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Covidien, formerly Tyco Healthcare, is one of the largest healthcare devices and supplies companies worldwide, headquartered in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda for tax purposes although most of its corporate functions are located in Mansfield, Massachusetts. On June 29, 2007, Tyco Healthcare became an independent publicly traded company under the name Covidien Ltd. after being spun-off from Tyco International.

Structure

As a division of the larger conglomerate, Tyco Healthcare acquired numerous brands over the years including:
  • Sherwood, Davis & Geck sutures
  • Unites States Surgical / AutoSuture surgical intruments
  • Valleylab electrosurgery equipment
  • Syneture wound closure
  • Nellcor pulse oximetry
  • Puritan Bennett ventilators and respirators
  • Kendall patient care products
  • Uni-Patch electrotherapy
  • Mallinckrodt imaging
  • Mallinckrodt pharmaceuticals
  • J. T. Baker specialty chemicals
  • Tyco Retail group
Tyco Healthcare structured these acquisitions into multiple Divisions, under three major reporting units, as of 2004:
In 1995 Richard J. Meelia became President of the Tyco Healthcare division. Meelia continued in that position through at least 2004, and later became promoted into the newly formed position of CEO of Tyco Healthcare.
   Covidien continues to operate in the surgical devices, medical imaging, medical supplies and pharmaceutical markets.
   

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