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Stryker Corp. has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Sage Products LLC from Madison Dearborn Partners in an all cash transaction for $2.775 billion. The transaction includes an anticipated future tax benefit that is expected to exceed $500 million and to...

Masimo has announced that in a new study that compared acoustic respiration rate (RRa) from Masimo’s rainbow Acoustic Monitoring (RAM) to respiration rate from conventional capnography, researchers concluded that RAM was useful for monitoring dental patients under...

neoSurgical Inc. has begun a postmarket surveillance study of its FDA-cleared device, neoClose, at University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston. The randomized study will compare neoClose against the standard of care for closure in a bariatric surgery gastric...

LINET has added Jeff Bell to its leadership team. Bell, who most recently served as chief sales officer for Amerinet, joins the LINET team as vice president of national accounts. In this role, Bell will be responsible for driving continued growth of LINET’s strategic...

A second generation product line of medical apparel is being introduced by LifeThreads LLC. The new Contego Collection, which follows last year’s successful introduction of LifeThreads’ Classic Collection, is treated with an EPA-registered antimicrobial active...