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• bulk and unit dose pharmaceuticals; and
• retail brand adult incontinence care, infant care and feminine hygiene products.
Tyco Healthcare consists of three business units: Medical Devices & Supplies, Pharmaceuticals and
Retail.
Medical Devices & Supplies
Medical Devices & Supplies consists of five primary divisions: Medical, Surgical, Respiratory,
Imaging and International.
Medical
The Medical Division manufactures and markets a broad range of wound care products, needles
and syringes, sharps disposables, vascular therapy products, electrodes, operating room kits and trays,
urological care products, enteral feeding products, incontinence care products, and nursing care
products. These products are marketed via a combination of direct sales representatives and third-party
distributors to hospitals, surgi-centers, alternate care facilities and homes worldwide.
The Medical Division consists of many market-leading brands such as KERLIX and CURITY
wound care dressings, WINGS adult incontinence products, SCD compression devices, T.E.D.
anti-embolism stockings, MONOJECT MAGELLAN safety needles and syringes, KANGAROO enteral
feedings systems, DEVON O.R. surgical kits, and MEDI-TRACE diagnostic and monitoring electrodes.
Surgical
The Surgical Division develops, manufactures and markets a broad spectrum of widely recognized
surgical products that are used around the world in operating rooms, emergency rooms, surgi-centers
and physician offices.
U.S. Surgical is a market leader in innovative wound closure products and advanced surgical
devices. Its Auto Suture business offers a complete line of surgical devices and laparoscopic instruments
for general and specialty procedures. The SYNETURE business is the evolution of U.S. Surgical/
Davis & Geck from a product-driven suture organization to one focused on clinical solutions for wound
closure with advanced suture and biosurgery therapies. Valleylab is a leading manufacturer and
marketer of a wide array of electro-surgical, ultrasonic and radiation ablation devices. Among its
leading brand names are VALLEYLAB, the FORCE FX electro-surgical generator, the LIGASURE
vessel occlusion system and the COOL-TIP RF (radio frequency) system.
Respiratory
The Respiratory Division develops, manufactures and markets an extensive line of products and
services that monitor oxygen saturation levels in the blood (pulse oximetry), help facilitate and monitor
anesthesia, diagnose and treat respiratory disease, and provide life support for critically ill patients.
These products are sold around the world under the NELLCOR and PURITAN BENNETT brands
and are used in the hospital and the home.
NELLCOR continues to drive advancements in pulse oximetry technology with the introduction of
the OXIMAX pulse oximetry system. For critically ill patients or for those undergoing surgery, the
MALLINCKRODT endotracheal and SHILEY tracheostomy tubes are industry leaders. PURITAN
BENNETT is known around the world for its critical care ventilators and the HELIOS portable liquid
oxygen system for respiratory impaired patients.
6 2006 Financials