Boston Scientific – Life Science Analytics
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE) Symbol : BSX
Headquarters
One Boston Scientific Place, Natick,
Massachusetts 01760-1537
Phone 508-650-8000
www.bostonscientific.com
Boston Scientific Corporation is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a broad range of interventional medical specialties. It was formed in 1979 and its mission is to improve the quality of patient care and the productivity of health care delivery through the development and advocacy of less-invasive medical devices and procedures.
Boston Scientific Corporation’s business groups include: Cardiovascular, Endosurgery, Neuromodulation and Cardiac rhythm management group. Its cardiovascular group is dedicated to treat medical conditions that include cardiovascular, peripheral vascular and neurovascular diseases, cardiac arrhythmias, neurological disorders, neuro and aortic aneurysms and acute myocardial infarction. Its endosurgery group’s products are used to help patients with malignant and benign tumors, gastrointestinal cancers, incontinence, abscesses, end stage renal disease, benign prostatic hyperplasia, gallstones and urinary stone disease, as well as uterine fibroids and menorrhagia. The company’s neuromodulation group offers solutions for pain management by developing devices that use neurostimulation to mask chronic pain signals with electrical impulses; and cardiac rhythm management group is committed to treat cardiac arrhythmias, heart failure, sudden cardiac death and heart disease. Boston Scientific Corporation’s products include: Convoy Advanced Delivery Sheath Kits, Constellation Full Contact Mapping Catheter, CONTAK RENEWAL 3 RF, Polaris Dx(TM) Steerable Diagnostic Catheter, SteeroCath-Dx(TM) Bi-Directional Steerable Diagnostic Catheters, TELIGEN Implantable Cardioverter, Defibrillator (ICD), ALTRUA(TM) Pacemaker Family, iLab(TM) Ultrasound Imaging System with the Ultra ICE(TM) Catheter, Inquiry HIS Diagnostic Catheters, etc. Boston Scientific Corporation has collaborations with StockerYale, Inc., Department of Veterans Affairs, Intelect Medical, Inc., GE Healthcare, General Electric Company, OmniSonics Medical Technologies, Inc, Bovie Medical Corp, Surgi-Vision, Inc., DARA BioSciences, Inc, CryoCor, Inc., Celsion Corp, etc.