EuroMedtech™ 2012 International Delegations

I-Care Adebag Grenoble delegation

I-Care cluster

Medical technology cluster in Rhône-Alps enhancing competitiveness through innovation and improving environment and networking for medtech structures.

Adebag

Key player in local economic development for the medtech sector, federating and coordinating the professional community and accompanying entrepreneurs in fast-tracking their development.

Rhône-Alps companies attending EuroMedTech 2011

Rhône-Alps region
Leader in medical technology with a competitive and comprehensive offer

A medtech market leader

More than 800 medtech companies
67 subcontractors, and 40 providers in the medtech field
Market of EUR 1.4 billion, i.e., 20% of the French market and 5% of the European potential
60% of the national market in medical textiles
30% of the national market in diagnostic and substitution technologies

A dynamic health value chain

More than 80,000 jobs in the health field
29 incubators and science parks
17 technology transfer organizations
66 research centers and 35 universities in medtech
Public structures in key areas:
- Oncology: Canceropôle CLARA, cancer research
- Diagnostic and vaccine: LyonBiopole
- Neuroscience: GIN (Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience), CRNL (Centre of Neuroscience Research in Lyon)
- Health textile, biomaterials, equipment for home help: PTM (Medical Technology Cluster, Saint-Etienne)
- Intelligent miniaturized solutions for health: Minalogic
One CIC‐IT (clinical investigation center): MAXITHEC (MAXImization of the effect of Targeted Expert Therapies), center for Computer Aided Medical Interventions (CAMI)
400 healthcare structures, with three renowned teaching hospitals:
- CHU Lyon – 5,151 beds
- CHU Grenoble ranking tenth in France in terms of treatment – 1,940 beds
- CHU Saint-Etienne – 1,892 beds

Grenoble
A wide range of outstanding skills, material resources, and medtech actors

Dynamic companies,
from start-ups to international leaders

Diagnostic: bioMérieux, Roche Diagnostics, ImmunID, Mellitech...
Drug delivery: Becton Dickinson, A Raymond Life, Eveon...
Medical imaging: Trixell, Fluoptics, Alpao, Animascope...
Computing and robotics for medicine and surgery: Technidata, SQI, Endocontrol, Koelis, Imactis, Blue-Ortho...
Telehealth: Ulysse Solutions, Ives, Vigilio, Sleepinnov, Geomobile, Movea, Saxxo Technologies...
Biomaterials, orthopedic: Tornier

Biomedical–technology platforms,
anticipating the hospital of the future

AIM platform: augmented intervention in medicine
Nanobio development of micro and nanotechnological tools for analysis, diagnosis and treatment
CLINATEC center to carry proof of concept in humans for neuroprosthesis, neurostimulation, biopsy, and drug delivery