Medical technology (MedTech) is often one of the technology fields with the highest number of related patent filings at the European Patent Office, showing an increasing demand for protection in this sector.
MedTech comprises a vast array of innovations, from the thousands of medicines we rely on to keep us healthy, to the highly specialised machinery capable of performing life-saving surgery. Other key areas of innovation in the medical technology sector include advancements in vaccine technology, wearable and embedded devices such as pacemakers and blood pressure monitors, prosthetic limbs and other body parts, laboratory and research equipment, and even the apparatus used to transport patients.
