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ArthroCare Rank: 39 (2005 rank: 89) Get quote: ARTC Employees: 850
Headquarters: Austin, TX Sector(s): Medical Why It's hot: Its radio-wave instruments shrink and cut tissue without heat or burns. One out of every three U.S. hospitals now use them for arthroscopic surgery.

	2005 ($ millions)	% growth (3-year annualized)	Growth rank
Revenue	214.3	32.2	45
Earnings	23.5	20.8	87
Operating cash flow	37.2	52.2	52

	% change
Stock return (2005)	31

	% change
Headcount change (2005)	32.2

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