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Home Campaign Celebrating 50 years of Impact in Australia

MEDTRONIC AUSTRALIA

Celebrating over
50 years of impact - include OVER

physician and patient

Medtronic Australia celebrated it's 50th anniversary in 2023.

Our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life continues to guide us as we bring more innovative medical technologies to patients in need.

As we celebrate this important milestone, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank our health care professionals and partners for their collaboration and our employees for their unwavering support. We are excited to have you on the journey with us as we continue to make a genuine impact on patients.

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1973

Medtronic Australasia Pty Ltd was incorporated on 20 Aug 1973 in New South Wales, and operated as Medtronic Biomedical Pty Limited from 1973 to 1983.

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1994

Launch of InterStim™ Therapy. The first Sacral Neuromodulation implant was launched in Australia, paving the way for patients around the world to experience full bladder and bowel control.

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2002

Launch of the first remote monitoring system in the medical device industry, enabling secure data transfer from select patient devices to authorised doctors via the Internet.

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2010

Medtronic launches Tri-Staple™ technology, with an innovative design of varied staple heights and a stepped cartridge face, making a remarkable impact to the stapling market.

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2014

Kerrin Rennie Award for Reveal LINQ™. A miniature insertable heart monitor (about the size of a paperclip).

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2017

PRIDE Employee Resource Group, ANZ Chapter was established. Advancing Diversity and Inclusion. ANZ now has 9 ERGs:

  • Medtronic Women’s Network (MWN),
  • Men Advocating Equity, 
  • Project Hope,
  • Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP),
  • PRIDE, 
  • Club Medtronic, 
  • Philanthropy, 
  • ABLED (Awareness Benefiting Leadership & Employees about Disabilities),
  • Medtronic Young Professionals.
1973

2022

MiniMed™ 780G system launched with meal detection technology that provides automatic adjustments and corrections to sugar levels every 5 minutes.

1973

2023

First HugoTM surgical Robot installed in Australia.

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Medtronic serves 72 million patients globally each year.

Our patient stories are a powerful reminder of the important role we play every day and how our therapies continue to make a huge difference in the lives of patients and their loved ones.

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The work that you guys do is astronomical and doing that not just for me but for millions of people around the world. Thank you guys

- Paddy McCartin, type 1 diabetes patient and AFL footballer^

^ Paid Medtronic partnership

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Our people

Our employees are central to our Mission

Medtronic Australasia Pty Ltd started off in Sydney with just four employees in 1973. Fifty years later, we have more than 900 across Australia and New Zealand.

Our employees are central to our Mission and we are committed to investing in their growth and development.

We recognise that each employee has unique skills and talents, and we strive to provide opportunities for them to learn, grow, and advance their careers.

Community support

Medtronic Australia Community

Queensland Community Foundation Philanthrophy Award nomination

The partnership between Medtronic and QUT has contributed significantly to the advancement of clinical research activities, benefiting patients with spinal deformities, and furthering scientific knowledge in this field.

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Medtronic Australia launches blue balloon challenge

Medtronic Australasia launches the Blue Balloon Challenge

Medtronic is calling on Aussies to take part in the #BlueBalloonChallenge, to raise awareness and fund research into type 1 diabetes. For every post, Medtronic will donate $5 AUD to JDRF – the world’s leading supporter of type 1 diabetes (T1D)* research.

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How Medtronic supply chain teams are reducing 25 tons of packaging waste

Bradley Watson, a field services and operational excellence manager in Cardiac Rhythm Management, is used to receiving customer feedback. But when a physician asked Bradley if there was a way to reduce packaging waste for a line of our pacemakers, he got to work connecting with the right people.

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External recognition of our impact in the community

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Australian Financial Review BOSS magazine - one of the most innovative companies in Australia in 2019 and 2020

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Named one of Australia's Best Workplaces (13th place in the medium company category) and we’re certified a Great Place to Work

3

Medical Technology Association of Australia (MTAA) awarded the prestigious Kerrin Rennie Award for Excellence in Medical Technology and Improving Quality of Life to our TruClear™ Hysteroscopic Tissue Removal System in 2020

5

LinkedIn named us a 2021 Top Company in Australia – ranking 25th among all companies

4

Accredited by the Australian Government’s Workplace Gender

Equality Agency (WGEA)

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Medtronic named 2023 “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” by Disability:IN for the sixth consecutive year


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