Boston Scientific
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Boston Scientific is a global medical technology company known for developing and manufacturing minimally invasive medical devices, particularly in cardiology and other interventional specialties.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boston Scientific canonical | 7 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | 2 |
| Boston Scientific board of directors | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T365511 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boston Scientific Context triple: [Medtronic, hasCompetitor, Boston Scientific]
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A.
Medtronic
Medtronic is a global medical technology company known for developing and manufacturing devices and therapies to treat a wide range of chronic diseases and conditions.
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B.
Danaher Corporation
Danaher Corporation is a diversified global science and technology conglomerate known for its portfolio of life sciences, diagnostics, and industrial solutions businesses.
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C.
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson is a multinational healthcare conglomerate best known for its pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and consumer health products.
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D.
Goodrich Corporation
Goodrich Corporation was a major American aerospace and defense company known for manufacturing aircraft systems and components before its acquisition by United Technologies Corporation.
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E.
Cerner
Cerner is a major American health information technology company best known for its electronic health record (EHR) systems and healthcare data solutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boston Scientific Target entity description: Boston Scientific is a global medical technology company known for developing and manufacturing minimally invasive medical devices, particularly in cardiology and other interventional specialties.
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A.
Medtronic
Medtronic is a global medical technology company known for developing and manufacturing devices and therapies to treat a wide range of chronic diseases and conditions.
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B.
Danaher Corporation
Danaher Corporation is a diversified global science and technology conglomerate known for its portfolio of life sciences, diagnostics, and industrial solutions businesses.
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C.
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson is a multinational healthcare conglomerate best known for its pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and consumer health products.
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D.
Goodrich Corporation
Goodrich Corporation was a major American aerospace and defense company known for manufacturing aircraft systems and components before its acquisition by United Technologies Corporation.
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E.
Cerner
Cerner is a major American health information technology company best known for its electronic health record (EHR) systems and healthcare data solutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medical technology company
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multinational corporation ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| currencyOfStock |
US dollar
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surface form:
USD
|
| engagesIn |
clinical trials
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manufacturing of medical devices ⓘ marketing of medical devices ⓘ research and development ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
electrophysiology
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endoscopy ⓘ interventional cardiology ⓘ minimally invasive medical devices ⓘ neuromodulation ⓘ oncology-related interventions ⓘ peripheral interventions ⓘ urology ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1979 ⓘ |
| founder |
John Abele
ⓘ
Peter Nicholas ⓘ |
| hasGlobalOperationsIn |
Africa
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Asia-Pacific ⓘ Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Marlborough, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States
|
| industry |
healthcare technology
ⓘ
medical devices ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ablation systems
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balloon angioplasty devices ⓘ cardiovascular stents ⓘ catheters ⓘ deep brain stimulation systems ⓘ implantable cardioverter-defibrillators ⓘ pacemakers ⓘ spinal cord stimulation systems ⓘ |
| listedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| previousHeadquartersLocation |
Natick, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Natick, Massachusetts, United States
|
| regulatoryEnvironment |
CE-mark regulated
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FDA-regulated ⓘ |
| serves |
clinics
ⓘ
healthcare systems ⓘ hospitals ⓘ physicians ⓘ |
| stockTicker | BSX ⓘ |
| targetTherapyArea |
cardiology
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gastroenterology ⓘ pulmonology ⓘ rhythm management ⓘ urology and pelvic health ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Boston Scientific Description of subject: Boston Scientific is a global medical technology company known for developing and manufacturing minimally invasive medical devices, particularly in cardiology and other interventional specialties.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Boston Scientific Corporation
this entity surface form:
Boston Scientific Corporation
this entity surface form:
Boston Scientific board of directors