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| Acquiring Party | Covidien (COV), a $10.25b provider of healthcare products and formerly part of Tyco. |
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| Transferring Party | Aspect Medical Systems, Inc., a leader in brain monitoring technology. |
| Sector | Medical Devices |
| Date | September 28, 2009 |
| Analysis Adds a market leading brain monitoring technology and expands Covidien's presence in the OR. Aspects premier product — Bispectral Index — became the first clinically proven and commercially available direct measure of the effects of anesthetics and sedatives on the brain. The technology is installed in approximately 74% of U.S. operating rooms. Aspect has OEM agreements with 9 leading manufacturers of patient monitoring systems. Deal value -- $210m on $99m in sales. | |
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