surmodics partners with the world's leading and emerging medical device, diagnostic and life sciences companies to develop and commercialize innovative products designed to improve lives by enabling the detection and treatment of disease. following two recent acquisitions, the company is transforming its medical device business from being a provider of coating technologies, to offering whole-product solutions. throughout its transformation, surmodics’ mission remains: to improve the detection and treatment of disease by using our technology to provide solutions to difficult medical device and diagnostic challenges.