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

Becton, Dickinson & Co. fell $.70 or .9 percent, to $76.53.

Covidien fell $.46 or .8 percent, to $57.40.

Patterson fell $.36 or 1.0 percent, to $34.33.

PerkinElmer fell $.50 or 1.7 percent, to $29.21.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. fell $.72 or 1.2 percent, to $58.16.

Varian Medical Systems Inc. fell $.35 or .6 percent, to $58.42.

Waters fell $1.66 or 2.0 percent, to $80.32.