Goodwill Goodwill

9 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2018

Changes in goodwill were as follows (in thousands):



	Nine Months Ended September 29, 2018
Goodwill, beginning of period	$	20,617
Acquisition through business combination	3,490
Foreign currency translation	(653		)
Goodwill, ending of period	$	23,454

On September 21, 2018, the Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of a private patient monitoring software company for approximately $4.0 million. Based on the Company’s preliminary purchase price allocation, approximately $3.5 million of the purchase price has been assigned to goodwill. All of the assets and liabilities of the acquired company as of September 29, 2018, and its operating results from September 21, 2018 to September 29, 2018, are included in these condensed consolidated financial statements.