NEW YORK
Shares of some top health care equipment companies are mixed at noon:
Becton Dickinson rose $.79 or 1.1 percent, to $72.66.
Covidien fell $.66 or 1.5 percent, to $43.93.
Millipore fell $.14 or .2 percent, to $68.92.
Patterson fell $.18 or .7 percent, to $26.12.
PerkinElmer fell $.09 or .5 percent, to $19.51.
Thermo Fisher fell $.37 or .8 percent, to $44.75.
Varian Medical rose $.11 or .2 percent, to $45.10.
Waters fell $.53 or .9 percent, to $60.13.