Surmodics, Inc. engages in the provision of surface modification technologies for intravascular medical devices, and chemical and biological components for in vitro diagnostic immunoassay tests and microarrays. It also develops and commercializes medical devices that are designed to address unmet clinical needs and engineered to the most demanding requirements. The firm operates through the following segments: Medical Device, In Vitro Diagnostics, and Corporate. The Medical Device segment designs, develops, and manufactures vascular interventional medical devices, surface modification coating technologies, as well as drug-delivery coating technologies. The In Vitro Diagnostics segment is composed of component products and technologies for diagnostic test kits and biomedical research applications. The company was founded in June 1979 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.