medical development corporation founder dr. william p. murphy jr. headquarters fremont california u.s. area served worldwide products medical devices website cordis.com cordis corporation develops and manufacturers diagnostic and interventional products to treat patients who suffer from coronary and peripheral vascular diseases . it was founded in 1959 in miami florida . cordis corporation is a company of cardinal health . the cordis global headquarters and a europe middle east and africa hub are located in zug switzerland . north american operations are based out of the san francisco bay area . the asia pacific hub is located in singapore and the latin american hub is located in puerto rico . 1 contents 1 history 2 product categories 2.1 cardiology products 2.2 endovascular products 3 headquarters 4 external links 5 references history edit the medical development corporation was founded in 1957 in miami florida by dr. william p. murphy jr. and focused on interventional vascular medicine and neuroscience . in 1959 the company s name changed to cordis . cordis joined the johnson & johnson interventional business called johnson & johnson intervention systems jjis and forms cordis corporation in 1996 . in 1997 cordis corporation expanded into the rapidly growing field of electrophysiology through the acquisition of biosense inc. one year later in 1998 biosense inc. merged with webster laboratories to form biosense webster inc. on october 4 2015 cardinal health announced that it has completed the acquisition of johnson & johnson s cordis business for 1.944 billion . 2 product categories edit cardiology products edit ptca balloons guiding catheters diagnostic catheters diagnostic guidewires steerable guidewires catheter sheath introducers transradial products vascular closure devices emboli protection devices biopsy forceps endovascular products edit self expanding stents pre mounted balloon expandable stents unmounted balloon expandable stents pta balloons diagnostic catheters guiding catheters cto catheters diagnostic guidewires steerable guidewires catheter sheath introducers venous products vascular closure devices emboli protection devices headquarters edit corporate headquarters cordis corporation 6500 paseo padre pkwy fremont ca 94555 u.s. europe middle east and africa regional headquarters cordis a division of johnson & johnson medical n.v. leonardo da vincilaan 15 diegem belgium external links edit cordis website cordis cardiac and vascular institute ccvi website references edit introducing cordis a cardinal health company . www.cardinalhealth.com . retrieved 2015 11 13 . http www.prnewswire.com news releases cardinal health completes acquisition of cordis 300153418.html this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cordis medical & oldid 729522065 categories johnson & johnsonmedical equipment manufacturerscompanies based in fremont californiaunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages nederlands edit links this page was last modified on 12 july 2016 at 19 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view