VIASYS Healthcare, Inc. was a global market leader in healthcare technology. The company is a spinoff of Thermo Electron Corporation, a scientific instrument business, and was created from the acquisition of some dozen biomedical companies. VIASYS reorganized these companies into three business segments or groups: Respiratory Care, Neuro-Science, and Medical and Surgical Care. VIASYS went public shortly after its inception in 2001 and had sales of over $358 million in its first year. VIASYS markets its products to hospitals, laboratories, physicians, and equipment manufacturers in over 100 countries.