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4 unusual facts about Covidien


Covidien

It has just been announced circa 01/09/2011 to close the plant in Chesterfield, UK which makes para-Aminophenol, with the loss of 64 jobs.

Maria reactor

In February 2010, it was announced that Maria will start producing medical isotopes in cooperation with Covidien, to help ease the isotope shortages due to shutdowns of the Canadian NRU reactor and the Dutch Petten nuclear reactor.

North Haven, Connecticut

North Haven is a division headquarters for surgical device-maker Covidien.

TE Connectivity

On June 29, 2007, Tyco International was split and Tyco Electronics, along with Covidien, became separate, independently-traded public companies.


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Continuous mandatory ventilation

They are known by various vendor-specific terms such as pressure-regulated volume control (Siemens), autoflow (Dräger), adaptive-pressure ventilation (Hamilton Medical), volume-control plus (Covidien), among others.

Microwave ablation

The systems use either a 915 MHz generator (Evident, Covidien, Mansfield, MA; MicrothermX, BSD Medical, Salt Lake City, UT; Avecure, Medwaves, San Diego, CA) or a 2450 MHz generator (Certus 140, Neuwave, Madison, WI; Amica, Hospital Service, Rome, Italy; Acculis MTA, Microsulis, Hampshire, England).

TFCU

Tyco Federal Credit Union, a credit union serving Tyco, Tyco Electronics and Covidien


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