MED TECH GROWTH

Makes a DifferenceOur innovations help patients worldwide live longer, healthier and more productive lives.• Between 1980 and 2010, medical advancements helped add five years to U.S. life expectancy and reduce fatalities from heart disease and stroke by more than half 1• Mortality from breast cancer was cut by 31 percent 1• Implantable cardioverter defibrillators have shown a 20 to 30 percent reduction in mortality after more than 10 years of follow-up; 2 1