SPECTARIS - Deutscher Industrieverband für Optik, Photonik, Analysen- und Medizintechnik e.V.

Medical technology: that is high-tech, economic power and top performance for patients and users

The smallest and most modern instruments enable operations that leave hardly any scars. Flexible and lightweight prostheses give disabled people a new quality of life. Above all, medical technology from Germany is innovative and thus a technological leader.

The SPECTARIS Medical Technology Association represents around 130 German companies in the capital goods and medical aids sector, which primarily manufacture high-tech products and are strongly export-oriented. The members cover an extensive field of research and application, which in a broader sense can be classified as "life sciences". The trade association offers its members targeted services, a platform for networking and represents the interests of its members vis-à-vis politicians and the public, so that the framework conditions for innovation and growth continue to improve. In particular, dealing with the complex regulatory requirements in the healthcare sector is the subject of numerous working groups of the trade association.