Companies in Canada’s medical-devices sector develop and manufacture high-demand products that incorporate the latest discoveries from other industries—including biotechnology, advanced materials, microelectronics, telecommunications, software and informatics.
Made-in-Canada medical innovations:
- The Neovasc Reducer™ for refractory angina and PeriPatch™ surgical tissue (developed and manufactured in Vancouver by Neovasc, subsequently acquired by Medtronic);
- Catheter-based products for the cryotherapeutic treatment of cardiovascular disease, now used in more than 500 medical centres around the world (developed by Montréal-based CryoCathTechnologies);
- The world’s only movable, high-resolution, intra-operative MRI system (developed by Winnipeg-based IMRIS, a world-renowned image-guided therapy-systems company);
- A digital-radiography-imaging system used in nearly 40 countries (developed by Imaging Dynamics in Calgary).
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