st. jude medical center's hospital is located at tennessee.
st. jude medical center's hospital is located at tennessee.
where is st. jude medical center's hospital located at?
tennessee
in 1997, st. jude medical acquired ventritex, a sunnyvale, california-based manufacturer of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for $352 million. at the time of its acquisition, ventritex was the third-largest manufacturer of defibrillators.









































in february 1999, st. jude medical acquired tyco international's angio-seal business. angio-seal manufactured collagen-based plugs to close arterial holes made during arterial catheter procedures. matricaria stepped down as st. jude medical ceo in march 1999. he was replaced by terry shepherd, who had served as president of st. jude medical's heart valve business since 1994. matricaria retained chairmanship of the st. jude medical board.









































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st. jude medical
st. jude medical was founded in 1976 to further develop bi-leaflet artificial heart valves, which were originally created in 1972 at the university of minnesota. st. jude medical's bi-leaflet valve was developed in large part by dr. demetre nicoloff of the university of minnesota and st. jude medical employee don hanson.









































company founder manny villafana took st. jude medical public in february 1977. in october of that year, dr. nicoloff implanted the company's first artificial heart valve in a human patient. st. jude medical's new heart valve was coated in pyrolytic carbon, which helped the valve prevent blood clotting.
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