Covidien Gains Capnography Market Leader Oridion Via $300 Mil. Acquisition

Newly acquired Oridion Microstream exhaled carbon dioxide measurement technology dovetails with Covidien’s pulse oximetry and other patient monitoring products.

Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies will gain capnography carbon dioxide measuring technology for the first time through its acquisition of patient monitoring device maker Oridion Systems Ltd. for $300 million under a definitive agreement announced April 5.

Oridion identifies itself as the global leader in capnography – the continuous monitoring of carbon dioxide in exhaled breath –...

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