DePuy Synthes acquires BioMedical Enterprises’ nitinol extremities implant business

J&J Company DePuy Synthes Buys San Antonio’s BioMedical Enterprises (Xconomy)
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BioMedical Enterprises, the San Antonio, TX-based maker of nickel-titanium alloy implants used to help small bones heal, has been acquired by a DePuy Synthes, a group of medical device companies owned by Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ). Terms were not disclosed.
DePuy is interested in BioMedical Enterprises (BME) because of the variety of implants the San Antonio company makes out of Nitinol, a nickel-titanium alloy, DePuy said in a statement. When implan...