NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top health care equipment companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:
Becton, Dickinson & Co. fell $.29 or .3 percent, to $101.49.
Covidien rose $.12 or .2 percent, to $65.89.
Patterson rose $.22 or .6 percent, to $38.90.
PerkinElmer rose $.17 or .5 percent, to $32.36.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. rose $.50 or .6 percent, to $86.77.
Varian Medical Systems Inc. unchanged at $69.30.
Waters rose $.02 or percent, to $98.02.
