Medtronic Buys Bladder-Control Neurostimulation Firm
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Medtronic plans to launch Advanced Uro-Solutions’ 510(k)-cleared Nuro percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation system in the next year following its Feb. 23 acquisition of the firm.
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