31.   The company plans to start selling the device this week.

32.   The company also sells a device that will store and decontaminate human waste products accumulated during surgery.

33.   The company intended to sell the device to companies who would use it as a security measure in things such as computers and ATMs.

34.   The company would not specify which retailers are currently selling the devices being studied.

35.   The device has been sold to police and other nonmedical agencies, the company says, because it can be used with very little training.

36.   The device was sold to farmers in remote areas who had no electricity, so they could power their radios.

37.   The devices are sold by Wynd Communications Corp. and BellSouth Corp.

38.   The other division would consist of businesses that sell consumer devices such as cell phone handsets and pagers.

39.   The transaction comes as a growing number of companies making and selling medical devices in the U.S. and Europe combine to cut costs and boost sales.