| | Call Details | St. Jude Medical, Inc. Earnings Conference Call/St. Jude Medical to Acquire EP MedSystems (Q1 2008) Wed,
Apr 16, 2008, 9:00 am Eastern
| | About EP MedSystems
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| | Medtronic, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices worldwide. The companys Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management segment primarily offers pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, leads, ablation products, electrophysiology catheters, insertable cardiac monitors, and information systems for cardiac rhythm disease management. Its Spinal segment provides thoracolumbar, cervical, and interbody spinal devices; bone growth substitutes; and devices for vertebral compression fractures and spinal stenosis. The CardioVascular segment offers coronary and peripheral stents, and related delivery systems; endovascular stent graft systems; heart valve replacement technologies and tissue ablation systems; and open heart and coronary bypass grafting surgical products. The Neuromodulation segment provides therapeutic and diagnostic devices, including implantable neurostimulation systems, implantable drug delivery devices, and urology and gastroenterology products. The Diabetes segment offers external insulin pumps and related consumables, continuous glucose monitoring systems, and subcutaneous glucose sensors. The Surgical Technologies segment provides products to treat conditions of the ear, nose, and throat, as well as certain neurological disorders. It offers powered tissue-removal systems and other microendoscopy instruments, implantable devices, nerve monitoring systems, disposable fluid-control products, hydrocephalus shunt devices, external drainage systems, cranial fixation devices, neuroendoscopes, dura repair products, image-guided surgery systems, and a Ménières disease therapy device. The Physio-Control segment offers external defibrillators, including manual defibrillator/monitors used by hospitals and emergency response personnel, and automated external defibrillators used in commercial and public settings; and related data management solutions and support services. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
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Analyst Ratings | | About St. Jude Medical, Inc.
(NYSE:STJ) |
| | St. Jude Medical, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes cardiovascular medical devices and implantable neurostimulation devices worldwide. It operates in four segments: Cardiac Rhythm Management, Cardiovascular, Atrial Fibrillation, and Advanced Neuromodulation Systems. The Cardiac Rhythm Management segment offers products for cardiac arrhythmias, or irregular heart beats. Its products include tachycardia implantable cardioverter defibrillator systems to provide therapy to patients suffering from lethal heart conditions, such as sudden cardiac arrest; cardiac resynchronization therapy devices to treat heart failure patients; pacemakers to help people whose hearts beat too slowly or who suffer from other cardiac arrhythmias; and leads, which connect devices to the heart and carry the electrical impulses to the heart and information from the heart back to the device. The Cardiovascular segment provides mechanical and tissue replacement heart valves, as well as heart valve repair products. It also offers disposable interventional devices, including vascular closure devices, patent foramen ovale closure devices, embolic protection systems, wire control catheters, percutaneous catheter introducers, diagnostic guidewires, and temporary bipolar pacing catheters. The Atrial Fibrillation segment provides a system of products for access, diagnosis, visualization, and ablation that assist physicians in diagnosing and treating various irregular heart rhythms. This segment offers electrophysiology introducers and catheters, cardiac mapping and navigation systems, and ablation systems. The Advanced Neuromodulation Systems segment offers a range of neurostimulation systems, including rechargeable implantable pulse generators, conventional implantable pulse generators, and radio frequency powered systems. St. Jude Medical markets its products through a direct sales force and independent distributors. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota. |
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