Ethicon Endo-Surgery

Ethicon endo surgery inc.

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. logo.
Founded	1990 (1990)
Headquarters	Blue Ash,Cincinnati, Ohio. United States
Area served	Worldwide )
Industry	Surgical instruments
Website	Official website

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, is a company that designs and manufactures medical devices and surgical instruments with the intent of minimizing the invasiveness of surgery.
The company's headquarters is in Blue Ash, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition to manufacturing surgical instruments, the company provides training for surgeons.

History

On June 22, 1988 the world's first laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal) was performed. From here, the stage was set for the growth of minimally invasive surgical procedures.
In 1990, a group of product directors from Ethicon, Inc.,(the sister company in Somerville New Jersey), began developing other endoscopic devices to accommodate the burgeoning field of minimally invasive surgery.
Ethicon Endo-Surgery was part of Ethicon, Inc. until 1992, when it became a separate corporate entity under the J&J umbrella. That same year, the Endo-Surgery Institute was opened, in Blue Ash, Ohio, to provide an educational environment to which surgeons, nurses, and other health care professionals could learn more about minimally invasive surgery.

Product categories

• Breast care products.
• Surgical stapling products.
• Energy-based products.
• Endoscopic surgical products.

External links

• Official website

Ethicon Endo-Surgery is located in Albuquerque, NM. This facility is recognized as the best sterilization and packaging plant in the world.

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