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Does Medtronic plc support Israel?
Yes — Medtronic plc has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Pharma & healthcare companies · Tech companies · Companies that support Israel
Background
Medtronic is an Irish-domiciled, Minneapolis-run medical-device maker whose Israeli footprint was built almost entirely by acquisition — Ventor (2009), Oridion (2012), Given Imaging (inherited through the Covidien deal) and Mazor Robotics (2018). Entity precision matters for the Given Imaging deal: Covidien bought Given Imaging in February 2014 and Medtronic bought Covidien in January 2015, so Medtronic is the successor owner rather than the original acquirer. The Israeli operation is a commercial and R&D presence; this pass found no Israel-specific corporate donation, and Medtronic does not appear on the Yale School of Management list of companies that publicly condemned the 7 October 2023 attack.
Medtronic newsroom (Covidien press release) Yale School of Management
Timeline of documented support
Documented support
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acquisition | 2009-02 | $325,000,000 | Ventor Technologies Ltd. (Netanya, Israel) Medtronic acquired Israeli transcatheter heart-valve developer Ventor Technologies of Netanya for $325 million in cash. The Ventor team and technology became the foundation of Medtronic's transcatheter aortic valve business; an Israeli district court ruled in June 2023 on the transfer-pricing tax owed on the exit, confirming the deal's structure and value. | |
| Acquisition | 2014-02-27 | $860,000,000 | Given Imaging Ltd. (Yokneam Illit, Israel) Attribution note: the buyer was Covidien plc, not Medtronic. Covidien completed the $860 million purchase of Given Imaging — the Yokneam company that invented the PillCam capsule endoscope — on 27 February 2014. Medtronic then acquired Covidien in January 2015 and inherited the Israeli business, which still files with the FDA as 'Given Imaging Ltd. (d.b.a. Medtronic)' and manufactures the PillCam line in Israel. | |
| Acquisition | 2018-12 | $1,600,000,000 | Mazor Robotics Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel) Medtronic acquired Israeli spine-surgery robotics company Mazor Robotics for about $1.6 billion, having first taken equity stakes and global distribution rights in 2016–2017. Mazor's Caesarea and Jerusalem operations became Medtronic's surgical-robotics development base; Israeli media reported in May 2024 that most of a 35-person Israeli layoff round fell on the former Mazor teams. | |
| Operations in Israel | 2017-09 | — | Medtronic Israel (Yokneam, Jerusalem, Caesarea, Herzliya and other sites) Medtronic runs one of the largest foreign medtech operations in Israel: roughly 1,000–1,200 employees across about eight development and manufacturing sites, including Yokneam (capsule endoscopy), Jerusalem (Oridion patient monitoring), Caesarea (surgical robotics) and Herzliya (surgical navigation). In September 2017 it announced new R&D centres in Jerusalem and Yokneam jointly with the Israel Innovation Authority, and in July 2018 it was one of three multinationals awarded a share of roughly $33 million in Innovation Authority support for Israeli development centres. |
Frequently asked questions
Did Medtronic plc donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of cash donations, but Medtronic plc has documented support of other kinds (Acquisition, Operations in Israel). See the records on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 13 distinct sources are cited for Medtronic plc. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-07-30
- BioSpace biospace.com
- Globes globes.co.il
- TPguidelines (Israel v. Medtronic Ventor Technologies, District Court 2023) tpguidelines.com
- Medtronic newsroom (Covidien press release) news.medtronic.com
- Reuters reuters.com
- FDA 510(k) K240276 — Given Imaging Ltd. (d.b.a. Medtronic) accessdata.fda.gov
- CTech (Calcalist) calcalistech.com
- Wikipedia — Mazor Robotics en.wikipedia.org
- Globes en.globes.co.il
- Israel Innovation Authority innovationisrael.org.il
- MassDevice massdevice.com
- Start-Up Nation Finder finder.startupnationcentral.org
- Yale School of Management som.yale.edu