We have touched many countries, companies, and individuals in the course of our history. Terumo Cardiovascular Systems was officially founded in 1999 when Terumo Corporation merged three of the most established and trusted brands in perfusion products, CAPIOX, Sarns and CDI, to form a company with cardiac OR experience that dates back to the pioneering years of open-heart surgery. Since then, we have pursued a course of continuous improvement and new product development and released a steady stream of innovations. (see timeline below).

The history of our parent company, Terumo Corporation, spans an even greater time period in medical device development. In the early 1920s, a group of Japanese doctors and scientists responded to the shortage of medical equipment in Japan by forming a company to develop a superior clinical thermometer for domestic distribution. That company later became Terumo Corporation. It has continued to grow and is now one of the largest suppliers of medical devices in Japan.

Today, in virtually every cardiac surgery center around the world, heart teams choose products made by Terumo Cardiovascular Systems.