Benefactors and Funding Sources
for the Flyers/76ers Surgery Theatre

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Flyers/76ers Surgery Theatre was generously sponsored in part by an educational grant from Comcast Spectacor:

Comcast-Spectacor (www.comcast-spectacor.com) is the Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment firm which owns the Philadelphia Flyers, the Philadelphia 76ers, the Philadelphia Phantoms, the Wachovia Center, the Wachovia Spectrum, Flyers Skate Zone community ice skating and ice hockey facilities, Comcast SportsNet, and three minor league affiliates of the Baltimore Orioles - the Bowie Baysox, the Delmarva Shorebirds and the Frederick Keys. Comcast-Spectacor is also the principal owner of Global Spectrum, the public assembly facilities management firm with more than 35 facilities throughout the United States and Canada, Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage services provider, and Patron Solutions, a full-service ticketing and marketing product for public assembly facilities.

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US Surgical also made a contribution to the construction of the Flyers/76ers Surgery Theatre:

United States Surgical (www.ussurg.com), a unit of Tyco Healthcare Group LP, is a leading manufacturer of innovative wound closure products and advanced surgical devices. Their products are available through two primary business divisions: the Auto Suture Division which offers a complete line of surgical devices and laparoscopic instrumentation for general and specialty procedures and the Syneture Division, one of the most comprehensive suture product lines in the industry.

Through technology innovation, empowering education, and customer focused solutions, each U.S. Surgical division works collaboratively with physicians, nurses, and administrators to offer the best products and efficiencies possible for the benefit of the healthcare community and its patients.