MedTech

What MedTech does

AdvaMed® (Advanced Medical Technology Association) is a U.S. non-profit trade association headquartered in Washington D.C., representing over 500 medical technology companies and led by CEO Scott Whitaker. The organization functions as the principal industry advocate for the U.S. medtech sector, providing policy advocacy, regulatory guidance, and compliance resources to members while engaging directly with Congress, the FDA, the EPA, and other federal bodies. AdvaMed operates five specialized divisions: the core AdvaMed membership, AdvaMedDx® for diagnostics companies, AdvaMed Accel® for emerging and early-stage companies, AdvaMed® Digital Health Tech™ for digital medical technology firms, and a Medical Imaging division representing leading imaging companies. It also runs the MedtechVets nonprofit program for veteran employment in medtech, hosts The MedTech Conference, and publishes the Medtech POV podcast and policy research.

The organization's core product surface is membership-based: companies join through an application process to gain access to advocacy, regulatory expertise, networking, committees, working groups, research papers, and events. AdvaMed's Code of Ethics on Interactions with Health Care Professionals is positioned as the industry's gold standard and is commercialized through a Certification Logo (2024–2026 cycle) and online training. Adjacent products include the Emerging Policy & Tariff Response Center and the Medtech Career Center. Revenue mechanics are membership-dues based (annual dues from member companies) plus likely conference and certification revenue; specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. AdvaMed is member-funded with no parent company and is governed by executives from constituent firms including Stryker (Kevin Lobo), Materna Medical (Tracy MacNeal), and Miach Orthopaedics (Martha Shadan).

Data scope note: the firmographic block associated with the "MedTech" label describes a separate small non-profit (medtech.org, Syracuse NY, founded 2004, 1–10 employees) that is materially inconsistent with the substantive source data describing AdvaMed. This description is grounded in the dominant, AdvaMed-specific source material (and the advamed.org content), which provides the only actionable intelligence on the entity's scale, divisions, and operations.

Name

MedTech

Legal name

Advanced Medical Technology Association®

Website

https://medtech.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AdvaMed is a Washington D.C. non-profit trade association representing over 500 U.S. medical technology companies, providing policy advocacy, regulatory guidance, and industry networking through five specialized divisions, conferences, and the industry-standard Code of Ethics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industry Association Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitals, Clinics & Charitable Healthcare Providers (BPAGACAB)

Keywords

• Bio/Med industry advocacy
• Medical technology collaboration
• Life sciences networking
• Industry education programs
• Healthcare innovation support

Headquarters

HQ city

Syracuse

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MedTech is a non-profit organization that connects and supports New York State's Bio/Med industry through collaboration programs, educational initiatives, and advocacy efforts directed at member companies and industry stakeholders.

Product overview

AdvaMed (Advanced Medical Technology Association) is a trade association, not a product company. It does not offer a unified product platform but rather provides a portfolio of membership divisions and programs: AdvaMed® (core association membership with advocacy, regulatory, and policy resources), AdvaMedDx® (diagnostics policy division), AdvaMed Accel® (emerging company support), AdvaMed® Digital Health Tech™ (digital health advocacy), and a Medical Imaging Division. Additional offerings include the MedtechVets employment program and The MedTech Conference annual event. These represent membership services and industry initiatives rather than commercial software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AdvaMed Accel®: Division dedicated to the needs of smaller medical technology companies, ensuring the voice of small pioneering and entrepreneurial companies is heard by policymakers
• AdvaMedDx®
• AdvaMed® Digital Health Tech™
• AdvaMed® Medical Imaging™
• MedtechVets
• Medtech POV
• The MedTech Conference
• Because Every Moment Matters

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/medtechassoc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/AdvaMedUpdate
• Facebookfacebook.com/medtechassoc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/79166
• Instagraminstagram.com/advamed

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments1 record

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