Medical Devices
• Endomechanical Instruments—includes our laparoscopic instruments and surgical
staplers.
• Soft Tissue Repair Products—includes our suture products, mesh products
and biosurgery products.
• Energy Devices—includes our vessel sealing products, electrosurgical products,
ablation products and related capital equipment.
• Oximetry and Monitoring Products—includes our sensors and monitors products
and our temperature management products.
• Airway and Ventilation Products—includes our airway products, ventilator
products, breathing systems, sleep products and inhalation therapy products.
• Vascular Devices—includes our compression products and vascular therapy
products.
• SharpSafety Products—includes our needle and syringe products and our sharps
disposable products.
• Clinical Care Products—includes our urology products, enteral feeding products
and other advanced woundcare products.
We are a leader in innovative wound closure products, advanced surgical devices
and electrosurgical systems.
• Our Autosuture franchise introduced the world’s first practical surgical
stapler 40 years ago and continues to be an innovator in minimally invasive
surgery, offering a complete line of surgical stapling and laparoscopic instrumentation.
• Our Syneture brand offers one of the most comprehensive suture product lines
in the industry.
• We recently expanded our offerings of surgical mesh for hernia repair through
our acquisition of Floreane Medical Implants, S.A. and the acquisition of intellectual
property from Sorbx, LLC.
• Our Valleylab franchise has been a leader in electrosurgery systems for
over 40 years, offering products such as the recently introduced ForceTriad
tissue fusing and electrosurgery system, the LigaSure Vessel Sealing System
and the Cool-tip Radiofrequency Ablation System.
We believe that our broad offering of both mechanical and energy-based surgical
and therapeutic devices positions us to capitalize on the expected continued
growth of minimally invasive surgical procedures.
We are developing and marketing a broad line of innovative biosurgery solutions,
including internal sealants, topical adhesives and anti-adhesion products. These
products potentially may have applications in many types of surgical procedures.
We believe that our acquisition of Confluent Surgical, Inc. in fiscal 2006,
provides us with a strong proprietary platform to become a leader in this growing
market.
We offer an extensive line of products used to monitor, diagnose and treat
respiratory disease and sleep disorders.
• Through our Nellcor brand we pioneered pulse oximetry, which measures oxygen
in the blood, and we continue to be a leader in this field.
• Our Puritan Bennett brand is a leader in the field of high-acuity ventilators.
The continuing development of Puritan Bennett products ranges from the introduction
of the first modern mechanical ventilator 40 years ago to our recent acquisition
of Airox S.A., which offers non-invasive home care ventilator systems and complements
our ventilator portfolio.
• We are a leader in the field of airway management with our comprehensive
line of Mallinckrodt endotracheal tubes and Shiley tracheostomy tubes.
• Our Sandman sleep diagnostic system is a leading product for the diagnosis
of sleep disorders, and we are focused on expanding our treatment solutions
for sleep disorders.
Other products offered by our Medical Devices segment include vascular compression
devices, needles and syringes, sharps collection systems, enteral feeding pumps
and accessories, tympanic and electronic thermometers, advanced wound care products,
urology products and dialysis catheters.
Kendall’s innovative SCD Vascular Compression System and T.E.D. Anti-Embolism
Stockings set the standard for the mechanical prevention of deep vein thrombosis,
a potentially fatal complication from surgery. Both continue to be leaders in
this field. Our SharpSafety line of needles, syringes and sharps disposal systems
is focused on offering products that minimize the risk of needle stick incidents,
which threaten the safety of clinicians. Our Kangaroo brand is a leader in enteral
feeding systems.
Products offered by our Medical Devices segment are used primarily by hospitals
and alternate site healthcare providers, although physician offices and homecare
represent an increasing share of our customers. We market these products through
both our direct sales force and third-party distributors primarily to physicians,
nurses, materials managers, group purchase organizations (GPOs) and governmental
healthcare authorities.
We expect our Medical Devices segment to continue to increase research and
development initiatives through both internal investment and strategic acquisitions,
and to enhance its global commercial infrastructure as it seeks to introduce
and effectively market new and improved products.
Medical Supplies
• Nursing Care Products—includes our traditional woundcare products, incontinence
products sold within the United States and our suction products.
• Medical Surgical Products—includes our operating room supply products and
related accessories, electrodes and chart paper product lines within the United
States.
• Original Equipment Manufacturer Products (OEM)—includes various medical
supplies, such as needles and syringes, for a number of leading medical device
companies.
• Incontinence Products in Europe—includes our incontinence products sold
in Europe.
For over 100 years, the Kendall brand has been a leader in the field of wound
care with its Curity and Kerlix gauze and bandages. Our Devon brand is a leader
in operating room kits and accessories. Under our Medi-Trace brand, we offer
a comprehensive line of monitoring, diagnostic and defibrillation electrodes.
These products are marketed through a combination of direct sales representatives
and third-party distributors, primarily to materials managers and GPOs, and
are used primarily in hospitals, surgi-centers and alternate care facilities.
In order to maintain its market position, our Medical Supplies segment intends
to focus on improving efficiencies through strategic sourcing and manufacturing
initiatives, while maintaining its reputation for quality.