Medtronic, Inc. (www.medtronic.com), headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA is the global leader in medical technology – alleviating pain, restoring health and extending life for millions of people around the world. Medtronic's mission is:
* To contribute to human welfare by application of biomedical engineering in the research, design, manufacture, and sale of instruments or appliances that alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.
* To direct our growth in the areas of biomedical engineering where we display maximum strength and ability; to gather people and facilities that tend to augment these areas; to continuously build on these areas through education and knowledge assimilation; to avoid participation in areas where we cannot make unique and worthy contributions.
* To strive without reserve for the greatest possible reliability and quality in our products; to be the unsurpassed standard of comparison and to be recognized as a company of dedication, honesty, integrity, and service.
* To make a fair profit on current operations to meet our obligations, sustain our growth, and reach our goals.
* To recognize the personal worth of employees by providing an employment framework that allows personal satisfaction in work accomplished, security, advancement opportunity, and means to share in the company's success.
* To maintain good citizenship as a company.