1960
Employees: 50
Revenue: $180,000
Net loss: $16,000
Products: 13 devices, including pacemakers, Telecor heart-activity monitors, coagulation generators (to control bleeding during surgery)
2010
Employees: 40,000
Revenue: $15.8 billion
Net income: $3 billion
Products: Pacemakers, implantable and external defibrillators, cardiac stents, neurostimulators, heart valves, spine surgery devices, insulin pumps, glucose monitors and more.
Beginning words of mission statement: To contribute to human welfare by application of biomedical engineering in the research, design, manufacture and sale of instruments or appliances that alleviate pain, restore health and extend life.
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