What is Medtronic?
'''Medtronic plc''' is an American healthcare company. The company's operational and executive headquarters are in [[Minneapolis]], Minnesota, and its legal headquarters is in [[Dublin]]. It is in more than 150 countries and employs over 90,000 people. It develops and manufactures [[Health care|healthcare technologies]] and therapies. It was founded in 1949 in Minneapolis by [[Earl Bakken]]. He made first battery-powered external [[Artificial pacemaker|pacemaker.]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Developing healthcare solutions for complex conditions|url=https://www.jpost.com/special-content/developing-healthcare-solutions-for-complex-conditions-708711|access-date=2023-03-14|website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com|language=en-US}}</ref> It has been the world's largest medical device company since 2017. It income was $29,710 million in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 August 2021|title=Who are the top 10 medical device companies in the world (2021)?|url=https://www.proclinical.com/blogs/2021-8/who-are-the-top-10-medical-device-companies-in-2021|access-date=2023-03-14|website=www.proclinical.com}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Healthcare companies of the United States]] [[Category:Medical and health organizations in the Republic of Ireland]]