Medtronic is changing the face of chronic disease. By working closely with physicians around the world, it create therapies to help patients do things they never thought possible.
Medtronic medical technologies help make it possible for millions of people to resume everyday activities, return to work, and live better and longer. With the help of some very special people around the world: 38,000 dedicated employees who share a passionate purpose to improve lives, thousands of medical professionals who share their insights and ideas, and hundreds of advocacy associations that help share information, Medtronic can let people with debilitating diseases know relief is possible.
With deep roots in the treatment of heart disease, Medtronic now provides a wide range of products and therapies - every five seconds, another life is improved by a Medtronic product or therapy.
Medtronic was founded in 1949 as a medical equipment repair shop by Earl Bakken and his brother-in-law, Palmer Hermundslie. The inspiration for Medtronic's first pacemaker was a musical metronome.
Medtronic’s first life-changing therapy – a wearable, battery-powered cardiac pacemaker – was the foundation for dozens more Medtronic therapies that use unique electrical stimulation expertise to improve the lives of millions of people.
Over the years, Medtronic has adapted additional technologies for the human body, including radio frequency therapies, mechanical devices, drug and biologic delivery devices, and diagnostic tools. Today, these technologies are used to treat more than 30 chronic diseases affecting many areas of the body.
Business Overview
Six major businesses focus their efforts around a condition or therapy type: Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management, Spinal and Biologics, CardioVascular, Neuromodulation, Diabetes, and Surgical Technologies. Carleton Ltd. are an exclusive distributor of ophthalmic electrosurgical, fluid control, cauteries and disposable knives.
