Medical devices

Medical devices – patent & trade mark attorneys

Our medical devices group offers unrivalled expertise, and our cross-disciplinary teams of senior attorneys provide trusted counsel to our clients.

Our medical patent attorneys have a strong track record of success in defending key patents through European Patent Office (EPO) oppositions and appeals, protecting your flagship products and revenue streams.

We manage large portfolios of patents and provide expert paralegal support and seamless IT interfaces to minimise administrative effort and cost.

Helping you overcome sector challenges

Overcome the unique hurdles of the medical devices sector – from navigating strict regulatory environments and securing product clearance (FTO), to ensuring your innovations meet EPO patent eligibility requirements.

Our deep technical expertise and commercial insight mean you’re not just protected – you’re strategically positioned to move faster, minimise risk, and maximise the value of your IP. That’s why both global market leaders and agile start-ups trust us to guide their most critical innovations.

Industry experiences

Our medical device patent and trade mark attorneys bring both deep technical understanding and hands-on legal experience in these areas. We have specialist teams covering a broad range of technologies within the medical devices space, including:

• surgical robotics and electrosurgical devices;
• devices for minimally invasive surgery and device deployments such as catheters, guidewires, and endoscopes;
• stents and drug eluting stents including materials, surface treatment and coating techniques and drug compositions for drug eluting stents;
• other implantable devices, bone and suture anchors, electrical stimulation devices, heart valves, and filters
• wound care, dressings, and medical adhesives;
• drug delivery systems, and pharmaceutical packaging;
• diagnostic devices and systems including in vivo and in vitro analyte monitoring systems;
• dental appliances, and dental imaging;
• intraocular lenses, and corrective ocular surgery;
• medical imaging systems and techniques, including image processing and computer vision;
• computer-implemented technology for use in medical applications, such as software for bioinformatics, drug discovery, and the modelling of molecular interactions; and
• artificial intelligence systems for medical training, diagnostics and disease modelling.