Aspen Surgical Acquires Stork Division from Briggs Healthcare

Audax Private Equity Acquires Aspen Surgical Business Unit from Hillrom

July 10, 2019

Medical Devices

Audax Private Equity has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aspen Surgical, a Hillrom business unit that manufactures branded and private-label single-use surgical consumables. Aspen Surgical is headquartered in Caledonia, Michigan with operations in Caledonia and Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, and employs approximately 500 people; the transaction is a divestiture of the surgical consumables business from Hillrom to Audax.

Aspen Surgical Acquires Symmetry Surgical

October 27, 2022

Medical Devices

Aspen Surgical Products, a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity, has acquired Symmetry Surgical from RoundTable Healthcare Partners. The add-on acquisition (terms not disclosed) expands Aspen's portfolio with Symmetry's surgical instrument, electrosurgery and minimally invasive device brands and adds direct-sales capabilities across acute and non-acute care settings.

Aspen Medical Products Acquires Advanced Orthopaedics

January 29, 2025

Medical Devices

Aspen Medical Products, the Irvine-based spinal orthopedics manufacturer, has acquired Advanced Orthopaedics, a manufacturer and supplier of bracing solutions and orthopedic soft goods. The acquisition expands Aspen’s product portfolio into the bracing and supports market and is intended to strengthen service to distributors, hospitals, DME suppliers and retail partners while enhancing Aspen’s global reach.

Aspen Surgical Acquires Cygnus Medical and Flagship Surgical

September 18, 2025

Medical Devices

Aspen Surgical, a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity, has acquired Cygnus Medical and Flagship Surgical to expand its perioperative product offering. The add-on deals broaden Aspen’s infection-prevention and OR safety capabilities and mark entry into the endoscopy market; financial terms were not disclosed.

Aspen Surgical Acquires Beatty Marketing & Sales

December 16, 2019

Medical Devices

Aspen Surgical Products, Inc., a PE-backed manufacturer of surgical disposables, has acquired Beatty Marketing & Sales LLP, a Redmond, Washington-based maker of orthopedic positioning products, sterile positioning kits and suture retrievers. The add-on expands Aspen's orthopedic disposables portfolio and increases its reach into hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers across North America.

Aspen Surgical Acquires Precept Medical Products

May 4, 2020

Medical Devices

Aspen Surgical Products, a portfolio company of Audax Group, has acquired Precept Medical Products, a North Carolina–based manufacturer of nonwoven disposable protective medical apparel and surgical face masks. The deal adds roughly 200,000 square feet of manufacturing and distribution capacity (including a facility in Agua Prieta, Mexico and warehouses in Douglas, Arizona and Richmond, Virginia) to Aspen's surgical disposables portfolio and supports increased PPE supply to U.S. customers.