SKANEATELES FALLS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Welch Allyn, a leading manufacturer of frontline medical products and solutions, recently won a Best in Class award in the Surgical Instruments and Devices category from GHX, a collaborative trading and exchange organization working to advance the business of healthcare. Welch Allyn surgical headlights, ear specula and vaginal specula achieved the highest year-over-year market share growth for distributed products in the category. GHX announced their annual Best in Class awards in 35 medical product categories and five market segments at their 2009 Supply Chain Summit in Nashville, TN on June 3. Welch Allyn was one of 30 medical-surgical manufacturers to be honored at this year’s event.