TheEuropeanMedicalTechnologyIndustryinfigures2022WhatisMedicalTechnology?3Regulations7Innovation11Employment15Companies19TableofcontentsExpenditureonMedicalTechnology21MedTechMarketinEurope25TradeinEurope33AboutMedTechEurope39WhatisMedicalTechnology?Medicaltechnologiesareproducts,servicesorsolutionsusedtosaveandimprovepeople’slives.Intheirmanyforms,theyarewithyoufrompreventiontodiagnosisandcure.Therearethreemaincategoriesofmedicaltechnologies:•Medicaldevices(MDs)areproducts,servicesorsolutionsthatprevent,diagnose,monitor,treatandcareforpeople.•Invitrodiagnostics(IVDs)arenon-invasivetestsusedonbiologicalsamples(forexampleblood,urineortissues)todetermine...