Boston Scientific has acquired Valencia Technologies Corporation, a medtech company that focuses on developing and commercializing bladder dysfunction treatment solutions.
The company’s flagship system, the eCoin System, is an implantable tibial nerve stimulation device for the treatment of urge urinary incontinence, which is a common symptom of an overactive bladder.
In the U.S., around 30 million adults over 40 have symptoms of OAB. The overall treatment rate for OAB, beyond behavioral and lifestyle adjustments, was approximately 19%.
eCoin was approved by FDA in 2022, and is a coin-sized device that can be placed under the skin near the ankle during minimally invasive procedures.
The device can be used by patients who have undergone a successful trial of percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation or for patients who are intolerant to or have an inadequate response to more conservative UUI treatments.
After implantation, the device then intermittently and automatically stimulates the tibial nerve to help regulate how the brain communicates with the bladder.
In a clinical trial, 68% of patients responded with at least a 50% reduction in UUI episodes.
"The addition of the eCoin system to the Boston Scientific portfolio will enable us to expand into implantable tibial nerve stimulation (ITNS), a high-growth adjacency for our Urology business," Meghan Scanlon, senior vice president and president of the Urology business at Boston Scientific, said in a prepared release. "ITNS technology complements our existing pelvic health product line, and we look forward to offering a more comprehensive set of treatment options to patients across the care continuum."
Boston Scientific expects to complete the Valencia acquisition by the first half of 2026, subject to all regulatory approvals.
In May, Sanjeev Valentine, director of Maidax Scientific, wrote in a LinkedIn post that Boston Scientific is currently "buying the future of medtech.” The company has been on an acquisition heater over the last two years,
acquiring
six companies between May 2024 and May 2025, with even more acquisitions made in the second half of the year.
Liza Davis, VP of R&D and New Product Development at Boston Scientific, recently
shared
insights into the company’s M&A strategy at MEDevice Boston.
While this new acquisition pushes the company into the bladder and urinary incontinence space, in the last two years it has also expanded its foothold in the heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic pain, renal denervation, and bioenvelope spaces as well.
In 2025, it acquired SoniVie, developer of the Tivus intravascular ultrasound system that is designed to denervate nerves surrounding blood vessels to treat a variety of hypertensive disorders, including renal artery denervation for hypertension, for $600 million.
The company also recently closed on its $900M Bolt Medical deal, sparking competition with Johnson & Johnson in the intravascular lithotripsy space.
In September, Boston Scientific strengthened its position in the BioEnvelope market with an acquisition of Elutia’s BioEnvelope technology for $88 million,
pitting
itself against Medtronic.
In October, it
announced
plans to acquire Nalu Medical, which specializes in developing and commercializing minimally invasive chronic pain solutions, placing itself as a competitor in the space. Boston Scientific has been a Nalu investor since 2017, already holding an equity stake in the company. It purchased the remaining equity for $533 million.