10 Companies That Are Helping Us Live Longer Lives

10 COMPANIES THAT ARE HELPING US Live Longer Lives Do you want to live longer? You should eat healthier, hit the gym, drink less, quit smoking, and reduce stress in your life. But even that may not be enough. You might need help from your families and friends. In addition, these 10 companies are helping you live longer lives. SYNCARDIA SYSTEMS HEADQUARTERS: | INDUSTRY: FOUNDED: Tucson, Arizona Medical Appliances and Equipment 2001 WHAT THEY DO: OSynCardia SYSTEMS, INC. • Make temporary total artificial heart • Used as a "bridge" device before transplant • World's first and only FDA approved HOW THEY ARE HELPING US LIVE LONGER More than 400,000 people a year die of heart disease More than 3,000 waiting for heart transplants Artificial hearts are potentially life saving option for patients who must wait as long as a year to get transplant 79% of patients successfully lived on artificial heart until receiving human heart transplant = 5,000 deaths WALGREENS HEADQUARTERS: | INDUSTRY: FOUNDED: Deerfield, Illinois Drug Retailing 1901 WHAT THEY DO: Walgreens • Optimal Wellness program • Designed to help customers track and monitor chronic conditions such as diabetes • Reviews customer's medications and administers blood pressure and blood-glucose tests • Added fresh food to shelves and designated iPad-equipped health guide to serve as health help desk HOW THEY ARE HELPING US LIVE LONGER 46 million uninsured and need health-care system Walgreens retail clinics provide accessible and inexpensive health care = 1 million INTUITIVE SURGICAL HEADQUARTERS: | INDUSTRY: FOUNDED: Sunnyvale, California Medical Appliances and Equipment 1995 INTUITIVE WHAT THEY DO: SURGICAL® • Manufacture robotic surgical systems • da Vinci Surgical System • Allows laparoscopic surgery to be performed remotely using robotic manipulators • First robotic surgical system cleared by the FDA • Installed over 2,462 systems worldwide HOW THEY ARE HELPING US LIVE LONGER da Vinci surgical procedure offers - Less pain, less blood loss, and less need for blood transfusions - Shorter hospital stay, quicker recovery and faster return to normal daily activities SECOND SIGHT HEADQUARTERS: | INDUSTAY: FOUNDED: Sylmar, California Medical Appliances and Equipment 1998 Second Sight WHAT THEY DO: • Develop implantable visual prosthetics for blind individuals • Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System • Provide electrical stimulation of the retina to elicit visual perception in blind subjects HOW THEY ARE HELPING US LIVE LONGER Provides sight to patients blinded from outer retinal degenerations, such as retinitis pigmentosa ENVOY MEDICAL HEADQUARTERS: | INDUSTRY: FOUNDED: Saint Paul, Minnesota Medical Appliances and Equipment 1995 medical WHAT THEY DO: ENVOY. • Design, develop, and market implantable devices for treatment of sensory disorders HOW THEY ARE HELPING US LIVE LONGER Their products improve quality of life for over 21.5 million adults in US suffering from sensorineural hearing loss 999999999929999999999E =1 million GENERAL ELECTRIC HEADQUARTERS: | INDUSTRY: FOUNDED: Fairfield, Connecticut Conglomerate 1892 WHAT THEY DO: • Provide medical technologies and services for patient care • Healthymagination program Vscan ultrasound device • Centricity Electronic Medical Record system • Treatment option digital database • Home monitoring technologies • $250 million cancer research investment HOW THEY ARE HELPING US LIVE LONGER Healthymagination focuses on early diagnosis, drug discovery, and prevention ÖSSUR HEADQUARTERS: | INDUSTAY: FOUNDED: Reykjavik, Iceland Medical Appliances and Equipment 1971 WHAT THEY DO: ÖSSUR. • Build "smart" prosthetic legs • Personalized and motorized • Use sophisticated motion sensors to measure knee position and force applied to it • Reduce stress on rest of body HOW THEY ARE HELPING US LIVE LONGER Prosthetic legs allow patients to - Expend less energy walking - Improve confidence - Restore independence and ability GENENTECH HEADQUARTERS: | INDUSTRY: FOUNDED: San Francisco, California Biotechnology 1976 Genentech WHAT THEY DO: IN BUSINESS FOR LIFE • Use human genetic information to discover, develop, manufacture, and commercialize biotherapeutics that address significant unmet medical needs • Develop targeted, genetics-based cancer therapies • Zelboraf • Got FDA approval • First drug to target and shut down a gene mutation associated with about half of melanoma cases DAD HOW THEY ARE HELPING US LIVE LONGER Their products and services help to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases, enhancing people's health and quality of life HARVARD BIOSCIENCE HEADQUARTERS: | INDUSTRY: FOUNDED: Holliston, Massachusetts Medical Appliances and Equipment 1901 HARVARD WHAT THEY DO: BIOSCIENCE • Develop and manufacture life sciences tools, including bioreactors • Created and successfully implanted lab-grown windpipe in 36-year old with tracheal cancer • Made of patient's stem cells combined with nano-particles of same plastic used in water bottles HOW THEY ARE HELPING US LIVE LONGER Reduces risk that body will reject transplanted tissue by using lab-grown organs from patient's stem cells REVOLUTION FOODS HEADQUARTERS: | INDUSTRY: FOUNDED: Oakland, California Food Service 2006 revolution WHAT THEY DO: FOODS • Serve more than 600 lunchrooms and over 120,000 meals each day to students across the country • Deliver tasty and healthy meals and nutrition education to schools HOW THEY ARE HELPING US LIVE LONGER Combats childhood obesity by providing nutritional education program to schools - 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