11.   Amid the doldrums gripping the technology field, there is a bright spot in medical devices, according to the people who prepare the Massachusetts Innovation Index.

12.   Among their accomplishments, he said, was legislation to expedite federal approval of new drugs and medical devices.

13.   Among those is one that limits the scope of an FDA review of a medical device.

14.   Among medical device companies, few have shown as much promise, based on early trials, as PLC Systems, whose heart laser was developed by Rudko.

15.   Among the plans is a two-year pilot program in which review of a number of medical devices will be turned over to private groups.

16.   Analysts say McGoldrick has a bad assignment because Wall Street has frequently prodded the company to sell the medical devices group.

17.   And because mattresses are not considered to be medical devices, they fall into the domain of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

18.   And Chen thinks many stocks of hospitals, HMOs, and medical devices are still overpriced after big run-ups last year.

19.   And for anyone dependent on an electric medical device, blackouts are life-threatening.

20.   And it will use them in instrumentation, medical devices and other areas that Thermo Electron considers its strengths.