Export Cluster Directory - Medtech
Wales is home to a thriving Life Sciences companies employing over 8000 people with a combined annual turnover of almost $2bn. In addition, The sector is underpinned by internationally accredited R&D facilities and incubators in the Universities of Swansea, Cardiff, Bangor and Aberystwyth, with close research links to universities around the world.
The MedTech and Diagnostics Cluster is focussed on helping its members, predominantly SMEs, to achieve their export potential and grow the Sector’s already considerable contribution to Welsh exports.
The companies in this directory are all actively trading internationally and seeking further opportunities to increase their exports further still.
| Company | Subsector | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aparito | Digital Health / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Aparito's unique software captures patient generated data and digital endpoints remotely, aimed specifically at monitoring results from decentralised and hybrid trials. |
| Authentic World Limited /Safemedicate | Digital Health / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Authentic World is a global market leader in the design and development of virtual training modules to help teach authentic drug dosage calculation, e-learning, training and assessment environments. |
| Benson Viscometers | Diagnostics / Devices / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Benson Viscometers is a British company specialising in the design, development and manufacture of high-quality clinical viscometers and blood measuring equipment. |
| Brainbox | Diagnostics / Devices / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Brainbox specialises in integrated non-invasive brain stimulation and brain imaging technology. |
| Calon Cardio | Diagnostics / Devices / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Calon cardio is developing an Implantable Heart Pump that is best-in-class. |
| Cansense | Diagnostics / Devices / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | CanSense Ltd is a University start-up med-tech company translating impactful academic and clinical research results to meet the growing global market in cancer diagnostics - a UK-based solution to a global problem. |
| Cell Path | Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | CellPath Ltd. is a UK-based independent company, specialising in the manufacture and worldwide supply of precision consumables, equipment and services that aid hospitals in the diagnosis of cancer. |
| Ceryx Medical | Diagnostics / Devices / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Ceryx Medical are the revolutionary business behind a unique bioelectronic technology that could change the way heart failure is treated. Based in Cardiff, UK, Ceryx is building towards a first in human trial of their device, starting in 2022. |
| Concentric | Digital Health / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Concentric is a digital consent and shared decision making web application which transforms the paper process of giving consent for a procedure or treatment. |
| Copner Biotech | Diagnostics / Devices / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Copner Biotech is a biotechnology company, focusing on 3D cell culture and associated technologies. The company is trading for just under 2 years now and is a winner of the GHP international life sciences award for innovation in 3D cell culture 2021. |
| Corryn Biotechnologies | Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Corryn's HEALS dressing applicator delivers a superfine mesh of synthetic and natural fibres on chronic wounds to promote rapid and healthy healing. Wound care ranks as one of the principal factors in soaking up resources, requiring frequent dressing changes on the wards or in the home. The HEALS gun can apply dressings directly to a patient's wound with minimum pain and with very little training. The company is pre-clinical trial but seeking partners with whom they can put the applicator into trials. |
| Cotton Mouton Diagnostics Ltd | Diagnostics / Devices / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Cotton Mouton Diagnostics Ltd (CMD) was founded in 2014 to develop and exploit unique endotoxin testing services as a one stop shop. |
| Eakin Surgical | Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Eakin Surgical is a manufacturer of high quality single use fine surgical suctions. These have been produced in response to the growing concerns over cleaning of reusable fine lumen instruments. |
| EKF | Diagnostics / Devices / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | EKF is a leading point-of-care diagnostics and central laboratory assay manufacturer with an estimated 80,000 hemoglobin, hematocrit, HbA1c, glucose and lactate analyzers in regular use across more than 100 countries. |
| Energist | Diagnostics / Devices / B2C | Energist is the founding and leading global provider of the nitrogen plasma technology, NeoGen Plasma™. NeoGen Plasma™ uses thermal energy to naturally restore dermal health and youthful appearance by simultaneously resurfacing, regenerating and tightening the whole skin architecture. |
| Forth | Digital Health / B2C | Forth is an innovative biometrics tracking platform which helps people navigate their way to better health. We do this by measuring and tracking over 50 key internal biomarkers integral to good health. |
| Frontier Medical Group | Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies / B2C | Frontier Medical Group is a market leading group engaged in the manufacture and supply of pressure area care solutions to healthcare providers in the UK and internationally. |
| Genmed Enterprises | Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | GenMed is a privately owned medical device provider manufacturing a comprehensive range of disposable Trocars, Monopolar instruments, clip appliers, retrieval bags and Veress needles for use in minimal invasive access surgery. |
| Goggleminds | Digital Health / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Goggleminds® creates and deploys education packages using immersive technology to enhance the skills of current and aspiring healthcare professionals. Their primary customers are medical schools, healthcare providers, and universities seeking to train, retain, and upskill their workforce. Their Mediverse® platform, offers scalable, on-demand simulation training, allowing healthcare professionals and students to practice patient care in realistic virtual scenarios with tailored feedback to improve outcomes. Accessible via desktop computers and VR headsets, it supports individual and group training, offering flexibility to train anytime, anywhere. Solutions range from headset-only launch packs to comprehensive enterprise options, including a rich library of simulations and additional modules on a "buy what you need" basis. This approach maximizes training effectiveness and customer lifetime value. |
| Immunoserv | Diagnostics / Devices / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | ImmunoServ is uniquely positioned to perform both pre-clinical and clinical contract research in the immunology and cancer immunotherapy fields. |
| InBio | Diagnostics / Devices / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | InBio specialises in manufacturing highly purified proteins and immunoassays for research and diagnostics and are recognised as world leaders in assessment of environmental exposure to allergens. |
| Innovia Medical | Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | DTR Medical specialises in the design and manufacture of Sterile Single-use Surgical Instruments that deliver both patient and clinical value. |
| Intelligent Ultrasound | Digital Health / Diagnostics / Devices | Intelligent Ultrasound aims to unlock ultrasound for everyone through the provision of products that train clinicians in the classroom and then support and guide them in the clinic with real-time artificial intelligence image analysis software. |
| Limb Art | Hospital /Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies / B2C | LIMB-art is a British design and manufacturing company dedicated to producing cool prosthetic leg covers. Founded in 2018 by former Paralympic swimmer and medalist, Mark Williams and his wife Rachael, LIMB-art was born out of an overwhelming desire to help other prosthetic users raise their confidence, be proud of what they have and very simply, but equally importantly have fun showing off whilst doing so! |
| Llusern Scientific | Diagnostics / Devices | Llusern scientific team has developed a rapid viral detection test which will work without the need for a lab. The Llusern test utilises our unique probes, LAMP technology and a novel electronic reader device to sample, amplify and report viral presence in one easy step. |
| Magstim | Diagnostics / Devices / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Magstim® is a British-based medical device manufacturer and leading supplier of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) equipment, coils and complete packages used for both Magstim TMS Therapy and neuromodulation research. |
| Mangar International | Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies / B2C | Designers, manufacturers and suppliers of assistive equipment |
| ONICS | Digital Health | OnICS® Ltd helps Oncology teams to see more Patients, each & every day, and in so doing help improve patient outcomes. They do this through iNOTZ® suite which captures the Medical Consultation data “in clinic” and automatically producing the Medical Note for the Consultant. |
| Orthobridge | Digital Health | Orthobridge is a Practice Management System developed for Orthodontist practices to fill a currently unmet need in the market. The software programme allows an Orthodontist to run an AI enabled assessment of a patient’s X Ray scans plotting all relevant datapoints concerning their future careplan which takes less than a minute to complete compared with an hour of the practitioner’s time this process can typically take. |
| PDR Design | Diagnostics / Devices | PDR is a major award-winning, multidisciplinary international centre for design and research with a global client base. |
| R&D Surgical | Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | R&D surgical is a medical equipment manufacturer and distributor, specialising in cardiac/thoracic/dental products. |
| Reacta Healthcare | Digital Health / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | The Reacta mission is to improve the quality of life for severe food allergy sufferers globally through accurate diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring. With world leading scientific and clinical experts in food allergy, the business has developed an innovative and easy to use challenge meal which is currently in use by clinicians as part of numerous global clinical trials. Our technology addresses an unmet need for standardised, palatable, stable, accurate and fully masked high-quality challenge meals which are used in Oral Food Challenges. |
| Red MedTech | Diagnostics / Devices | Red Medtech is a medical technology consultancy specialising in product and development compliance projects. We help and support medical device innovators, designers and manufacturers deliver patient care products to market. Red MedTech can help with NPD leadership, technical project management, regulatory consultant expertise, and/or quality management system support. |
| Renishaw | Diagnostics / Devices | Renishaw is one of the world's leading engineering and scientific technology companies, with expertise in precision measurement and healthcare. The company supplies products and services used in applications as diverse as jet engine and wind turbine manufacture, through to dentistry and brain surgery. |
| Rescape | Digital Health / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Rescape is a medtech business based in Cardiff. Operating nationally and internationally. Since 2018 Rescape has been selling its now registered medical device (MHRA ref 10780), DR.VR®, into the NHS, Care Homes and Hospices. DR.VR® is a virtual reality solution that provides pain, anxiety, stress relief and improves patient’s experience. |
| RFID Direct | Digital Health / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | RFID Direct designs bespoke data capture systems ensuring precise exchange of information between operational staff and existing management systems. This enables organisations to identify individual assets and automatically capture scanned data, integrating the information in the resident software system. |
| Rocialle | Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Rocialle Healthcare has been a trusted partner to healthcare providers for over 40 years. Rocialle Healthcare manufacture and sterilise packs containing all of the consumables required for specific procedures in surgical theatres, in wards and clinics and in the community. They also supply Personal Protective Equipment and single-use surgical instruments. |
| RWG iCare | Digital Health | RWG iCare connects patients and their biometrics with remote healthcare professionals and carers using a smart-but-simple home hub and dedicated bandwidth. |
| Salar Surgical | Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Salar Surgical specialises in the design and delivery of innovative surgical products. Ophthalmic surgical devices innovation and development.Salar Surgical is owned and run by practicing Ophthalmologists in the UK with over 40 years’ experience in the specialty. |
| Sense IV | Digital Health / Diagnostic / Devices / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Sense IV is an alert system for intravenous cannula to alert medical staff if a patient begins to develop an adverse reaction to the insertion of their cannula. Remote patient monitoring through the dressings senses any deterioration to the entry wound and quickly sends data back to the clinical staff so that damage can be averted. |
| Sharp Services | Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Sharp is a global leader in clinical supply chain services and pharmaceutical packaging, with a heritage spanning over 65 years. Engineered to deliver, we partner with pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients, offering solutions and support from phase I trials all the way through to commercial launch and lifecycle management. |
| Sotas | Diagnostic / Devices | At Sotas, we can support you maintain your regulatory compliance with a bespoke service, ensuring you remain compliant to the state-of-the-art regulations and standards. With a wealth of experience working for medical device manufacturers across software development, electronics, regulatory affairs, quality assurance, compliance and operational functions, we can manage your communication with the many regulatory agencies, create and compile design dossiers for international market access, act as your in-country representative, provide you with regulatory intelligence of upcoming changes, whilst ensuring your business remains compliant with gap analysis’ and audits. Sotas can absorb the complexities of the ever-changing regulatory landscape, so that you can concentrate on running your business. |
| SurgiNovi | Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | SurgiNovi is a medical technology company specialized in bone and joint surgeries.They developed surgical planning software for orthopaedic surgeries that can be used by orthopaedic surgeons and researchers to complete their surgeries in an easy, accurate and affordable way. |
| Thermetrix | Diagnostic / Devices | Thermetrix manufactures the Podium system, a Royal College of Podiatry approved thermographic measuring equipment for diabetic footcare and the prevention of foot ulcers. |
| Ultrasound Technologies (IDEVision) | Diagnostics / Devices / Hospital / Surgical / CRO Services / Supplies | Ultrasound Technologies manufacture devices for fetal and vascular monitoring as well as devices to detect macular pigment degeneration and ophthalmology instruments. |
| Valley Diagnostics | Diagnostics | Valley Diagnostics is working in partnership with Aberystwyth University to develop a range of lateral flow tests for use in widespread testing of Prostate and Lung Cancer and Bovine TB using biomarkers from bodily fluids. |