Other competitors in the healthcare sector include: CareFusion (CFN), Teleflex Incorporated (TFX), and Quidel (QDEL).

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Other competitors in the healthcare sector include: Teleflex Incorporated (TFX), Covidien (COV), and Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO).

FORBES: Earnings Preview: CareFusion

Teleflex (nyse: TFX - news - people ) had a patent for a gas pedal that moves via electronic sensor according to a driver's height, which Ford Motor (nyse: F - news - people ) was using on some of its trucks.

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