Did you know that Sweden is in place 5 in Europe when it comes to the number of employed per capita in the medtech industry? Or that Germany alone has 30% of all Europe’s medical technology employees? Medtech Europe has checked the pulse on Europe’s medtech sector.
Medical Technology includes a vastly wide range, from a simple toothbrush or a sticking plaster to high-tech devices such as MRI or robotic surgery. But what does the term “medical technology” really mean?
Within the European Union, there is strictly regulated which medical devices that are allowed on the market. Right now, the European medical technology industry is transitioning from one medical device directive to two new EU regulations, which will be fully implemented in 2022.
The EU’s new Medical Device Regulation, introduced in 2017, entails major changes for manufacturing companies. Here we go through a number of important points that every manufacturer in the industry should think a little extra about. We are already more than halfway through the three-year transition period, so there is no reason to wait.
The innovative field of medical devices has a large numbers of existing patents and registered design rights. When developing new products, it is important to consider both your freedom to work in view of existing rights, as well as potential protection for your own products.
Color is one of the most important things in our lives. Colors affect us emotionally and psychologically, often to a degree that we are not even aware of. Therefore, the choice of colors plays a major role in launching new products, not least in the medtech field.
In the second and final article on scientific injection molding, we describe how to develop a process window regarding melting temperature and holding pressure as well as the time needed for holding pressure and cooling.
In a series of two articles, AMB will briefly explain the methodology applied for the setup of injection moulding processes used within the company.
Do you think some birds have disappeared? Then it may be your hearing that has lost some frequency bands. Fortunately, there is help in the form of high-tech and stylish hearing aids.
PVD (Physical Vapor Deposit) is the collective name for a number of different methods that create thin coatings, from below 100 nm to functional layers of up to 5 μm. Here we will tell you more about the technology used for everything from keeping crisps fresh to shielding electronics.
Did you know that Sweden is in place 5 in Europe when it comes to the number of employed per capita in the medtech industry? Or that Germany alone has 30% of all Europe's medical technology employees? Medtech Europe has checked the pulse on Europe's medtech sector.
Meet Robert Rudensjö who is the latest addition to our marketing department. He met AMB for the first time around the turn of the century, when he worked at one of our large mobile phone customers. Now he becomes one in the gang “for real”, with southwestern Sweden as the guarding area.
Project manager Peter Franzén is back at AMB after a year-long employment for another company.
Medical Technology includes a vastly wide range, from a simple toothbrush or a sticking plaster to high-tech devices such as MRI or robotic surgery. But what does the term “medical technology” really mean?
Within the European Union, there is strictly regulated which medical devices that are allowed on the market. Right now, the European medical technology industry is transitioning from one medical device directive to two new EU regulations, which will be fully implemented in 2022.
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