>>> C. R. Bard, Inc. designs, manufactures, packages, distributes, and sells medical, surgical, diagnostic, and patient care devices worldwide. It offers vascular products, including percutaneous transluminal angioplasty catheters, chronic total occlusion catheters, guidewires, fabrics, meshes, introducers, and accessories; valvuloplasty balloons; peripheral vascular stents, covered stents, and vascular grafts; vena cava filters; biopsy devices; and temporary pacing electrode catheters for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease and heart arrhythmias. The company?s urology products include Foley catheters to reduce the rate of urinary tract infections; surgical slings to treat stress urinary incontinence; fecal incontinence products; devices for the treatment of pelvic floor and vaginal prolapse; brachytherapy services, devices, and radioactive seeds to treat prostate cancer; intermittent urinary drainage catheters, and urine monitoring and collection systems; ureteral stents; specialty devices for stone removal; catheter stabilization devices; and products for therapeutic hypothermia. It also provides specialty vascular access catheters and ports, vascular access ultrasound devices, dialysis access catheters, and enteral feeding devices to treat and manage various cancers and other diseases and disorders. In addition, the company offers surgical specialty products, such as implanted grafts and fixation devices for hernia and soft tissue repair products; surgical sealants for intraoperative sealing of air leaks in thoracic surgery; and other products that include irrigation, wound drainage, and original equipment manufacturers? products. It sells its products directly to hospitals, individual healthcare professionals, extended care facilities, and alternate site facilities, as well as through hospital/surgical supply and other medical specialty distributors. C. R. Bard, Inc. was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey. <<<
