User:XyZAn/sandbox/medtronic

The following is an illustration of the company's major mergers and acquisitions and historical predecessors (this is not a comprehensive list):

Medtronic Plc

Medtronic

	Medtronic (Founded 1949)

	Ardian Inc^[1] (Acq 2010)

	Osteotech Inc^[2] (Acq 2010)

	ATS Medical^[3] (Acq 2010)

	Krauth Cardiovascular^[4] (Acq 2010)

	Fogazzi^[5] (Acq 2010)

	Invatec^[6] (Acq 2010)

	PEAK Surgical, Inc^[7] (Acq 2011)

	Salient Surgical Technologies Inc^[8] (Acq 2011)

	China Kanghui Holdings^[9] (Acq 2012)

	NGC Medical^[10] (Acq 2014)

	Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation (Acq 2014)^[11]

	TYRX Inc (Acq 2014)^[12]

Sapheon Inc^[13]
(Acq 2014)

Reverse Medical Corporation^[14]
(Acq 2014)

Given Imaging^[15]
(Acq 2014)

Aspect Medical Systems

Somanetics Corp^[16]
(Acq 2010)

ev3 Inc^[17]
(Acq 2010)

CV Ingenuity^[18]
(Acq 2012)

BÂRRX^[19]
(Acq 2012)

Newport Medical Instruments^[20]
(Acq 2012)

superDimension^[21]
(Acq 2012)

Oridion Systems^[22]
(Acq 2012)

VNUS Medical Technologies

	Covidien (Formed 2007 from Tyco International healthcare business spin off)

	Advanced Uro-Solutions^[23] (Acq 2015)

	Diabeter^[24] (Acq 2015)

	CardioInsight Technologies^[25] (Acq 2015)

	Aptus Endosystems^[26] (Acq 2015)

	RF Surgical Systems^[27] (Acq 2015)