Healthcare · Early medical roots · independent since 2023

GE HealthCare

From the Coolidge X-ray tube to modern imaging.

Independent since January 4, 2023; not a GE Aerospace division.

Vintage-style artistic recreation of GE's historic businesses.

Business history

GE's medical work traces back to early X-ray equipment; William Coolidge's 1913 X-ray tube became a landmark in medical imaging.

The business grew into a major maker of imaging, ultrasound and patient monitoring technology.

GE HealthCare became an independent public company on January 4, 2023.

Acquired · Controlling acquisition 2001
Kretztechnik
GE Medical Systems completed transactions bringing its holding to 92.5% on October 10, 2001, expanding its 3D ultrasound capabilities.
Ownership outcome: Joined GE’s medical ultrasound business; the announcement did not establish a completed 100% acquisition.
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Acquired · Acquired 1998
Diasonics Vingmed Ultrasound
GE acquired Diasonics Vingmed Ultrasound in 1998, expanding its ultrasound business and cardiac-imaging expertise.
Ownership outcome: Became part of GE’s medical ultrasound lineage; acquisition year corroborated by GE’s 2010 officer announcement.
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Joint venture · 1982 – 2019
GE Yokogawa Medical Systems
Medical imaging joint venture in Japan with Yokogawa Electric.
Ownership outcome: GE took full ownership. Now part of GE HealthCare Japan.
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Acquired · Acquired 2003
Instrumentarium / Datex-Ohmeda
Finnish maker of anesthesia and patient-monitoring equipment, bought in 2003.
Ownership outcome: Part of GE HealthCare.
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Acquired · Acquired 2004
Amersham plc
British life sciences and diagnostic imaging company, bought in 2004.
Ownership outcome: Imaging agents stayed with GE HealthCare. Life sciences went to Danaher (Cytiva) in 2020.
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