St. Jude Medical, Inc. is a $16 billion (market cap) global medical device company, with headquarters in Little Canada

Little Canada, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 9,771 people, 4,375 households, and 2,393 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,445.8 people per square mile . There were 4,471 housing units at an average density of 1,119.1 per square mile...

, Minnesota

Minnesota

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, United States

United States

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, a suburb of St. Paul. The company sells products in more than 100 countries and has over 20 operations and manufacturing facilities worldwide. Its principal competitors are Medtronic

Medtronic

Medtronic, Inc. , based in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the world's largest medical technology company and is a Fortune 500 company.- History :...

 and Boston Scientific

Boston Scientific

The Boston Scientific Corporation , is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a range of interventional medical specialties, including interventional cardiology, peripheral interventions, neuromodulation, neurovascular intervention,...

.

St. Jude Medical develops and manufactures the following types of products:

• Cardiac resynchronization therapy devices for heart failure
• Artificial pacemaker
  Artificial pacemaker
  A pacemaker is a medical device that uses electrical impulses, delivered by electrodes contacting the heart muscles, to regulate the beating of the heart...
  
  s and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) for treating cardiac rhythm disorders
• Diagnostic and therapeutic electrophysiology catheters
• Introducers, catheters, and vascular closure devices for cardiology and vascular access
• Mechanical and tissue heart valves plus valve repair products
• Spinal cord
  Spinal cord
  The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the brain . The brain and spinal cord together make up the central nervous system...
  
   stimulators for intractable pain (under subsidiary "Advanced Neuromodulation System" based in Plano, Texas
  Plano, Texas
  Plano is a city in the state of Texas, located mostly within Collin County. The city's population was 259,841 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-largest city in Texas and the 71st most populous city in the United States. Plano is located within the metropolitan area commonly referred to as...
  
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