BVMed, the German Medical Technology Association, represents about 220 manufacturers and service providers of medical devices. The medical technology industry in Germany amounts to 23 billion Euro and employs about 170,000 people.
BVMed represents the entire range of medical technologies, including wound management products, technical aids such as ostomy and incontinence products or bandages, plastic disposable items such as syringes, catheters and cannulae, as well as the implant field of intraocular lenses, hip, knee, shoulder and spinal implants, pacemakers and defibrillators and even artificial hearts. Homecare services and biotechnology procedures, such as tissue engineering, are further fields of activity.