NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top health care equipment companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:

Becton, Dickinson & Co. fell $.44 or .6 percent, to $78.01.

Covidien rose $.66 or 1.2 percent, to $55.89.

Patterson rose $.39 or 1.1 percent, to $34.48.

PerkinElmer rose $.57 or 2.0 percent, to $28.17.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. rose $.90 or 1.6 percent, to $56.55.

Varian Medical Systems Inc. rose $1.16 or 1.8 percent, to $64.58.

Waters rose $.38 or .5 percent, to $84.49.