ARTICLE SUMMARY:
Mid-cap Teleflex has successfully transformed itself over the past 35 years from an industrial conglomerate into a pure-play medtech company, and now it hopes to work its makeover magic on the minimally invasive surgery market.
Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has evolved considerably in the 30 years since the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) was performed back in 1985. Although that work initially spawned much resistance and even ridicule within the surgical community, the emergence of lap choly ultimately launched a patient-driven MIS revolution that continues today.
