Founded in 1963, BIOTRONIK is one of the leading cardiovascular medical device companies that provides several implanted devices for customers throughout the world. The company offers a variety of products and services that provide diagnosis, electrotherapy, vascular intervention and therapy management solutions for medical practitioners. It maintains a staff of more than 3,600 employees that provides research, development, production, marketing and support services. BIOTRONIK also offers a range of cardiac rhythm management tools that includes pacemakers, defibrillators, and leads and catheters. It additionally provides various home monitoring patient management systems and external devices for processing implant data. Headquartered in Europe, BIOTRONIK maintains one of its offices in Lake Oswego, Ore.