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The medical implant industry is set to grow from $5bn in 2017 to $16.3bn by 2022. But there are tensions to understand and hurdles to overcome for innovators intent on taking advantage.

Patient monitoring is an inherent part of patient management. Intermittent and continuous measurements have a range of uses, from defining disease states and characterising progression to informing therapeutic approaches and...

Products are incorporating increasingly complex technology, putting greater pressure on the supply chain. As a result, gaps are forming and the risk to reputations and revenues is growing through issues such as...

Surgical robotics will have a prosperous short-term future, with most key players expected to introduce laparoscopic surgical robotic systems by 2020. By 2030, the convergence of several technology opportunities, including...

The design and technology teams working in medical technology innovation at Cambridge Consultants are passionate about improving women’s healthcare. We were delighted to welcome to CC Aashi Srivastava, the winner of Cambridge Consultants ‘Excellence in Breakthrough Design’ at the New Designers award ceremony to hear more about her perineal tear recovery kit to aid new Mums. 

Seoul based Nu Eyne is a medical device R&D company that is exploring the potential of wearable bioelectronic medicine, or electroceuticals. This is the application of electrical stimulus on the body to induce a biological reaction in order to treat chronic diseases.

A rapidly growing global population is feeding a spiralling demand for precious energy and food resources. It also means that at the expected rate of growth, the world’s healthcare model is unsustainable. But I have a vision of a better future for healthcare, and a faith in the technology that will get us there…

Stomach disorders have remained among the most impenetrable areas for medical diagnostics. Medtech start-up Alimetry aims to improve the diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases with their non-invasive Gastric Alimetry™ solution.

Singapore company NousQ has created a robotic, automated, sensor-controlled, handheld applicator called CLiXX® that promises to revolutionize ventilation ear tube surgery for children.

Global pharma is hitting a major fork in the road, and one way leads to failure. For me, it’s vital that the industry comes together to grasp the once-in-a-generation opportunity that emergent technology is offering.

SharpArrow Medical is an innovator and developer of laser-based medical devices and equipment and is one of a cohort of innovative companies being mentored by CC as part of MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific. Here we highlight why SharpArrow was shortlisted for MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific.

Founders of early-stage start-ups are characteristically passionate, driven and optimistic. Understandably so. Very often they are nurturing a breakthrough idea with the capacity to disrupt business and change the world for the better. So, as they embark on the mission to sell their vision, they should accentuate the positive and keep negative thoughts of risk to the back of their mind, right? Wrong.