Medtronic to Acquire Invatec; Invatec Marks Product Milestones
January 25, 2010—Medtronic, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Invatec (Roncadelle, Italy), a developer of medical technologies for the interventional treatment of cardiovascular disease, and two affiliated companies: Fogazzi (Brescia, Italy), which provides polymer technology to Invatec, and Krauth Cardio-Vascular GmbH (Hamburg, Germany), which distributes Invatec products in Germany.