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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Medical equipment |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Fate | Merged with Medtronic |
| Successor | Itself (as a subsidiary of Medtronic)[1] |
| Headquarters | Dublin, Ireland |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | José E. Almeida (CEO) Bryan Hanson (EVP and President, Covidien Group)[2] |
| Products | Medical devices Surgical supplies Medical supplies |
Number of employees | 39,000 (2014) |
| Parent | Medtronic |
| Website | Covidien.com |
Covidien (formerly an independent company known as Covidien plc) is an Irish-headquartered global health care products company and manufacturer of medical devices and supplies. Covidien became an independent publicly traded company after being spun off from Tyco International in 2007.[3] It was purchased by Medtronic in a transaction that closed in 2015. The now-merged company is headquartered in Ireland, where Covidien was based.[4]
- ^ Covidien Loses Bid to Toss Suit Over Mallinckrodt Spin-off Archived 2024-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Medtronic: Leadership", medtronic.com
- ^ Staff, Sleep Review (12 July 2007). "Covidien Goes Public". Sleep Review. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Riley, Charles (15 June 2014). "Medtronic buys Covidien for $42.9 billion". CNNMoney. Retrieved 11 February 2019.