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18 February 2026NewsPatentsMarisa Woutersen

Danaher moves to acquire Masimo in $9.9bn deal

The science and technology conglomerate’s big diagnostics bet comes with monitoring technology, an AI-powered product pipeline, and a litigation history that has kept Silicon Valley’s biggest player on the back foot.

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