Medtronic, Inc. is the world's leading medical technology company, controlling more than half of the $8 billion global heart-pacing market, which includes pacemakers and defibrillators. The company's products and services also include implantable neurological pain, tremor, spasticity, and incontinence management systems; heart valves; catheters and stents for angioplasty; implantable drug administration systems; hydrocephalic shunts; autotransfusion equipment; disposable devices for handling and monitoring blood during surgery; and instruments and devices used in surgical procedures of the head and spine and by ear, nose, and throat physicians. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the company conducts business in more than 120 countries; some two-thirds of revenues are generated domestically, with 20 percent originating in Europe and 10 percent in the Asia-Pacific region.
