Theragenics Corporation, a medical device company, manufactures and distributes wound closures, vascular access products, and specialty needle products. Its wound closure products include sutures, needles, and other surgical products; and vascular access products include various introducer/valved sheaths, guidewires, and accessories. The company provides coaxial/biopsy/spinal/disposable veress needles, RF devices, implanters, introducer products, access trocars, and other needle-based products. It also offers brachytherapy products for the treatment of localized prostate cancer, ocular melanoma, and early-stage breast cancer; and distributes mammography-guided radiation therapy devices. It serves medical device original equipment manufacturers, as well as interventional cardiology, interventional radiology, surgery, vascular, orthopedics, plastic surgery, dental, urology, veterinary, pain management, oncology, sports medicine endoscopy, and spine markets. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in Buford, Georgia with subsidiaries in Norcross, Georgia; and North Attleboro, Massachusetts. It has medical facilities in Alajuela, Costa Rica; and Garland, Texas.