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Patenting your medical technology or healthcare innovation
Medical technology is presently a main area of innovation and global attention. Innovation in the area of medical technology and healthcare covers in general a broad array of technologies, and is often related to multi-disciplinary and complex subject matter.

Healthcare Focus Group

Do you operate in the field of medtech, healthcare innovations or other niches in healthcare? NLO offers the expertise of a multidisciplinary team of patent attorneys with technological background(s) and broad experience in relation to this IPC/CPC class patent applications, and also in relation to utility patent or design right possibilities, especially when teaming up with members of the NLO legal teams.

For patent classifications (IPC, CPC), a general main class exists covering the related technical areas: 
- A61 Human Necessities
- Medical or veterinary science
- Hygiene

NLO attorneys are experienced in IP matters in general, but also specific healthcare or medical devices related aspects, such as regulatory issues: CE marking, clinical trials, etc. Moreover, in the past years Medical Technology clients are served by NLO in virtually all sectors and teams, with many clients being serviced from two (or even three) teams, with one primary NLO contact, of course. 

The best advice from interdisciplinary teams in this niche

The increasing importance of healthcare innovation

Our experts have advised on IP matters in various technology areas:

  • instruments
  • imaging applications
  • implants
  • diagnostics
  • supplies such as syringes
  • ostomy related products
  • catheters
  • and not to forget medicines (BioTech and Pharma teams).  

We advise on IP matters from early-stage innovation, even before start-up phase, up to full production, to IPO or merger/acquisition.

Do you have any questions about your healthcare innovation? Please contact one of our experts, we will be happy to help you.

Series of blogs about IP & Healthcare

Read our (series of) interesting blogs about IP & Healthcare, written by our experts. From tips on how to patent a method of treatment to insights on how to protect surgery-related innovations: download your blog of interest here. 

A matter of life and death in healthcare - Rolf Suurmond March 2022
pdf - 273.33 KB
Emerging technologies: what is trending? - Karen Rodriguez May 2022
pdf - 635.22 KB
Methods of treatment by surgery: tread carefully - Dustin Vink September 2023
pdf - 530.14 KB
Methods of treatment by therapy: claim carefully - Karen Rodriguez January 2023
pdf - 503.59 KB
Can I protect my innovations for surgery? - Mikola Schlottke February 2023
pdf - 662.41 KB
Diagnostic methods: choose carefully - Karen Rodriguez June 2023
pdf - 989.8 KB
Mastering Article 84: Clear claims for medical devices - Karen Rodriguez September 2023
pdf - 415.9 KB
Article 53(c) exceptions and products produced by a medical treatment - Karen Rodriguez December 2023
pdf - 808.38 KB
Article 53(c) exceptions and products produced by a medical treatment - Karen Rodriguez January 2024
pdf - 227.13 KB
Blog 10 about Innovations at the Crossroads - Karen Rodriguez August 2024
pdf - 911.49 KB

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