Profile: Covidien provides surgical stapling and laparoscopic instrumentation. We specialize in medical devices, medical supplies, imaging solutions and pharmaceutical products. We offer access and trocar instruments, clip appliers, laparoscopic hand instruments, laparoscopic suturing, lymphatic mapping products, retractors, Sils™ procedure, solutions & lubricants, suction irrigation, surgical staplers, and vascular products. Our branded products include Autosuture, Devon, Kendall, Mallinckrodt, Nellcor, Puritan Bennett, Syneture and Valleylab. The Autosuture brand offers a complete line of surgical products and instrumentation for laparoscopic, endoscopic & traditional open surgical procedures, as well as lymphatic mapping. Our Endo Catch™ which are single use specimen retrieval products consist of a long cylindrical tube and polyurethane pouch that minimizes spillage & intraoperative contamination by isolating and containing specimens.

The company has revenues of > USD 1 Billion, has ~41000 employees and is ISO 9001, ISO 9002, CE certified.