ARM AND TIGHT-KNIT “
.
..
that’s how you can define
the relationship between St. Jude Medical and the public.
The company, which started operations in Brazil in 1996,
has the only factory in Latin America approved by the
d Drug Administration) for the manufacturing of “Class 4
ents. The Brazilian unit only manufactures biological heart
er, the company sells medical devices in the country for
d Neurology.
dical - Brazil is a subsidiary company of St. Jude Medical
nded in 1976 in the United States. The company
than 16,000 people worldwide and has four major
alization: heart rate management, auricular fibrillation,
r and neuromodulation. The St. Jude Medical product
des devices, implantable cardioverter defibrillators for
diac resynchronization, pacemakers, electrophysiology
ping systems and 3D visualization for vascular occlusion,
nd heart valve repair devices, devices for treatment of
nd deep brain stimulation devices.
izonte in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil – the plant
around 45,000 biological valves per year. Of these, 90
Devices
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