/ Source: The Associated Press
Shares of some top health care equipment companies are up at noon:
Becton Dickinson rose $1.68 or 2.3 percent, to $75.34.
Covidien rose $1.26 or 2.9 percent, to $44.95.
Millipore rose $.24 or .2 percent, to $106.05.
Patterson rose $1.20 or 4.1 percent, to $30.70.
PerkinElmer rose $1.17 or 5.3 percent, to $23.40.
Thermo Fisher rose $2.07 or 4.0 percent, to $53.48.
Varian Medical rose $2.14 or 4.2 percent, to $53.07.
Waters rose $3.75 or 5.7 percent, to $69.86.
