Beaver-Visitec International

Beaver-Visitec International was a global developer, manufacturer, and marketer of specialized surgical devices for the ophthalmic market place.

The Company brought together the brands of Beaver™ blades, Visitec™ cannulae and instruments, Merocel® and Weck-Cel® ophthalmic fluid management products, and Wet-Field Eraser™ electrosurgery products. The products served a wide variety of ophthalmic surgeries, including cataract, refractive, oculoplastic and vitreoretinal sub-specialty procedures. The Company operated two state-of-the-art manufacturing plants in Waltham, MA and Bidford-on-Avon in the United Kingdom.



LOCATION

Waltham, MA

SECTOR

Medical Products

TRANSACTION TYPE

Carve-Out

INVESTMENT DATE

August 2010

EXIT DATE

August 2016

ACQUIRER

TPG Capital