| STJ Description: St. Jude Medical, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and distributes cardiovascular medical devices for cardiac rhythm management, cardiovascular, and atrial fibrillation therapy areas worldwide. It operates in two divisions, Implantable Electronic Systems, and Cardiovascular and Ablation Technologies. The company offers tachycardia implantable cardioverter defibrillator systems and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator devices to treat patients with tachycardia. It also provides atrial fibrillation products comprising electrophysiology, introducers and catheters, advanced cardiac mapping, navigation and recording systems, and ablation systems; and pacemakers, which deliver low-voltage electrical impulses to stimulate a heartbeat for patients whose hearts beat too slowly. In addition, the company offers vascular closure devices, compression assist devices, pressure measurement guidewires, diagnostic coronary imaging technology, percutaneous catheter introducers, diagnostic guidewires, heart failure monitoring devices, renal denervation technology and vascular plugs, optical coherence tomography imaging products, and other vascular accessories, as well as CardioMEMS, a heart failure monitoring device. Further, it provides structural heart products, including heart valve replacement and repair products, and structural heart defect devices; neuromodulation products, such as spinal cord stimulation and radiofrequency ablation to treat chronic pain, as well as deep brain stimulation to treat movement disorders; and thoratec products comprising ventricular assist devices and percutaneous heart pumps. The company sells its products through direct sales force and independent distributors. St. Jude Medical, Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota. |
