HOYA CORPORATION is engaged in the manufacture and sale of electronics-related products, imaging products, healthcare products and medical products. The Company operates in three business segments The Information and Communication business segment has two divisions. The Electronics division offers photomasks and mask blanks for semiconductors, liquid crystal displays masks and hard drive (HDD) for glass disk use. The Image division provides optical lens, digital camera modules and optical devices, among others. The Life Care segment has two divisions. The Healthcare division offers ophthalmic lenses and contact lenses. The Medical division provides endoscopes, intraocular lenses and artificial bones. The Others segment is involved in the building of information systems. On October 1, 2011, the Company established a wholly owned subsidiary to takeover the manufacture and sale of imaging system from HOYA, and sold all shares of the newly established subsidiary to Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Olympus Corp. engages in the manufacture and sale of precision machineries and instruments. It operates through the following segments: Medical, Scientific Solutions, Imaging, and Others. The Medical segment covers digestive, surgical, and ultrasonic endoscopy as well as endoscopic treatment tools. The Scientific Solutions segment manufactures and sells biological and industrial microscopes, industrial endoscopes, and non-destructive testing equipment. The Imaging segment deals with digital cameras and recording devices. The Others segment includes biomaterial manufacturing and sales business. The company was founded by Takeshi Yamashita on October 12, 1919 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. manufactures surgical devices and equipments. Its products include the ENDOPATH XCEL access system, CONTOUR curved cutter stapler, HARMONIC ultrasonic cutting and coagulation surgical devices and the MAMMOTOME breast biopsy system. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Karl Storz is endoscopy manufacture industry for human and veterinary medicine as well as for industrial applications. Since its beginnings in 1945, the KARL STORZ family company has grown into a global manufacturer and distributor of endoscopes, medical instruments, and devices. They are no giant on an international scale but a leader in the things that matter: creativity, flexibility, and expertise. Their range of endoscopic instruments for human medicine, veterinary medicine, and industrial endoscopy now includes more than 15,000 products. The most recent KARL STORZ developments are in digital documentation systems and comprehensive operating room concepts. As a system supplier, the company combines its expertise in endoscopy with software solutions to achieve integration in the operating room and to support clinical process and resource management.

SMART Medical Systems Ltd, provides enabling medical devices that revolutionize the concept and practice of gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy. The company focuses on innovative devices with the vision of providing widespread, cost-effective solutions, enabling superior endoscopy for the benefit of both doctors and patients. SMART is lead by a highly dedicated team of professionals and has established close relations with outsource manufacturing facilitiies for the production of its products. SMART is backed by high level private investors. SMART’s proprietary balloon technology is implemented in its various products. SMART’s flagship product – the G-EYE™ endoscope is a unique and innovative device enabling the increasing of polyp detection rate in the day to day colonoscopy in a simple and intuitive manner. By implementing its balloon technology into the G-EYE™ system, the endoscope enables Controlled Withdrawal™ of the endoscope during colonoscopy, thus improving visibility of the colon and making therapy and intervention much easier and faster. The G-EYE™ together with SMART’s single balloon disposables can also act as an optimized two-balloon system for deep small bowel enteroscopy and double balloon colonoscopy. SMART is ISO 13485:2003 certified by the European regulatory authorities, and maintains a comprehensive quality assurance approach to ensure the quality of its products

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used principally to treat cardiovascular disease.

Massachusetts General Hospital was established to provide care to Boston's sick, regardless of socioeconomic status—an innovative idea in 1811. In the words of their founder, John Warren, MD, “When in distress, every man becomes their neighbor.” They subsequently became the first teaching hospital for Harvard University’s new medical school and have been redefining excellence in healthcare ever since. They have remained at the forefront of medicine by fostering a culture of collaboration, pushing the boundaries of medical research, educating the brightest medical minds and maintaining an unwavering commitment to the diverse community they were created to serve. They believe that because of diversity they excel, through inclusion they respect their community, and with a keen focus on equity they serve, heal, educate and innovate at the highest levels. Their first priority is the well-being of their patients—near and far. As a team they are able to maintain a singular focus on providing the highest quality, most compassionate care to each and every patient.

Safran Aircraft Engines (previously Snecma) is a French aerospace engine manufacturer headquartered in Courcouronnes, France. It designs, makes and maintains engines for commercial and military aircraft as well as rocket engines for launch vehicles and satellites.

FUJIFILM Corp. engages in the provision of imaging and information solutions. Its offers photography equipment, supplies and services, optical devices, healthcare, high-performance materials, graphic systems, recording media, and industrial products. The company was founded on October 2, 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Boston Scientific Ltd., part of Boston Scientific Corp., is a British company located in Hemel Hempstead. The firm distributes medical products. It was founded in 1992.\nThe company says this about itself: Boston Scientific Ltd designed, manufactured and sold transvaginal mesh (“TVM”) medical devices that were implanted into thousands of Canadian women for the treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence (“SUI”) and Pelvic Organ Prolapse (“POP”).

Pentax (ペンタックス Pentakkusu) is a brand name used primarily by Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company Ricoh for cameras, sport optics (including binoculars and rifle scopes), and CCTV optics. The brand is also used by Hoya Corporation for medical products & services, TI Asahi for surveying instruments, and Seiko Optical Products for certain optical lenses.

Richard Wolf defines progress. Their passion for high-performance medical technology has its roots in the company's history. The vision of creating perfect perspectives and patient-friendly interventions is becoming a reality by carefully fostering a culture of dialog with medical specialists and academics in a network that spans the globe. Their objective is to identify medical trends right at the start and to cooperate in developing perfect solutions. Unique and powerful products to meet the highest standards in medicine are created by giving all the people working in the company the scope to make the most of their strengths. As a full-service provider in the field of endoscopy, they employ more than 1500 highly qualified specialist employees. They operate on the international stage as an innovative company through a network of 15 branches and 130 distributors.

Apollo Endosurgery develops medical devices for the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. The company’s device-based therapies are an alternative to invasive surgical procedures, thus lowering complication rates and reducing total healthcare costs. Apollo’s products include the X-Tack™ Endoscopic HeliX Tacking System, the OverStitch™ Endoscopic Suturing System, the OverStitch Sx™ Endoscopic Suturing System, and the ORBERA® Intragastric Balloon. Apollo Endosurgery was founded upon the initial work of the Apollo Group, an international think tank of world-renowned gastroenterologists and surgeons from five leading universities (Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Medical University of South Carolina, University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston and Chinese University-Hong Kong.) Disappointed with the pace of innovation in therapeutic flexible endoscopy, the Group assembled in 1998 (Timeline) with the goal to advance the new discipline; their specific focus was the use of long, flexible instruments deployed through a natural orifice in order to diagnose and potentially treat gastrointestinal disorders.

Develops, manufactures and markets advanced endoscopic solutions for gastroenterological applications

Rex Medical specializes in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of innovative, minimally invasive medical devices targeted toward the cardiovascular, venous access, endosurgery, and oncology markets to address unmet clinical needs. Medical device companies play a vital role in the life science industry by developing new technologies to match unmet medical needs across both established and emerging healthcare markets.

Canon U.S.A., Inc. offers professional businesses, consumer imaging equipment, and information systems. Its products include colored, black, and white copiers, printers, image filing systems, facsimile machines, cameras and lenses, camcorders, semiconductor, and optical equipment. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Melville, NY.

EndoMaster is a medical device company that is developing a novel robotic-assisted surgical system. EndoMaster has developed a novel robotic-assisted surgical system for endoscopy that will significantly advance current endoscopic surgeries and enable surgeons to perform incision-less surgeries that could only be performed by open and laparoscopic surgery before. EndoMaster's robotic system will enable minimally invasive surgery in the body with increased precision and intuitiveness and reduced surgery time. This will reduce patient discomfort as well as the risk of procedural and post-operative complications.

Gyrus ACMI, Inc. (doing business as Olympus Surgical Technologies America), part of Olympus Corp., is an American company located in Southborough, MA, that manufactures and sells precision machineries & instruments.