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Healthcare innovation ecosystems have supported billions of people throughout the pandemic. They are continuously helping to improve living conditions and extend life expectancy among the world’s population. As well as being one of the fastest changing and most dynamic technology communities, the range of fields and related life sciences covered here is impressively broad.

  • If you have expertise in any of the following areas, you may discover a new sense of belonging at the EPO in this community:

    • biotechnology
    • medical technology (mechanical and electrical)
    • diagnostics, medicines, galenicals (plant-based medicines)
    • dentistry and cosmetics
    • physical therapy, electrotherapy
    • surgery
    • veterinary science and hygiene
    • sport equipment
    • games and amusements (such as toys)


Explore further

> Patent Index 2021 feature article: Insight into vaccine technologies
> EPO Tech Day 2022: Session on next-generation vaccines

Check some exceptional inventors in this field:

Better nasal drug delivery

Magnetic nanoparticles to diagnose disease

Ultrasound imaging method using shear waves