MEDTRONIC PLC

Medtronic plc is one of the world leaders in designing, manufacturing and marketing of medical equipment. Net sales break down by sector of activity as follows:

- general and minimally invasive surgery (28.9%): surgical equipment, intra-operative monitoring systems, ventilation systems, etc.;

- vascular diseases and cardiac surgery (18.4%): coronary stents, endoprostheses for aortal pathologies, distal protection systems, catheters, heart valve prostheses, auto-transfusion equipment, cardiac ablation devices, etc.;

- cardiac rhythm management (17.8%): implantable cardiac pacemakers, implantable defibrillators and automatic external defibrillators, cardiac ablation probes, etc.;

- neurological disorders (10.1%): neurostimulation and pumped medication administration products, diagnostic tools, etc.;

- spinal disorders (8.7%): spinal prostheses, disc prostheses, cerebral stimulation systems, bone graft technologies and mini-invasive spinal surgery, etc. The group also develops medical imagery-guided surgical navigation systems activity;

- diabetes management (8.2%): internal and external glycemia monitoring systems and insulin pumps;

- other (7.9%).

Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Ireland (0.3%), the United States (51.6%) and other (48.1%).