Medical Equipment M&A Trends - July 2008

Table of Contents

1 Table of Contents 2
1.1 List of Tables 5
1.2 List of Figures 6
2 Deal Summary 8
2.1 Medical Equipment, Deal Value versus Volume Analysis, June 2008 8
2.2 Medical Equipment, Featured Deals, June 2008 8
2.2.1 Invitrogen To Acquire Applied Biosystems 8
2.2.2 Essilor To Acquire Satisloh Holding From Schweiter Technologies 9
2.2.3 Airgas Completes Private Placement Of Senior Subordinated Notes For $400 Million 9
2.3 Medical Equipment, Deals Update, June 2008 9
2.3.1 AngioDynamics Acquires U.S. And U.K. Operations Of Diomed Holdings 9
2.3.2 Compass Group Diversified Holdings Sells Silvue Technologies Group To Mitsui Chemicals 9
2.3.3 CryoCath Completes Private Placement Of $17.76 Million 9
3 Contribution of Private Equity / Venture Capital in Medical Equipment 10
3.1 Top PE/VC Deals, Medical Equipment, June 2008 10
4 Deal Summary by Sector 12
4.1 In-vitro Diagnostics, M&A Trends, June 2008 12
4.1.1 In-vitro Diagnostics -- Top Deals of the Month 12
4.2 Orthopedic Devices, M&A Trends, June 2008 13
4.2.1 Orthopedic Devices -- Top Deals of the Month 14
4.3 Cardiovascular Devices, M&A Trends, June 2008 14
4.3.1 Cardiovascular Devices -- Top Deals of the Month 15
4.4 Healthcare IT, M&A Trends, June 2008 15
4.4.1 Healthcare IT -- Top Deals of the Month 16
4.5 Endoscopy Devices, M&A Trends, June 2008 16
4.5.1 Endoscopy Devices -- Top Deals of the Month 17
4.6 Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices, M&A Trends, June 2008 17
4.6.1 Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices -- Deals of the Month 18
4.7 Diagnostics Imaging, M&A Trends, June 2008 18
4.7.1 Diagnostics Imaging -- Deals of the Month 18
4.8 Wound Care Management, M&A Trends, June 2008 19
4.8.1 Wound Care Management -- Deal of the Month 19
4.9 ENT Devices, M&A Trends, June 2008 20
4.9.1 ENT Devices -- Deals of the Month 20
4.10 Dental Devices, M&A Trends, June 2008 20
4.10.1 Dental Devices -- Deals of the Month 20
4.11 Diabetes Care Devices, M&A Trends, June 2008 21
4.12 Patient Monitoring, M&A Trends, June 2008 21
4.13 Opthalmic Devices, M&A Trends, June 2008 21
4.14 Hospital Supplies, M&A Trends, June 2008 22
4.15 Neurology Devices, M&A Trends, June 2008 22
4.16 Surgical Equipment, M&A Trends, June 2008 22
4.17 Nephrology and Urology Devices, M&A Trends, June 2008 23
4.18 Drug Delivery Devices, M&A Trends, June 2008 23
5 Deal Summary by Geography 24
5.1 North America, M&A Trends, June 2008 24
5.1.1 North America -- Top Deals of the Month 24
5.2 Europe, M&A Trends, June 2008 25
5.2.1 Europe -- Top Deals of the Month 26
5.3 Asia-Pacific, M&A Trends, June 2008 26
5.3.1 Asia-Pacific -- Deals of the Month 27
5.4 Rest of the World (ROW), M&A Trends, June 2008 27
5.4.1 Rest of the World -- Deals of the Month 27
6 Further Information 28
6.1 Methodology 28
6.2 About Global Markets Direct 28
Contact Us 28
6.3 Disclosure information 29
6.4 Disclaimer 29