41.   Last year it invested in WebTV, which makes devices that display the Internet on a television.

42.   Many are for intricate tools used to make other devices.

43.   Life Sciences makes devices such as incubators, autopsy equipment and tissue processors.

44.   Mattson makes devices that clean off unwanted chemical residue from computer chips after the circuits have been etched.

45.   Marietta, Georgia-based Healthdyne makes monitoring devices for newborns, diagnostic and therapeutic devices for sleep apnea and a variety of respiratory disorders.

46.   Minnetonka, Minnesota-based Daig makes devices that diagnose and treat cardiovascular diseases, such as faulty rhythms and heart disease.

47.   Nellcor makes devices that monitor patients with respiratory problems while Puritan-Bennett provides treatment and therapy products for respiratory patients.

48.   Now, though, it is seeking guidance on making devices that can peer through walls and buildings to recognize bombs or bodies.

49.   One of those advances is a company called WebTV, which makes a device that delivers Internet content to the television.

50.   One project is to find an American acquisition target for a new Swiss company, Bioring, which makes medical devices.