Acquisitions.

Acquisitions

C.R. Bard (Murray Hill, New Jersey) reported completing its previously disclosed deal, first announced in August, to sell certain assets of its Endoscopic Technologies (Billerica, Massachusetts) division to Conmed (Utica, New York) for $80 million. Endoscopic Technologies makes devices and accessories used primarily by gastroenterologists and pulmonary physicians to diagnose and treat diseases of the digestive tract and lungs using minimally invasive endoscopic techniques. The companys enteral feeding and endoscopic suturing product lines are not included in the agreement and will be transferred to other Bard business units.

Privately held Cyberkinetics (Foxborough, Massachusetts) reported completing a merger with Trafalgar Ventures. The new company has been renamed Cyberkinetics …