Medical Connections

Name

Medical Connections

Legal name

Medical Connections Ltd

Website

https://medicalconnections.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Imaging Software Development Toolkits

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Software Publishers (513210), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Imaging & Diagnostic Interoperability (DICOM exchange, image sharing, VNA connectivity) (HLACABAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Image Exchange, Sharing & Patient/Provider Portals (DICOM/Web) (HLACALAI), EHR/EMR Integration & Interoperability Middleware (HL7/FHIR) (HLALAKAD)

Keywords

• DICOM software toolkits
• Medical imaging SDK
• Healthcare interoperability
• IHE XDS profiles
• PACS development tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Swansea

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses: Medical Connections sells permanent and time-limited software licenses for DicomObjects SDKs. Licenses are machine-specific and activated online or offline using license keys in format like XYZ-1111-2222-3333. Concurrent licensing is available for scenarios requiring multiple simultaneous activations.
2. Combined Package Discounts: Discounted packages are available for combined use of DicomObjects and XdsObjects toolkits when purchased together.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Medical Connections develops and sells software development toolkits (SDKs) for medical imaging interoperability. Its DicomObjects product family (COM, .NET, and .NET Core editions) enables developers to embed DICOM-compliant image display, network transmission, printing, query/retrieve, and storage commitment into healthcare applications. The company also offers XdsObjects for IHE XDS and XDS-I profile-based document and imaging sharing.

Product overview

Medical Connections offers a suite of DICOM software development toolkits under the DicomObjects brand, comprising three editions: DicomObjects.COM (COM/ActiveX), DicomObjects.NET (.NET Framework), and DicomObjects.Core (.NET Core/.NET 5+). These toolkits enable developers to embed DICOM image display, network transmission, printing, and data manipulation capabilities into medical imaging applications. Complementing DicomObjects is XdsObjects.NET, a separate toolkit for IHE XDS (Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing) and XDS-I (Imaging) profile implementations. Together, these products provide a complete development solution for DICOM-compliant medical imaging systems and document sharing infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DicomObjects: DICOM software development toolkit supporting COM, .NET, and .NET Core platforms for adding DICOM functionality to software products
• XdsObjects

Products and services

• DicomObjects.COM COM/ActiveX-based DICOM toolkit enabling developers to add DICOM image display, manipulation, network transmission, printing, storage commitment, and normalised operations to their applications. Sold as a developer SDK with machine-specific license keys.
• DicomObjects.NET .NET Framework-based DICOM toolkit (version 8.48) offering comprehensive DICOM image processing, network communications, worklist handling, printing, and storage commitment for Windows .NET developers building medical imaging applications.
• DicomObjects.Core .NET Core/.NET 5+ compatible DICOM toolkit providing image read/write, parsing, and DICOM Web client and server implementations, including RESTful DICOM Web (DICOMweb) support for cross-platform and cloud-ready medical imaging development.
• XdsObjects.NET Toolkit for developing applications that implement IHE XDS (Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing) and XDS-I (Imaging) profiles, providing client and server support for document sharing, registry functionality, and imaging integration across healthcare enterprises.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature11 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• DicomObjects and XdsObjects IntegrationcoreTechnology or IntegrationDicomObjects and XdsObjects are complementary products from Medical Connections. DicomObjects provides DICOM protocol implementation while XdsObjects handles IHE XDS and XDS-I profiles for document and imaging data sharing. Combined packages are available at discounted rates for developers needing both medical imaging (DICOM) and healthcare document interoperability capabilities.

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• DCMTK (OFFIS): OFFIS Institute's DCMTK is the reference open-source C++ DICOM toolkit. It is the closest direct alternative to DicomObjects, providing DICOM protocol libraries for building medical imaging applications, and is the primary free substitute Medical Connections competes against.
• fo-dicom: fo-dicom is the leading open-source .NET DICOM library, mirroring exactly the developer audience and platform (.NET) that DicomObjects targets. It is a direct substitute for medical imaging developers evaluating commercial vs. open-source tooling on .NET.
• LEADTOOLS: LEAD Technologies' LEADTOOLS provides commercial DICOM and medical imaging SDKs across .NET, COM, and web platforms. It targets the same developer-tool buyer, offers overlapping protocol coverage, and is one of the most directly comparable commercial alternatives to DicomObjects.
• Laurel Bridge Software: Laurel Bridge provides DICOM and IHE integration components for imaging workflow, routing, and interoperability. It sells toolkit-style products to imaging application developers and healthcare IT vendors, overlapping the developer/embedder segment served by XdsObjects and DicomObjects.
• Dicom Systems: Dicom Systems builds DICOM routing, interoperability, and imaging workflow solutions. It operates in the same medical imaging interoperability space, with both standalone tools and enterprise offerings that overlap with Medical Connections' DICOM toolkit focus.
• pydicom: pydicom is the dominant open-source Python DICOM library, widely adopted by healthcare data science and imaging AI teams. While it targets a different language ecosystem, it competes for the same underlying DICOM-developer mind share and budget as Medical Connections' toolkits.

Broad incumbents

• Hyland (NilRead / Acuo): Hyland's enterprise imaging portfolio (NilRead viewer and acquired Acuo VNA) sits upstream of Medical Connections' developer-toolkit layer, providing DICOM/HL7/XDS interoperability as part of broader enterprise imaging suites that customers may purchase instead of building with an SDK.

Emerging players

• Google Cloud Healthcare API: Google Cloud's managed DICOM/HL7/FHIR API offers cloud-native interoperability that competes for the same healthcare imaging data sharing use case served by DicomObjects and XdsObjects, but as a hosted service rather than a developer toolkit.
• AWS HealthImaging: Amazon's HealthImaging service provides DICOM imaging storage and APIs in a managed cloud format. It targets healthcare application developers building imaging workflows, partially overlapping Medical Connections' developer-toolkit value proposition with a managed platform alternative.
• Microsoft Azure Health Data Services: Microsoft's DICOM and FHIR services provide managed cloud-based interoperability for medical imaging and health data. They target the same healthcare developer audience as DicomObjects but via cloud APIs, and are a likely long-term substitute for embedded SDK-based interoperability.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MedConnection
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/medical-connections-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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