Royal Philips to Acquire BioTelemetry, Inc. for $2.8B

Emergency Care Holdings Acquires Philips Emergency Care Business (Heartstream)

January 14, 2026

Medical Devices

Emergency Care Holdings (ECH), a platform backed by Bridgefield Capital, completed the acquisition of the Philips Emergency Care business from Koninklijke Philips N.V., which will operate as Heartstream under a Philips brand license. The carve-out, headquartered in Bothell, Washington, employs more than 600 people, serves over 130 countries and positions ECH to launch a global emergency medical products platform focused on consolidation, innovation and recurring software and service revenue.

Philips Agrees to Acquire SpectraWAVE to Expand AI-Enabled Coronary Imaging and Physiology Portfolio

December 15, 2025

Medical Devices

Philips has agreed to acquire SpectraWAVE, a Bedford, Massachusetts-based developer of AI-enabled vascular imaging and coronary physiology assessment tools. The deal is intended to strengthen Philips’ image-guided therapy business by adding SpectraWAVE’s HyperVue Imaging System and X1-FFR software for intravascular imaging and angio-derived fractional flow reserve assessment.

SD Biosensor and SJL Partners Acquire Meridian Bioscience for $1.53B

July 7, 2022

Medical Devices

A consortium led by SD Biosensor and private equity firm SJL Partners agreed to acquire Meridian Bioscience in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.53 billion ( $34.00 per share). The deal will take Meridian private and is intended to accelerate SD Biosensor's entry into the U.S. in-vitro diagnostics market while leveraging Meridian's U.S. distribution network and product portfolio.

Royal Philips Acquires Capsule Technologies from Francisco Partners for $635M

January 19, 2021

Medical Devices

Royal Philips agreed to acquire Capsule Technologies, a portfolio company of Francisco Partners, for $635 million in cash. The deal will fold Capsule — a developer of medical device integration, patient monitoring, and clinical surveillance software used by hospitals worldwide — into Philips' Connected Care segment; Capsule has roughly 300 employees and serves more than 2,800 hospitals in 40 countries.

Philips Acquires Intact Vascular

August 27, 2020

Medical Devices

Royal Philips has signed an agreement to acquire Intact Vascular, a U.S.-based developer of the Tack Endovascular System, to expand Philips' image-guided therapy devices portfolio for peripheral artery disease. The deal includes USD 275 million upfront in cash plus deferred payments (up to ~USD 360 million total) and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2020, after which Intact Vascular will join Philips' Image-Guided Therapy business.

Philips Acquires Analytical Informatics, Inc.

November 24, 2017

Healthcare Services

Royal Philips has acquired US-based startup Analytical Informatics, Inc. to integrate the company's vendor-agnostic radiology workflow and analytics tools into Philips' PerformanceBridge radiology portfolio. The acquisition is intended to accelerate Philips' roadmap for Radiology Solutions by expanding operational intelligence, workflow optimization and data-driven decision support for imaging departments and enterprise customers; financial terms were not disclosed.