
In episode three of the Advancing the Future of MedTech with Alleima podcast series, we build on the market trends covered in episode two and delve a little deeper with a different perspective. Expert insight is provided by Alleima Medical, which designs, develops and manufactures many of the complex, specialist materials and solutions that are used to build advanced medical devices that are making a life-changing difference to patients.
Our guest for the third episode is Kevin Benz, who is Strategic Marketing Manager at Alleima. He explains that his main focus is to understand the trends affecting the market, identify growth areas and opportunities for the company.
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Alongside this, Benz develops strategies for ways to position Alleima Medical as a technology leader in medical device materials and precision processing. He emphasises the advantages of Alleima Medical’s vertically integrated structure, which provides greater protection from supply chain disruption and the capacity for easy collaboration between specialists from different divisions.
The conversation covers the trend of smaller and smarter devices, which is a strategic focus for Alleima.
“We’re trying to leverage our advanced high-performance materials and the expertise in metallurgy to develop those complex and small solutions down to Micron diameters. And those enable the smaller and smarter functionality of advanced medical devices,†says Benz. “Our focus is on precision and innovation, and that allows us to create materials to meet the strict requirements of the medical industry.â€
The conversation covers potential future advances, from remote monitoring to robotic surgery, as well as the growth of innovative procedure techniques such as pulsed field ablation in areas such as the cardiovascular space.
In addition, the discussion details the advanced materials that are enabling progress in state of the art medical devices such as nitinol, which is experiencing significant growth.
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