, MA; Difco
Laboratories, Inc, Detroit, MI; Digi-Trax Corp, Buffalo
Grove, IL; Digicare Biomedical Technology, Inc, West Palm
Beach, FL; Digivision, Inc, San Diego, CA; Dimeda
Instrumente, Tuttlingen, Germany; Direct Marketing
Enterprises Healthhouse, Westbury, NY; Dis-Digital Systems,
Inc, Walnut, CA; Disetronic Medical Systems, Minneapolis, MN.
Diversified Electronics Co, Inc, Philadelphia, PA; DM
Davis, Inc, New York, NY; Dolphin Imaging Systems, Woodland
Hills, CA; Dong-A Medical Imaging, Inc, Santa Fe Springs, CA;
Dong Bang, Santa Fe Springs, CA; Dornier Medical Systems,
Kennesaw, GA; Dornier Surgical Products, Inc, Phoenix, AZ;
DPA Consulting, Inc, Urbanna, VA; Drager, Inc, Telford, PA;
DRG International, Inc, Mountainside, NJ; Drug Screening
Systems, Inc, Blackwood, NJ; Dynamic Industries Ltd, Siaikot,
Pakistan; E K Ind Inc, Joilet, IL; E-Systems Medical
Electronics Inc, San Antonio, TX.
E I Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Inc, Wilmington, DE; E
Merck, Darmstadt, Germany; E & M Engineering, Inc, Richmond,
VA; Eagle Diagnostics, DeSoto, TX; Eagle Health Supplies,
Orange, CA; Eastern Anesthesia, Inc, Newtown, PA; Eastern
Export Enterprises, Wazirabad, Pakistan; Eaton Care
Telemetry, Inc, Manchester, MI; Edap Technomed, Inc,
Burlington, MA; Eigen Video, Nevada City, CA; Eiken Chemical
Company, Inc, Venice, CA; Eisner Cit Medizintechnik Gmbh,
Balgheim, Germany; Elcat, Gmbh, Wolfratshausen, Germany.
Electron Company, Ltd, Taipei, China; Electron-Catheter,
Company, Rahway, NJ; Electronics Controls Design, Inc,
Milwaukie, OR; Electronic Monitors International Corp,
Euless, TX; Electronic Design & Research, Louisville, KY;
Electronic Services Mart, Inc, St. Louis, MO; Elekon
Industries USA, Inc, Torrance, CA; Elekta Instruments,
Inc, Atlanta, GA; Elema-Schonander, Hoffman Estates, IL;
Elgems, Ltd, Haifa, Israel; Elias USA Inc, Osceola, WI.
Em Science, Gibbstown, NJ; Emma Marketing Company, Edison,
NJ; Ems Products, Inc, Kirkland, WA; Ems Handelsgesellschaft
MBH, Korneburg, Austria; Endocrine Sciences, Calabasas Hills,
CA; Endoscopy Technology, Inc, Miami, FL; Endosonics Corp,
Rancho Gordova, CA; Enthermics Medical Systems, Inc,
Menomonee Falls, WI; Environmental Tectonics Corp,
Southampton, PA; Enzo Biochem, Inc, Farmingdale, NY; Ep
Medsystems, Inc, Mount Arlington, NJ.
Epoch Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Bothell, WA; Eppendorf
Geratebau Netheler & Hinz, Attleboro, MA; Erbrich Instrumente
Embh, Tuttlingen-16, Germany; Eschenbach Optik of America,
Ridgefield, CT; Eschmann Equipment, Lancing, Sussex, United
Kingdom; Eschweiler Gmbh & Company, Kiel, Germany; Estrin
Consulting Group, Potomac, MD; Eucardio Laboratory, Inc, San
Diego, CA; Euro Advanced Technics, Barcelona, Spain; Europa
Scientific, Ltd, Crewe Cheshire, United Kingdom; Ewa
Industries, Inc, Miami, FL; Exocell, Inc, Philadelphia, PA;
Falcon Surgical Company, Sialkot, Pakistan.
Feinfocus Medizintechnik Gmbh, Garbsen, Germany; Ferring
Pharmaceuticals Inc, Tarrytown, NY; Fertility Technologies,
Inc, Natick, MA; Fiberstars, Inc, Fremont, CA; Fidelity
Medical, Inc, Fairfield, NJ; Fidelity Medical, Inc, Florham
Park, NJ; Firehouse Medical, Inc, Anaheim, CA; Fischer
Industries Incorporated, Geneva, IL; Fitcraft International,
Inc, Rosemead, CA; Flowscan, Inc, Mill Valley, CA;
Flowtronics, Inc, Phoenix, AZ; Fmc Bioproducts, Div Fmc Corp,
Rockland, ME; Focal Corp, Tokyo, Japan; Focus Biomedical
Technologies, Inc, Ontario, Canada.
Forefront Diagnostics, Inc, Laguna Hills, CA; Foshan
Analytical Equipment Corporation, Foshan, China; Fresco
Podologia S L, Barcelona, Spain; Fresenius Medical Care North
America, Lexington, MA; Fukuda Denshi America Corp, Redmond,
WA; Fukuda M-E Kogyo Company, Ltd, Tokyo, Japan; Fukuda
Denshi Co, LTD, Tokyo, Japan; Futuremed America, Inc, Granada
Hills, CA; G & J Electronics, Inc, Ontario, Canada; G U
Manufacturing, London, United Kingdom; G Dundas Company,
Black Diamond, WA; Gallant International, Inc, Flushing, NY.
Gambro Healthcare, Lakewood, CO; Gamma Biologicals, Inc,
Houston, TX; Gammex, Inc, Middleton, WI; Gas Tech, Hillside,
IL; Gateway Airgas, St Louis, MO; Gatron Corporation, Woburn,
MA; Gds Techology, Inc, Elkhart, IN; Gelco Diagnostics, Inc,
Shreveport, LA; Gelman Sciences, Inc, Ann Arbor, MI; Gendex-
Del Medical Imaging Corp, Franklin Park, IL; General
Laboratory Instruments, Delhi, India; General Medical, Inc,
Clearwater, FL; Genesis Medical Technology, Inc, Owings
Mills, MD; Genzyme Corp, Cambridge, MA; Geopure Systems &
Services, Inc, Orlando, FL; Gerard Enterprises, Inc,
Waukesha, WI; Glass Hi Tech Srl, Masera'Di Padova, Italy.
Glaxo Australia Ply Ltd, Victgoria, Boronia, Australia;
Global Surgical Corporation, St. Louis, MO; GNS Audiometrics,
Inc, Wheeling, IL; Go-Mi, Inc, San Anselemo, CA; Go Medical
Industries Pty Ltd, Subiaco Perth, Australia; Golden Pacific
Industrial Ltd, Tsuen Wan Nt, Hong Kong; Gordon N Stowe and
Associates, Wheeling, IL; Graphic Controls Corp, Buffalo, NY;
Great Smokies Diagnostic, Asheville, NC; Grundig Professional
Electronics Gmbh, Fuerth/Bavaria, Germany; Guest Medical,
Ltd, Edenbridge, Kent, United Kingdom; Gulmay Medical Ltd,
Shepperton, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
Hacker Industries, Inc, Fairfield, NJ; Haemonetics Corp,
Braintree, MA; Hal-Hen Co Inc, Long Island City, NY;
Hamamatsu Corp, Bridgewater, NJ; Hamilton Medical, Inc, Reno,
NV; Harley Street Software Ltd, Victoria, BC, Canada; Harpell
Associates, Inc, Oakville, Ontario, Canada; Harrigan Medical
Products, Inc, Manchester, VT; Harta Corp, Gaithersburg, MD;
Hawaii Mega-Cor, Inc, Aiea, HI; Hawksley & Sons Ltd, Lancing,
West Sussex, United Kingdom; HBCI, Los Angeles, CA; Health
Images, Inc, Alpharetta, GA; Healthcentric, LLC, Secauscus,
NJ.
Healthdyne Technologies, Marietta, GA; Heartlab, Inc,
Westerly, RI; Heartstream, Inc, Seattle, WA; Helena
Laboratories, Beaumont, TX; Helix Diagnostics, Inc, West
Sacramento, CA; Heller Laboratories, Sparks, NV; Hermes
Systems, SA, Angleur, Belgium; Hi-Tronics Designs, Inc, Budd
Lake, NJ; Hichem Diagnostics, Brea, CA; Hill-Rom Air Shields,
Hatboro, PA; Hill-Med Inc, Miami, FL; Hillusa, Inc, Miami,
FL; Hitachi, Ltd, Hitachinaka, Japan; Hitachi Instruments,
Inc, San Jose, CA; Hitachi Science Systems, Ltd, Hitachinaka-
Shi, Japan; Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc, Twinsburg,
OH.
Hobbs Medical, Inc, Stafford Springs, CT; Hofmann-Nagel
Medical Systems, Inc, Irvine, CA; Hogan & Hartson,
Washington, DC; Home Diagnostics, Inc, Fort Lauderdale, FL;
Honda Electronics Company, Ltd, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan; Hope
Imaging Corp, Willow Grove, PA; Horizon Medical Products,
Inc, Manchester, GA; Horizons Research Laboratories Inc,
Margate, FL; Hortmann Ag, Neckartenzlingen, Germany; Hti
Technologies, St Petersburg, FL; Hudson Respiratory Care,
Inc, Temecula, CA; Hugh Steeper Ltd, London, United Kingdom.
Huntleigh Technology, Inc, Manalapan, NJ; Hycor Biomedical,
Inc, Garden Grove, CA; Hyundai Pharmaceutical Ind Co Ltd,
Bucheon City, Republic of Korea; I-Fuii Enterprise Company,
Ltd, Ping-Tung Hsein, China; I-Flow Corp, Lake Forest, CA; I-
Stat Corp, Princeton, NJ; Ia Systems, Inc, Albany, NY; Ibl
Gmbh, Hamburg, Germany; Ics Medical Corp, Schaumburg, IL;
Ifci/Clonesystems Spa, Casalecchio Di Reno, Italy; Igen
International, Inc, Gaithersburg, MD; Ihara Medics US, Inc,
Valencia, CA; Image Analysis, Inc, Columbia, KY; Imaging
Accessories, Inc, Salt Lake City, UT.
Imatron, Inc, South San Francisco, CA; Immco Diagnostics,
Inc, Buffalo, NY; Immunalysis Corp, San Dimas, CA; Immuno
Gmbh, Heidelberg, Germany; Immuno Concepts Inc, Sacramento,
CA; Immuno-Diagnostic Lab and Products, La Mirada, CA;
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Immunostics, Inc, Ocean City, NJ; Immunotech Corp,
Westbrook, ME; Imnet Systems, Inc, Alpharetta, GA;
Infusion Medical, Inc, Wheat Ridge, CO; Innerspace, Inc,
Santa Ana, CA; Innogenetics SA, Haven, Sweden; Innomed
Systems, Inc, Apopka, FL; Innoserve Technologies, Inc,
Arlington, TX; Innovation Instruments Inc, Tallahassee,
FL.
Innovative Concept Development, Inc, Littleton, CO;
Innovative Imaging, Inc, Sacramento, CA; Innovative Medical
Systems Corp, Ivyland, PA; Inovix Imaging Technologies, Inc,
Rockville, MD; Instromedix, Inc, Hillsboro, OR;
Instrumentarium Imaging, Tuusula, Finland; Instrumentation
Laboratory, Lexington, MA; Instrumentation for Medicine, Inc,
Greenwich, CT; Integra Biosciences, Inc, Lowell, MA;
Integrated Display Technology, Ltd, Hunghom, Hong Kong;
Integrated Diagnostics, Inc, Baltimore, MD; Integrity
Products, Inc, Grandview, MO.
Integrated Medical Devices Inc, Syracuse, NY; International
Newtech Development, Inc, Delta, Canada; International
Medical Industries, Coral Springs, FL; International
Diagnostics Group Plc, Bury, United Kingdom; International
Medical Equipment Brokers, Mandeville, LA; International
Hospital Supply Company, Los Angeles, CA; Inventive Products,
Inc, Decatur, IL; Inveresk Research (NA), Inc, San Rafael,
CA; Invitro Diagnostika Gmbh, Mainz Kastel, Germany; Invivo
Research, Inc, Orlando, FL; Ionetics Inc, Fountain Valley,
CA; Iowa Doppler Products, Inc, Iowa City, IA.
Ironwood Industries, Inc, Libertyville, IL; Ite Sheltered
Workshop, St Louis, MO; Itt Electro Optical Products Div,
Roanoke County, VA; IV Diagnostics, Inc, Shelton, CT; J S
Biomedicals, Inc, Ventura, CA; J J Consulting Services, Inc,
Miami, FL; J & M Cylinder Gases, Inc, Decatur, AL; J & T
Instruments, Tuttlingen, Germany; J & S Medical Associates,
Inc, Framingham, MA; Jaco Medical Equipment, Inc, San Diego,
CA; Jamieson Film Company, Dallas, TX; Jayza Corp, Miami, FL;
Jim's Instrument Mfg, Inc, Iowa City, IA; Johnson & Johnson
Professionals, Inc, Raynham, MA.
Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics, Inc, Rochester, NY;
Jones Medical Instrument Co, Oak Brook, IL; Jostra USA,
Austin, TX; Jouan S A, Saint Herblain, France; Jpi, Inc,
Santa Monica, CA; JS & A Group, Las Vegas, NV; Jungwon
Precision Ind Co Ltd, Seoul, Republic of Korea; K W Griffen
Company, Norwalk, CT; Kam Ma Trading Company, Tsuen Wan, Hong
Kong; Kardiosis Ltd Co, Ankara, Turkey; Karmel Medical
Acoustic Technologies Ltd, Tirat Hacarmel, Israel; KAS and
Associates, Nottingham, United Kingdom; Kasha Software, Inc,
Charlotte, NC.
Katecho, Inc, Des Moines, IA; Kaulson Laboratories, Inc,
West Caldwell, NJ; Keithley Instruments, Inc, Solon, OH;
Keomed, Inc, Minnetonka, MN; Kimble Glass, Inc, Vineland, NJ;
King Diagnostics, Inc, Indianapolis, IN; KNC Systems, Inc,
Merrimack, NH; Knighton Limited, Buckhurst Hill, Essex,
United Kingdom; Koda and Androlia, Los Angeles, CA; Komed,
Budapest, Hungary; Konica Corporation, Hino City, Tokyo,
Japan; Kontron Instruments Ag, Basel, Schweiz, Germany;
Kowa Optimed, Inc, Torrance, CA; Kumar, Inc, Rio Piedros,
PR; Kurt K Fetzer, Tuttlingen, Germany.
Kwm Electronics Corp, West Jordan, UT; L-3 Communications
Corp, Camden, NJ; L2 Systems, Inc, Austin, TX; La Mont
Medical, Inc, Madison, WI; Lab Vision Corp, Fremont, CA;
Labconco Corp, Kansas City, KS; Laboratories Knickerbocker,
Barcelona, Spain; Laboratory Equipment Corp, Mooresville, IN;
Labsystems Oy, Helsinki, Finland; Ladd Research Industries,
Inc, Burlington, VT; Lallvet Medical, Inc, West Allis, WI; LC
Technologies, Inc, Fairfax, VA; Le Medikon Products Inc,
Anaheim, CA; Leocor Inc, Houston, TX; Lexicor Medical
Technology, Inc, Boulder, CO.
Life Sciences International, Ltd, Astmoor, Runcorn,
Cheshire, United Kingdom; Life Tech International Inc,
Stafford, TX; Lifecare Medical International Corp,
Philadelphia, PA; Lifeline Systems, Inc, Cambridge, MA;
Lifescan, Inc, Milpitas, CA; Lifesensors, Inc, Upper
Montclair, NJ; Lifesign LLC, Somerset, NJ; Light Diagnostics,
Temecula, CA; Lightner Specialty Gas, Inc, Wichita, KS;
Linsure Industries, Ltd, Taipei, Taiwan; Liston Scientific
Corp, Irvine, CA; Localmed, Inc, Palo Alto, CA; London Health
Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada; Low High Enterprise
Co, Ltd, Kaohsiung, China.
Lp Italiana Spa, Milano, Italy; Luminaud, Inc, Mentor, OH;
Lumisys, Inc, Tucson, AZ; Lumitex, Inc, Strongsville, OH;
Lunar Corp, Madison, WI; Luxilon, Antwerp, Belgium; LXN Corp,
San Diego, CA; Lyons Medical Instrument, Sylmar, CA; M I T
Service, Inc, San Diego, CA; M & C Specialties Company,
Southampton, PA; M A S, Inc, Burlington, NJ; Mabis
Healthcare, Inc, Lake Forest, IL; Madsys Inc, Hasbrouck
Heights, NJ; Magna Medical, Inc, Miami, FL; Magna-Lab, Inc,
Syosset, NY; Magnetic Research, Inc, Provo, UT.
Maine Oxy-Acetylene Supply Company, Auburn, ME;
Mallinckrodt Inc, St Louis, MO; Mardx Diagnostics, Inc,
Carlsbad, CA; Marox Corporation, Springfield, MA; Marquette
Hellige, Freiburg, Germany; Mars Metal Company, Ltd, Yorba
Linda, CA; Master-Pak Lab, Inc, Paterson, NJ; Mathys Medical
Ltd, Bettlach, Switzerland; Matreya, Inc, Pleasant Gap, PA;
Matsuhita Communication Industrial Company, Ltd, Yokohama,
Kanagawa, Japan; Maxxim Medical, Inc, Athens, TX; MBI Inc,
Las Vegas, NV; Mca Software Services, Inc, Tucson, AZ; Med-
Acoustics, Inc, Stone Mountain, GA.
Med-I-Co, Signal Hill, CA; Medamicus, Inc, Minneapolis, MN;
Medela Inc, McHenry, IL; Medese Ag, Zurich, Switzerland;
Medex, Inc, Hilliard, OH; Medgyn Products, Inc, Oak Brook,
IL; Medi Nuclear Corp, Inc, Baldwin Park, CA; Medic, Inc,
Omaha, NE; Medical Physics Colorado Inc, Boulder, CO; Medical
Information Systems of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Medical
Information Technology, Inc, Westwood, MA; Medical Analysis
Systems, Inc, Camarillo, CA; Medical Measurements, Inc,
Hackensack, NJ; Medical Technical Gases Inc, Medford, MA;
Medical Systems Engineering, Inc, Oakland, CA.
Medical Chemical Corp, Santa Monica, CA; Medical Reports
Exchange Inc, Baltimore, MD; Medical Imaging Technology
Associates, Inc, Mainland, PA; Medical Knowledge Systems,
Inc, Boulder, CO; Medical Systems Engineering, Inc,
Baltimore, MD; Medical Data Electronics, Inc, Arleta, CA;
Medical Device Industry, St Wendel, Germany; Medication
Delivery Devices, Inc, San Diego, CA; Medicor, Budapest,
Hungary; Medilink, Montpellier, France; Medim
Histotechnologie, Gieben, Germany; Medimatic, New York,
NY; Medionics International Inc, Markham, Ontario, Canada.
Medis S R L, Milano, Italy; Medisense, Inc, Bedford, MA;
Medisense Contract Manufacturing, Ltd, Abingdon, Oxon, United
Kingdom; Medisol Ltd Medical Products, St Louis, MO; Medison
America, Inc, Pleasanton, CA; Medisurg Industries, Inc,
Herndon, VA; Meditec, Company Ltd, Dongdaemun-Ku, Seoul,
Republic of Korea; Mediware Information Systems, Inc,
Melville, NY; Medro Systems, Inc, McKinney, TX; Medstone
International, Inc, Aliso Viejo, CA; Medsys, Inc, Hasbrouck
Heights, NJ; Medtec Corp, Chapel Hill, NC; Medtronic Ps
Medical, Goleta, CA.
Medtronic Bio-Medicus, Inc, Eden Prairie, MN; Medtronic
Neurological, Minneapolis, MN; Medx, Inc, Arlington Heights,
IL; Mela Gmbh Elektromdizin, Munich, Germany; Melco Wire
Products Co, Glendale, CA; Memtec Corporation, Salem, NH;
Mentor Corp, Santa Barbara, CA; Mercodia, Uppsala, Sweden;
Mercury Enterprises, Inc, Clearwater, FL; Merss Corp,
Indianapolis, IN; Mesys, Hanover, Germany; Metavox, Inc,
Vienna, VA; Metra Biosystems, Inc, Mountain View, CA; Metraco
Diagnostics, Inc, Houston, TX; Michigan Airgas, Midland, MI.
Micro Focus Imaging, Inc, Wheeling, IL; Micro-Shev Limited,
Efrat, Israel; Micro-Processor Services, Inc, Huntington
Station, NY; Micromedical, Inc, Northbrook, IL; Microwave
Medical Systems, Inc, Acton, MA; Mie America, Inc, Elk Grove
Village, IL; Millar Instruments, Inc, Houston, TX; Millennia
Technology, Inc, Cheswick, PA; Mine Safety Appliances, Co,
Cranberry Township, PA; Mir Medical International Research,
Roma, Italy; Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc, Somerset,
NJ; Mizuho USA, Inc., San Diego, CA; Modular Instruments,
Inc., Malvern, PA.
Moduls Data Systems, Inc, Santa Clara, CA; Molecular Bio-
Products Service Corp, San Diego, CA; Monarch Medical
Equipment, Ltd, Staten Island, NY; Monobind, Costa Mesa, CA;
Morgan Medical Ltd, Rainham, Kent, United Kingdom; Mortara
Instrument, Inc, Milwaukee, WI; MPI Medical Products, Inc,
Miami, FL; MRI Devices Corp, Waukesha, WI; MTC-Quintiles,
Rockville, MD; MUI Scientific, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada;
Multidata Systems International Corp, St Louis, MO; Multigon
Industries, Inc, Yonkers, NY; Multisciences, Inc, Berwick,
ME; Multispiro/Creative Biomedics, San Clemente, CA.
MWI, Inc, Dallas, TX; Myraid Ultrasound Systems, Inc,
Englewood, NJ; N-Ject LPP, McHenry, IL; Nagase Corp, Tokyo,
Japan; National Medical Services, Inc, Willow Grove, PA;
National Instrument Company, Inc, Baltimore, MD; NBS
Medical, Inc, Costa Mesa, CA; NCS Healthcare of Oklahoma,
Del City, OK; NCS Diagnostics, Inc, Etobicoke, Ontario,
Canada; Neal Compton Enterprises, Inc, Benicia, CA;
Nellcor Puritan Benntt Ireland, Ltd, Galway, Ireland; Nen
Life Science Products Inc, Boston, MA; Neogenesis Corp,
East Northport, NY.
Neometrics, Inc, East Northport, NY; Neopath, Inc, Redmond,
WA; Neoterik Health Technologies, Inc, Woodsboro, MD; Network
Concepts Inc, Middleton, WI; Neurocom International, Inc,
Clackamas, OR; Neuromedical Systems, Inc, Suffern, NY;
Neuroscientific Corp, Penndel, PA; Neurotron, Inc,
Lawrenceville, NJ; New York Blood Center, Inc, New York, NY;
New Product Development, Inc, East Syracuse, NY; Newmed Corp,
Richardson, TX; Nexair, LLC, Memphis, TN; Nexell
Therapeutics, Inc, Irvine, CA; Nichimen Europe Plc,
Duesseldorf, Germany.
Nichiryo Co Ltd, Tokyo, Japan; Nichols Institute
Diagnostics, San Juan, CA; Nicolet Vascular Inc, Golden, CO;
Nidek Inc, Fremont, CA; Nihome Seimitsu Sokki, Gunma-Ken,
Japan; Nihon Kohden Corp, Tokyo, Japan; Nihon Comac Co Ltd,
Matsumoto City, Japan; Nihon Kohden, Irvine, CA; Nipro
Company Ltd Research & Overseas Dept, Tokyo, Japan; Noise
Cancellation Technologies Inc, Linthicum, MD; Nomos Corp,
Lake Worth, FL; Norland Corp, Fort Atkinson, WI; Northeast
Monitoring Inc, Sudbury, MA; Northrop Gruman Corp, Pico
Rivera, CA; Norwood Coated Products, Frazer, PA.
Nova Biomedical Corp, Waltham, MA; Nova Technologies Inc,
Hauppauge, NY; Novamed Ltd, Jerusalem, Israel; NTL Associates
Inc, East Brunswick, NJ; Nubenco Enterprises, Inc, Paramus,
NJ; Nuccardiac
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Software Inc, Yorba Linda, CA; Nuclin Diagnostics Inc,
Northbrook, IL; Nxlink Ltd, Richland, WA; O-Two Systems,
Mississaugu Ontario, Canada; Occupational Marketing Inc,
Houston, TX; Ocenco Inc, Kenosha, WI; Ocular Research
Associates Inc, Coconut Creek, FL; Oculus Optikgerate Gmbh,
Wetzlar, Germany; Odam, Wissembourg, France.
Oec Medical Systems Inc, Salt Lake City, UT; Oem Systems Co
Ltd, Uji-Shi, Japan; Ohlendorf Research Inc, Ottawa, IL;
Olympic Controls Corp, Elgin, IL; Olympus America Inc,
Melville, NY; Omega Medical Imaging Inc, Sanford, IL; Omron
Dalian Co Ltd, Dalian, China; Oncor Inc, Gaithersburg, MD;
Opthalmed Inc, San Marcos, CA; Optical Technology Devices
Inc, Elmsford, NY; Optima Inc, Tokyo, Japan; Optimed
Technologies Inc, Livingston, NJ; Optometrics USA Inc, Ayer,
MA; Orbit Inc, Oak Ridge, TN; Organon Teknika Corp, Durham,
NC; Organtec, Mainz, Germany.
Orion Diagnostica (Orion Corporation), Espoo, Finland;
Orion Research Inc, Beverly, MA; Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics,
Inc, Rochester, NY; Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc, Raritan,
NJ; Ortivus Ab, Taby, Sweden; Osim (USA) Inc, Bellevue, WA;
Ostemeter Meditech A/S, Horsholm, Denmark; Otago Corp, Ipoh,
Malaysia; Oxarc Inc, Pasco, WA; Oxford Medical Inc, Largo,
FL; Oxigraf Inc, Mountain View, CA; Oxis International Inc,
Portland, OR; Oxygen Therapy Institute, Livonia, MI; Pace
Tech Inc., Clearwater, FL, Pacific Pharmaceuticals Inc, San
Diego, CA; Packard Bioscience Co, Downers Grove, IL; Pantex--
Div Bio-Analysis Inc, Santa Monica, CA; Park Surgical Co,
Brooklyn, NY.
Park Medical Systems Inc, Lachine Quebec, Canada; Parks
Medical Electronics Inc, Aloha, OR; Parsons Airgras, San
Diego, CA; Particle Data, Inc, Elmhurst, IL; Pasadena
Scientific Industries, Pasadena, MD; Paterson Scientific Inc,
Paterson, NJ; Payton Associates Inc, Buffalo, NY; PDX
Technologies, Westlake Village, CA; Peb Associates,
Seargeantsville, NJ; Pemco Inc, Independence, OH; Perimed
Inc, Smithtown, NY; Perimed Ab, Jarfalla, Sweden; Perimmune
Inc, Rockville, MD; Perkens Electronics Co, Dallas, TX;
Perstorp Analytical, Wilsonville, OR; Peter W Seeh Medical,
Tuttlingen, Germany.
Pett Electronics Inc, Webster Groves, MO; Phamatech, San
Diego, CA; Pharmacia & UpJohn, Kalamazoo, MI; Philips
Lighting Co, Somerset, NJ; Philips Medizin Systeme, Hamburg,
Germany; Phoenix Biomedical Corp, Norristown, PA; Phycon
Medical Sciences, Inc, Tampa, FL; Physio Systems, Inc,
Newark, CA; Physio-Dyne Instrument Corp, Farmingdale, NY; Pi
Medical, Athens, TN; Pie Medical Equipment BV, Maastricht,
Netherlands; Planet Products Corp, Madison, WI; PML
Microbiologicals, Wilsonville, OR; Point Plastics, Inc,
Petaluma, CA.
Pointe Scientific, Inc, Lincoln Park, MI; Polar Cryogenics,
Inc, Portland, OR; PolHiTech SRL, Carsoli, Italy; Poly
Scientific Research & Development Corp, Bayshore, NY;
Portable Medical Laboratories, Inc, Solana Beach, CA;
Positron Corp, Houston, TX; Pratt Medical, Inc, Olathe, CO;
Praxair Inc, Middleburg Heights, OH; Praxair Distribution,
Middleburgh Heights, OH; Praxair Distribution Southeast Llc,
Middleburg Heights, OH; Precise Optics, Bay Shore, NY;
Precision Systems, Inc, Natick, MA; Prentke Romich Co,
Wooster, OH; Prime Ideas, Inc, Willmar, MN; Princeton
Biomeditech Corp, Princeton, NJ.
Priority Healthcare Corp, Altamonte Springs, FL; Prism
Microsystems, Ltd, Borehamwood, United Kingdom; Procedure
Products, Inc, Vancouver, WA; Progetti SRL, Torino, Italy;
Propper Mfg Co, Inc, Long Island City, NY; Protel USA, LLC,
Wyckoff, NJ; Prucka Engineering, Inc, Houston, TX; Przybyla
and Associates, Inc, Tomball, TX; Pt Dharma Medipro,
Tangerang, Indonesia; Pulmonary Data Services Inst, Inc.
Louisville CO; Pulmonox Research & Development, Tofield,
Canada; Pulse Metric, Inc, San Diego, CA; Pulse Biomedical,
Inc, Norristown, PA.
Pulse Metric Taiwan, Inc, Taipei, China; Pulse Scientific,
Inc, Burlington, Canada; Puritan Bennett Corp, Minneapolis,
MN; Puritan Bennett Corp, Carlsbad, CA; Puritan Bennett Corp,
Lenexa, KS; Pyramid Biological Corp, Van Nuys, CA; QRS
Diagnostic, LLC, Plymouth, MN; Qualis, Inc, Des Moines, IA;
Quantimetrix, Redondo Beach, CA; Quantum Life Systems, Inc,
Great Meadows, NJ; Quidel Corp, San Diego, CA; Quinton
Electrophysiology Corp, Richmond Hill, Canada.
Quinton Instrument Co, Bothell, WA; R & F Imaging Systems,
Inc, Smyrna, GA; R2 Diagnostics, Inc, South Bend, IN; Rad-
Source, Inc, Coral Springs, FL; Radiation Oncology
Computer Systems, Carlsbad, CA; Radiographic Equipment
Services, Inc, Riverside, CA; Radiological Specialists,
Inc, Van Nuys, CA; Randwal Instrument Co, Inc,
Southbridge, MA; Rapid-Aid Ltd, Oakville, Canada; Raymax
of Canada, Brampton, Canada; Reflex Industries, Inc, San
Diego, CA; Reid & Priest, LLP, New York, NY; Remco Italia,
South Pedrino Di Vignate, Italy.
Remedpar, Inc, Goodlettsville, TN; Republic Drug Co, Inc,
Buffalo, NY; Research Consultants, Inc, Waco, TX; Respiratory
Support Products, Inc, Irvine, CA; Rhomicron Electronica
Medica, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Ricca Chemical Co,
Arlington, TX; Riverside Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; RJ Harvey
Instrument Corp, Hillsdale, NJ; RMC, Tucson, AZ; Roche
Diagnostics, Somerville, NJ; Roche Diagnostic Systems, Inc,
Somerville, NJ; Rocky Mountain Reagents, Inc, Denver, CO;
Rodenstock USA, Inc, Danbury, CT; Roman Vladimirsky, Los
Angeles, CA; Rossmax Intl, Ltd, Taipei, China.
Rova Co, Inc, Newbury, OH, Rowley Biochemical Institute,
Inc, Danvers, MA; RT Technical Services, Burleson, TX; Rusch,
Inc, Duluth, GA; RW Johnson Pharmaceutical, Research Inst,
Raritan; S & W Medico Teknik, Aabybro, Denmark; S & M
Instrument Co, Doylestown, PA; Sable Industries, Oceanside,
CA; Sag Harbor Industries, Inc, Sag Harbor, NY; Saleem
Surgico, Sialkot, Pakistan; Samsung-Ge Medical Systems Co,
Sungnam-Shi, Korea; San Diego Biotech, San Diego, CA; Sandare
International Inc, Cedar Hill, TX; Sanfan Plastic & Rubber
Co, Ltd, Chengdu, China.
Sanko Junyaku Co, Ltd, Tokyo, Japan; Sanofi Diagnostics
Pasteur, Redmond, WA; Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur, Marnes-La-
Coquette, France; Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho, Nagoya, Japan;
Sarstedt, Inc, Newton, NC; Sasco, Inc, Charlotte, NC; Sato
Light Industry Co, Ltd, Agei-Gun, Japan; Scan Medical, Ltd,
Middlesex, United Kingdom; Scanco, Inc, Ithaca, NY;
Scanditronix Medical AB, Uppsala, Sweden; Scantibodies
Laboratory, Inc, Santee, Ca; SCC, Inc, Hawthorne, CA;
Schiapparelli Biosystems, Inc, Fairfield, NJ; Schick
Technologies, Inc, Long Island, NY.
Schiff & Co, West Calwell, NJ; Schiller AG, Baar,
Switzerland; Schinkoeth Equip-
amentos Medico-Hospitalares LTDA, Nucleo Bandeirante, Brazil;
Schoch Electronics, Regensdorf, Switzerland, Scintillation
Technologies Corp, Knoxville, TN; Scribner Browne, Inc,
Boulder, CO; Seac SRL, Calenzano, Italy; Sealite Sciences,
Inc, Norcross, GA; Sechrist Industries, Inc, Anaheim, CA; See
Sea Development, Inc, Seminole, FL; Seiko Instruments, Inc,
Chiba-Shi, Japan; Sela Electronic, Inc, New York, NY; Senior
Technologies, Inc, Lincoln, NE; Sens-O-Tech Industries, Inc,
Tinton Falls, NJ.
Sensor Devices, Inc, Waukesha, WI; Sensormedics Corp, Yorba
Linda, CA; Seracare Technology, Austin, TX; Serbio,
Gennevilliers, France; Settler Medical Electronics Inc,
Winnipeg, Canada; Seward, Ltd, Thetford, United Kingdom;
Shandon, Inc, Pittsburgh, PA; Shanghai Medifriend Medical
Products, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Joe's Automatic Devices,
Inc, Shanghai, China; Shantou Institute of Ultrasonic
Instruments, Shantou, China; Shared Systems, Inc, Martinez,
GA; Sharper Image Corp, Little Rock, AR; Sharplan Lasers,
Inc, Allendale, NJ; Sherwood Medical Co, Hazelwood, MO.
Sherwood Medical Co, Bothell, WA; Shield Diagnostics, Ltd,
Dundee, United Kingdom; Siemens Medical Systems, Inc,
Concord, CA; Siemens Medical Systems, Inc, Hoffman Estates,
IL; Siemens Medical Systems, Issaquah, WA; Siemens Medical
Systems, Danvers, MA; Siemens Medical Corp, Iselin, NJ; Sigma
Chemical Co, St Louis, MO; Sigma Laboratory Centrifuges,
Osterode, Germany; Sigma Diagnostics, Inc, St Louis, MO;
Simonsen Medical A/S, Randers, Denmark; Sims Graseby Ltd,
Watford, United Kingdom; Sims Portex Ltd, Kent, United
Kingdom.
Sims Pneu Pac, Ltd, Luton, United Kingdom; Sinmed BV,
Reeuwijk, Netherlands; Sita Associates, Flossmoor, IL; Sitco,
Inc, Arlington Heights, IL; Skatron, Inc, Sterling, VA;
Sleepnet Corporation, Manchester, NH; SLP, Ltd, Tel-Aviv,
Israel; Smithkline Diagnostics, Inc, Sharon Hill, PA; SMV
America, Twinsburg, OH; Snap Laboratories, LLC, Glenview, IL;
Snijders Analysers BV, Tilburg, Netherlands; So-Cal Airgas,
Lakewood, CA; Soft Computer Consultants, Palm Harbor, FL;
Solomon Technology Corp, Chandler, AZ; Somanetics Corp, Troy,
MI; Somatronix Research Corp, Granby, CT.
Sonar Hearing Health, Eagan, MN; Sono Diagnostics, Inc,
Pinellas Park, FL; Sonogage, Inc, Cleveland, OH; Sonosight,
Inc, Bothell, WA; Sorba Medical Systems, Inc, Brookfield, WI;
Spectronic Instruments, Inc, Rochester, NY; Spirometrics
Medical Equipment Co, Auburn, ME; SRD Shorashim Medical, Ltd,
DN Misgav, Israel; Stanbio Laboratory, Inc, San Antonio, TX;
Standard Scientific, Inc, Hebron, KY; Starkey Laboratories,
Inc, Eden Prairie, MN; Statcorp, Inc, Jacksonville, FL; STC
Technologies, Inc, Bethlehem, PA; Stemcell Technologies, Inc,
Vancouver, Canada.
Stephenson Industries, Inc, Point Pleasant, NJ; Steritek,
Inc, Moonachie, NJ; Sterne Manufacturing, Brampton, Canada;
St Jude Medical Cardiac Rhythm Management Division, Sylmar,
CA; Storch, Amini, & Munves, New York, NY; Stratec
Elektronik, Birkenfeld, Germany; Strategic Diagnostics, Inc,
Newark, DE; Summit Medical Inc, Palm Harbor, FL; Sun Nuclear
Corporation, Melbourne, FL; Sun Biomedical Laboratories, Inc,
Blackwood, NJ; Sunquest Information Systems, Inc, Tucson, AZ;
Suntex Instruments Co, Ltd, Taipei, China; Superkit Intl,
Inc, Miami, FL.
Surgical Navigation Technologies, Broomfield, CO; Surgical
Technologies, Inc, Salt Lake City, UT; Surgical Instrument Co
of America, Ridgefield, NJ; Surgicon, Ltd, Sialkot, Pakistan;
Suzuken Co, Ltd, Hagoya-Higashi, Japan; Swelab Instrument,
Stockholm, Sweden; Swemed Lab Intl, Billdal, Sweden; Sybron
Intl Corp, Milwaukee, WI; Syntron Bioresearch, Inc, Carlsbad,
CA; Sysmex Corp, Long Grove, IL; Systec Computer Associates,
Inc, Mount Sinai, NY; Tanabe USA, Inc, San Diego, CA;
Tasteful Corporation, Taipei, China; Technical Chemicals &
Products, Inc, Ft Lauderdale, FL; Teco Diagnostics,
Anaheim, CA; Teco Medical Instruments, Ergoldsbach,
Germany.
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Telediagnostic Systems, Inc, San Francisco, CA; Telex
Communications, Inc, Minneapolis, MN; Terumo Medical Corp,
Elkton, MD; Texas Immunology, Inc, Tyler, TX; Texas Intl
Laboratories, Inc, Houston, TX; Texas Medical Electronics Co,
Houston, TX; The Lahr Consulting Group, Inc, Mahwah, NJ; The
Kohl Group, Scottsdale, AZ; The Anson Group, LLC,
Indianapolis, IN; The Soule Company, Inc, Tampa, FL; The
Perkin-Elmer Corp, Norwalk, CT; Theranol Deglaude
Laboratories, Bagneux, France; Theratronics Intl, Ltd,
Kanata, Canada; Thermo Separation Products, San Jose, CA.
Timm Research Co, Eden Prairie, MN; Tiyoda Mfg USA, Inc,
Torrance, CA; TM Analytic, Inc, Brandon, FL; Toitu of
America, Inc, Wayne, PA; Tomtec Imaging Systems,
Unterschleissheim, Germany; Top Corp, Tokyo, Japan; Toray
Marketing & Sales, Inc, Houston, TX; Toshiba Corp Medical
Engineering Center, Otawara-Shi, Japan; Toshiba Corporation,
Tochigi-Ken, Japan; Tosoh Medics, Inc, Foster City, CA;
Touritu Engineering Co, Inc, Suzuka, Japan; Toys For Special
Children, Inc, Hastings on Hudson, NY; Trac Medical, Inc,
Raleigh, NC; Trace America, Inc, Miami, FL.
Translite, Sugarland, TX; Tri-Gas, Inc, Irving, TX; Tri-
Continent Scientific, Inc, Grass Valley, CA; Trinity Biotech,
Dublin, Ireland; Trionix Research Laboratory, Inc, Twinsburg,
OH; Tubemaster, Inc, Grand Prairie, TX; U-Med Industrial,
Inc, Tokyo, Japan; UGM Medical Systems, Inc, Philadelphia,
PA; Ulster Scientific, Inc, New Paltz, NY; Ultravoice, Ltd,
Berwyn, PA; UMA, Inc, Dayton, VA; UMM Electronics, Inc,
Indianapolis, IN; Unipath, Ltd, Bedford, United Kingdom;
United Biotech, Inc, Mountain View, CA; Universal Medical
Systems, Inc, Clearwater, FL; Universal Medical Systems, Inc,
Bedford Hills, NY.
Unotech Diagnostics, Inc, San Leandro, CA; UO Equipment Co,
Houston, TX; Urometrics, Inc, St Paul, MN; US Endoscopy
Group, Inc, Mentor, OH; US Filter/Ionpure, Inc, Lowell, MA;
US Filter, St Louis Park, MN; US Filter Continental Water
Systems, El Paso, TX; US Summit Co, New York, NY; USA
Instruments, Inc, Aurora, OH; Validyne Engineering Sales
Corp, Northridge, CA; Valmed, Inc, Northboro, MA; Varian
Interay, North Charleston, SC; Varian-Tem Ltd, Crawley,
United Kingdom; Varian-Arlington Heights, Arlington Heights,
IL.
Varian Chromatography Systems, Walnut Creek, CA; Vasculab
Medizintechnik, Poel Island, Germany; Versamed, Ltd, Tel-
Aviv, Israel; VF-Works, Inc, Palm Harbor, FL; Victor
Equipment Co, Denton, TX; Vidamed, Inc, Fremont, CA; Viran
Clinical Diagnostics, Inc, Stevensville, MI; Virtual Corp,
Portland, OR; Vision Instruments, Ltd, Melbourne, Australia,
Visionics Corp, Minneapolis, MN; Vitalcom, Inc, Tustin, CA;
Vitalcor, Inc, Westmont, IL; Vitalograph, Inc, Lenexa, KS;
VNA Systems, Inc, Atlanta, GA; VSI Radiology, San Diego, CA;
Vulcon Technologies, Grandview, MO.
Vygon Corp, East Rutherford, NJ; Wako Chemicals, USA, Inc,
Richmond, VA; Wallac, Inc, Akron, OH; Walter Kidde Portable
Equipment, Inc, Mebane, NC; Ware Medics Glass Works, Inc,
Haverstraw, NY; Warren D. Novak Enterprises, Inc, Chappaqua,
NY; Water Solution Technologies, Carlsbad, CA; Wellhofer
North America, LLC, Bartlett, TN; Wenzhou Ouhai Medical
Instruments Factory, Wenzhou, China; Werner Fischer,
Fridingen, Germany; Western Star, Inc, Lake Oswego, OR;
Whale Scientific, Inc, Commerce City, CO; Whitmore
Enterprises, Inc, San Antonio, TX.
Wien Laboratories, Inc, Succasunna, NJ; Wiener
Laboratories, Rosario, Argentina; William E. King, Waukegan,
IL; Williams Sound Corp, Eden Prairie, MN; Willie Krawitz,
Orange, CA; Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, Palo Alto,
CA; Winfield Medical, San Diego, CA; Winmed Instruments Mfg.
Corp, Taipei, China; Wipro Ge Medical Systems Ltd, Bangalore,
India; Wisconsin Pharmacal Co, Jackson, WI; Witt Biomedical
Corp, Melbourne, FL; WL Gore & Associates, Inc, Phoenix, AZ;
World Wide Plastics, Inc, Trevose, PA; Wuzi Haiying-Cal Tec
Electronic Equipment Co., Wuxi, China.
Wyndgate Technologies, Rancho Cordova, CA; Wyrick, Robbins,
Yates & Ponton, Raleigh, NC; X R E Corp, Littleton, MA; X-Cel
X-Ray Corp, Cystal, Lake, IL; Xenos Medical Systems, Inc, New
Canaan, CT; Xerox Adaptive Technologies, Peabody, MA; Xingtai
Plastic Medical Apparatus Factory, Xing-Tai, China; Xitron
Technologies, Inc, San Diego, CA; Xtec, Inc, Columbia City,
IN; Yorke Enterprises, Ltd, Mitcham, United Kingdom; Young
Dental Mfg. Co, Brownsville, TX; Ysi, Inc, Yellow Springs,
OH; Yukosha Co, Inc, Tokyo, Japan.
Z-Tech, Inc, Charleston, SC; Zaxis Inc, Hudson, OH; Zee
Medical, Inc, Irvine, CA; Zenex Corp, Elk Grove Village, IL;
Zertl Medical, Inc, Pennington, NJ; Zetek, Inc, Aurora, CO;
Zeus Scientific, Inc, Branchburg, NJ; Zewa, Hergiswil,
Switzerland; Zimmer Elektromedizin Corp, Irvine, CA.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota.
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