14/01/2026
Medical technologies are all around us — improving lives in countless ways and helping people live longer, healthier lives.
But what exactly is medical technology?
➡️ Medical technologies are products, services, or solutions designed to save and enhance people’s lives. They support us at every stage of care — from prevention and diagnosis to treatment and long-term management. Broadly, they fall into three main categories:
❇️ Medical Devices (MDs): products, services or solutions that prevent, diagnose, monitor, treat and care for people;
❇️ In vitro diagnostics (IVDs): non-invasive tests used on biological samples to determine the status of a person’s health;
❇️ Digital health: tools and services that use information and communication technologies to improve prevention, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and management of a person’s health and lifestyle.
Explore our latest Facts & Figures to learn more about the more than 2,000,000 medical technologies available today and the value the MedTech sector brings to Europe’s citizens and health systems. 👉 https://bit.ly/48VD3q8