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Medical Technology UK 2024 review
Medical Technology UK 2024 was back at the award-winning Coventry Building Society Arena from the 13th-14th March 2024, for a dedicated event uniting the design, development and production of leading medical devices such as dental, IVDs and healthcare equipment.
The UK’s medical device manufacturing industry is a growth sector, poised for more investment and is currently listed as the third largest in Europe.
Esteemed guests like Prof. Tony Young, National Clinical Lead for Innovation at NHS England kicked off a chaired conference session on ‘The Future of Medical Technology Innovation’ with a distinguished panel including: Elspeth Bailey: Policy Advisor, Office for Life Sciences. The Women in MedTech Forum was well-attended and featured renowned speakers like Bal Johal, R&D Director at Owen Mumford and was chaired by Dr. Helen Meese, CEO and Founder of the Care Machine.
The two-day Learning Programme provided much food for thought through its coverage of hot topics such as: Enhancing sustainability in MedTech: empowering OEMs and the supply chain and AI in medical devices: benefits, risks & practical considerations.
With over 130 specialist suppliers at the two-day event, exhibitors were given the opportunity to showcase disruptive innovations and services to an engaged audience. This is the UK’s only event primarily focused on the design, research, engineering and advancement of medical devices and received glowing testimonials from exhibitors this year, “We’ve taken a very good number of exciting leads each day and met new potential customers which we hope will convert into new business. We’ve also booked two demos during the Show for next week at new customer sites.” EXHIBITOR – Jamie Greatrix, UK Sales Manager, Ash Technologies
“Taken some strong UK-based leads from potential new customers, which is traditionally quite tricky to do including leads from universities on both days.” EXHIBITOR – James Billingsley, Technical Sales Engineer, Mechtech Automation Group
“We’ve taken a really good number of quality leads which has exceeded our expectations. We’ll be back next year.” EXHIBITOR – Dave Boylan, Area Sales Manager, Innovative Sensor Technology.
The Exhibitor Showcases looked at a wide range of topics including: Production Innovation in Medical Devices – a device perspective, Medical Device Package Quality – How to Reduce Cost of Quality and Improve Patient Safety with Modern Package Quality Testing, Digital Transformation – Creating a Best-inClass Digital Eco-System, Advancements in touch screen firmware and The Advantages of Silicone Valves and the Applications for Medical Devices.
The event had many leading exhibitors and here at Healthcare Matters, we have compiled our Top Five Exhibitor list:
Arena, a PTC Business: Arena is now a regular exhibitor at Medical Technology UK. The Quality Management System (QMS) from Arena ensures world-class transparency and traceability for medical device manufacturers, throughout the entire new product development process. This allows compliant products to get into the market quicker, without delay. The QMS software is designed to connect quality records to product design in one single system and Arena supports clients with documents and to track closed-loop quality processes for device master records, alongside design history files, training records and corrective and preventive actions across the whole product record.
Maxon Group: Manufacturers of industry-leading precision electric drive systems, considered world-class by many. These include: implants, pumps, surgical robots and prosthetics, all meeting stringent demands for precision, durability and sterilisation. The Medical Unit creates drive systems for each, unique application across the full range from standard solutions to more bespoke designs, with a focus on patient safety and optimised, streamlined performance.
Medical Engineering Design Research Group (MEDRG), Nottingham Trent University: This interdisciplinary group is a cross-fusion of academics, clinicians, surgeons, healthcare companies and other medical professionals with an overarching focus on medical engineering design, suited for a wide range of research applications. The expert cross-panel team is looking for partnership across the following areas: robotic technologies for surgical applications, surgical pathway, medical device and systems development, medical technologies and interactive design, extended reality, 3D/4D printing and robotic cell integration.
Ethos Ltd: Renowned as the expert knowledge providers of digital patient health safety compliance and assurance services. ETHOS provides world-class advice to the digital health industry and the commissioning organisations (UK NHS, medical device, and digital health software manufacturers). Expertise incorporates all health software across medical devices/digital health, with specialisms in security, safety, effectiveness.
Snetor UK: UK partner of choice of the plastics and chemical industry suppliers and expert in polymer distribution. This progress and solution provider for a wide range of polymers from specialities to commodities: PE, PP, PVC, Styrenics, PET, Engineering Polymers such as PA and PA compounds, PC and PC compounds, PBT, POM, Elastomers (TPU/TPE/SEBS), PMMA, Bio and Recycled plastics.
Save the date: Exhibit at sister event: Medical Technology Ireland 2024: 25th-26th September 2024Galway Racecourse
Medical Technology UK 202512th-13th March 2025Coventry Building Society Arena
