To contribute to human welfare by application of biomedical engineering in the research, design, manufacture, and sale of instruments or appliances that alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. This is our Mission at Medtronic. It’s the reason we’ve developed an unprecedented breadth and depth of innovative therapies over the past 60 years. And it’s the reason millions of people’s lives are improved by a Medtronic product or therapy each year.