MDT — what changed in the latest 10-K
A section-by-section comparison of MDT's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-K · 2026-06-18 vs the prior 10-K · 2025-06-20
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business | Text added/removed | +25 | −22 | ~33 | 47 |
| Risk factors | Text added/removed | +73 | −63 | ~21 | 52 |
| Legal proceedings | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +110 | −105 | ~36 | 47 |
| Market risk (Item 7A) | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~4 | 1 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
Business
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-K · 2026-06-18
We have three reportable segments that primarily develop, manufacture, distribute, and sell device-based medical therapies and services: the Cardiovascular Portfolio, the Neuroscience Portfolio, and the Medical Surgical Portfolio. In May 2025, the Company announced its intent to separate the Diabete…
Unless otherwise specified, the Company's business metrics presented in this report include our Diabetes Business. Such metrics may not be directly comparable to future periods following any separation of our Diabetes Business. Additionally, certain line items and metrics presented for the Diabetes …
For additional information regarding the MiniMed separation, refer to Note 20 to our consolidated financial statements in "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
•TYRX, an absorbable antibacterial mesh envelope used during implantation of cardiac rhythm management and neuromodulation devices to stabilize devices and help prevent infection.
•Left atrial appendage exclusion systems to reduce the risk of stroke in patients with AF, including the Penditure LAA exclusion system.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-K · 2025-06-20
We have four reportable segments that primarily develop, manufacture, distribute, and sell device-based medical therapies and services: the Cardiovascular Portfolio, the Neuroscience Portfolio, the Medical Surgical Portfolio, and the Diabetes Operating Unit. For more information regarding our segmen…
•TYRX products, including the Cardiac and Neuro Absorbable Antibacterial Envelopes, which are designed to stabilize electronic implantable devices and help prevent infection associated with implantable pacemakers and defibrillators.
AdaptiveStim and SureScan MRI Technology, DTM (differential target multiplexed) proprietary waveform, and the Evolve workflow algorithm, and Snapshot reporting.
•Brain modulation products, including those for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, refractory epilepsy, severe, treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (approved under a Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) in the U.S.), and chronic, intractable primary dystonia (approv…
The Diabetes Operating Unit develops, manufactures, and markets products and services for the management of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. The primary medical specialists who use and/or prescribe our Diabetes products are endocrinologists and primary care physicians.
Risk factors
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-K · 2026-06-18
In addition to competition from individual products or companies, rapid technological change may drive shifts in standards of care, physician preferences, purchasing decisions, or site of service dynamics more quickly than anticipated, including the growth of ASCs. New or alternative technologies, t…
effectively or continue our level of success, and failures in execution, delays in adoption, or the inability to integrate new technologies effectively could have an outsized impact on our business, results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows.
Other disruptions in the manufacturing process or product sales, trade and fulfillment systems for any reason, including infrastructure, information and equipment malfunction, including due to cyber attacks, failure to follow specific protocols and procedures, supplier or Company facility shut-downs…
Failure to identify, execute, and integrate acquired businesses into our operations successfully, or challenges related to the Company's strategic initiatives, including divestitures and third-party funding arrangements, as well as liabilities or claims relating to such acquired businesses, divestit…
As part of our strategy to develop and identify new products and technologies and optimize our portfolio of products, we have made several significant acquisitions, divestitures and third-party research and development funding arrangements in recent years, and may make additional acquisitions, dives…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-K · 2025-06-20
introduction of reprocessed products or generic versions when our proprietary products lose their patent protection may make our existing or planned products less competitive. In addition, we face competition from providers of alternative medical therapies, such as pharmaceutical companies, includin…
tariffs, could adversely impact our supply. We use resins, other petroleum-based materials and pulp as raw materials in some of our products, and the prices of oil and gas also significantly affect our costs for freight and utilities. A reduction or interruption in supply, and an inability to develo…
Other disruptions in the manufacturing process or product sales, trade and fulfillment systems for any reason, including infrastructure, information and equipment malfunction, failure to follow specific protocols and procedures, supplier or Company facility shut-downs, defective raw materials, labor…
Public health crises have had, and may continue to have, an adverse effect on certain aspects of our business, results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows. The nature and extent of future impacts are highly uncertain and unpredictable.
Our global operations and interactions with healthcare systems, providers and patients around the world expose us to risks associated with public health crises, including epidemics and pandemics. Public health crises may continue to have an adverse impact on certain aspects of our Company and busine…
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-K · 2026-06-18
(2)The charges primarily relate to employee termination benefits, facility related and contract termination costs, and asset write offs.
(3)The charges primarily include business combination costs, changes in fair value of contingent consideration, exit of business-related charges, and gains related to certain business or asset sales. Exit of business-related charges primarily relate to the impending separation of the Diabetes Busine…
(5)Reflects adjustments to the Company's Italian payback accruals resulting from the two July 22, 2024 rulings by the Constitutional Court and the Legislative Decree published by the Italian government on June 30, 2025 for certain prior years since 2015.
(6)The net charges for fiscal year 2026 primarily relates to the impact of an intercompany sale of intellectual property, the net tax charge as a result of the separation of the Diabetes Business and amortization of previously established deferred tax assets arising from intercompany intellectual pr…
(7)The charges represent incremental costs of complying with the new European Union (E.U.) medical device regulations for previously registered products and primarily include charges for contractors supporting the project and other direct third-party expenses. We consider these costs to be duplicati…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-K · 2025-06-20
(2)Associated costs primarily include salaries and wages for employees supporting the restructuring activities, consulting expenses, asset write-offs, and for the fiscal year ended April 25, 2025, contract terminations.
(3)The charges primarily include exit of business-related charges, changes in fair value of contingent consideration, business combination costs, and gains related to certain business or asset sales.
(5)The charges represent incremental costs of complying with the new European Union medical device regulations for previously registered products and primarily include charges for contractors supporting the project and other direct third-party expenses. We consider these costs to be duplicative of p…
(6)Reflects the recognition of incremental Italian payback accruals resulting from the two July 22, 2024 rulings by the Constitutional Court of Italy relating to certain prior years since 2015.
(7)Primarily relates to amortization of previously established deferred tax assets from intercompany intellectual property transactions.
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice