Stock Report: Synergetics USA Inc. (SURG) Report Updated: May 20, 2013 | Print This Page

Synergetics USA, Inc., a medical device company, provides precision surgical devices for the ophthalmology and neurosurgery markets in the United States and internationally. Its product lines focus upon precision engineered disposable and reusable devices, procedural kits, and the delivery of energy modalities, including laser energy, ultrasound, electrosurgery, aspiration, illumination, and irrigation, as well as in various combinations for the performance of surgery. The company offers approximately 1,000 retinal surgical items comprising handheld disposable and reusable forceps and scissors; fiberoptics for illumination and photocoagulation; cannulas; scrapers; various other reusable and disposable surgical devices, such as procedural packs; illumination equipment under the Photon brand; laser equipment under Quantel’s Vitra and Supra brands; Volk’s line of ophthalmic lenses; non-contact viewing systems under the Optiflex and Merlin brands; and other miscellaneous products. It also provides bipolar electrosurgical generators, including the neurosurgical, pain control, and other generator units; disposable ultrasonic instrument tips and other consumable products used in conjunction with the ultrasonic aspirator console and hand pieces; and directional laser probes. The company sells its products through distributors and independent sales representatives to end-users at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and surgeon offices. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in O’Fallon, Missouri.