Medicone

What Medicone does

Medicone (Medicone Projetos e Soluções para a Indústria e a Saúde Ltda.) is a Brazilian medical device manufacturer specializing in medical-grade silicone implants and devices. Founded in 1978 as MultiPlast and rebranded to Medicone in 2006 following a strategic focus shift exclusively to the healthcare sector, the company has accumulated over 45 years of experience in silicone-based medical products. Since 2008, Medicone has operated as a subsidiary of the Halex Istar Group, one of Brazil's prominent medical device conglomerates, headquartered in Cachoeirinha in the Porto Alegre metropolitan area with a 2,281.42 m² manufacturing facility capable of producing 1.2 million units per year and employing between 251 and 500 staff.

Medicone's product portfolio spans eight clinical specialty categories: enteral feeding (nasogastric and gastrostomy tubes), hospital care (PICC catheters, drains, balloon catheters), obesity treatment (the Corpórea intragastric balloon), ophthalmology (lacrimal tubes, retinal surgery prostheses), orthopedics (tendon prostheses), otolaryngology (ventilation tubes, nasal splints), pulmonology (the HCPA-1 tracheal/bronchial stent developed in partnership with Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre), and urology (penile prostheses, testicular implants, hypospadias catheters). The company maintains ISO 13485, ISO 9001, ISO 10993, CE Mark, and ANVISA GMP certifications, reflecting compliance with both Brazilian regulatory requirements and European market access standards.

Medicone generates revenue through a B2B model, selling directly to hospitals and clinics across Brazil via a national network of sales representatives. The diversified portfolio across multiple clinical specialties enables cross-selling within the same institutional accounts and mitigates reliance on any single product line. The company is currently expanding its distribution model by actively seeking international distributors for export markets beyond Brazil. As a subsidiary of the Halex Istar Group, Medicone benefits from group-level scale and capital backing while maintaining its specialized silicone implant identity.

Name

Medicone

Legal name

Medicone Projetos e Soluções para a Indústria e a Saúde Ltda.

Website

https://medicone.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Medicone is a Brazilian medical device manufacturer, subsidiary of Halex Istar Group, producing medical-grade silicone implants and devices across 8 clinical specialties for sale to hospitals and clinics throughout Brazil and select international markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Silicone Medical Devices

NAICS

Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (339113), Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (339112)

SIC

Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841), Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies (3842)

akta.pro primary industry

Single-Use Surgical Devices & Procedure Packs (Disposable instruments, drapes, kits) (HLAHADAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Open & Minimally Invasive Surgical Instruments (Handheld, Laparoscopic, MIS) (HLAHADAA)

Keywords

• Medical silicone devices
• Biocompatible implants
• Enteral feeding tubes
• Urological prostheses
• Ophthalmic silicone implants

Headquarters

HQ city

Cachoeirinha

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medical Device Sales: Medicone manufactures and sells medical-grade silicone implants and devices to hospitals, clinics, and healthcare providers across Brazil and internationally. Products include urological implants, otolaryngology devices, orthopedic prostheses, enteral feeding tubes, and other medical devices. Revenue is generated through direct sales to healthcare institutions via their representative network.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Medicone manufactures and sells 100% biocompatible silicone medical devices and implants for healthcare institutions. Its portfolio covers eight clinical specialties (Enteral Feeding, Hospital Line, Obesity, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Pneumology, and Urology), including nasogastric and gastrostomy feeding tubes, PICC catheters, surgical and thoracic drains, balloon catheters, intraocular scleral buckles, intragastric balloons, penile and testicular implants, ventilation tubes, and airway stents. Products are sold to hospitals, clinics, and laboratories in Brazil via a representative network and internationally through distributor partners.

Product overview

Medicone is a medical device manufacturer specializing in 100% biocompatible silicone implants and hospital products for healthcare applications in Brazil. The company operates as a multi-category product portfolio organized across eight clinical specialty areas: Enteral Feeding (nasogastric tubes, gastrostomy tubes, button kits, and PEG-PULL endoscopic tubes), Hospitalar (PICC catheters, surgical/thoracic drains, hospital tubing, and balloon catheters for angioplasty/biliary/staged dilation), Obesidade (third-generation intragastric balloon for the Corporea weight-loss program), Oftalmologia (lacrimal tubes and six types of silicone retinal surgery prostheses), Ortopedia (tendon prosthesis), Otorrino (ventilation tubes, intranasal splints, and nasal splints), Pneumologia (tracheal and bronchial stent developed with HCPA), and Urologia (penile prosthesis, testicular implant, and hypospadia catheter). All core implantable products share silicone as the unifying raw material platform, leveraging its biocompatibility, antiallergenic properties, and FDA certification across the portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Corpórea: Weight loss program featuring the intragastric balloon device for obesity treatment.

Products and services

• Sonda Poliuretano 5000
• Sonda Silicone 6000
• Sonda Silicone 7000
• Sonda de Gastrostomia
• Kit Button M-Nutri
• Sonda Endoscópica PEG-PULL M-Nutri
• Sonda M-Nutri Enfit
• Bolsa Nutrição Gravitacional
• Cateter PICC
• Intromed Introdutor Standard
• Dreno Cirúrgico de Silicone
• Dreno Torácico de Silicone
• Tubo Hospitalar de Silicone
• Cateter Balão Angioplastia Transluminal Percutânea
• Cateter Balão Extração de Cálculos Biliares
• Cateter Balão Dilatação em Estágios
• Fio Guia Não-Vascular Hidrofílico
• Balão Intragástrico Corporea
• Tubo Lacrimal
• Prótese Esponja
• Prótese Sleeve/Luva
• Prótese Banda
• Prótese Trilho
• Prótese Pneu
• Prótese Tendinosa
• Tubo de Ventilação
• Splint Intranasal
• Splint Intranasal sem Cânula
• Tala Nasal
• Stent de Traquéia e Brônquios HCPA-1
• Prótese Peniana
• Implante Testicular
• Tubo Hipospádia

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with HCPA that enabled the development and manufacturing of the tracheal and bronchial orthosis (HCPA-1 stent) for treatment of lower airway stenosis. This was the first national orthosis of this type in Brazil, developed through a formal agreement between Medicone and the hospital.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ConvaTec: Medical products company focused on advanced wound care, ostomy, continence, and hospital consumables. Comparable business model and channel overlap with Medicone's single-use silicone hospital consumables.
• Coloplast: Global leader in silicone-based ostomy, continence, and wound-care medical devices. Directly comparable to Medicone in its use of medical-grade silicone as a core material platform and its hospital-channel sales motion across multiple specialty categories.
• Cook Medical: Specialty medical device maker with a broad catheter and silicone/polymer implant portfolio including biliary catheters, drainage catheters, and airway stents. Comparable to Medicone's balloon catheter and tracheal/bronchial stent products.
• Teleflex: Manufacturer of single-use silicone and polymer catheters, drains, and surgical devices sold to hospitals globally. Closely comparable to Medicone's Hospitalar product line (PICC catheters, surgical and thoracic drains, balloon catheters).

Broad incumbents

• Becton Dickinson (BD): Global medical technology company with extensive hospital consumables, catheter, and surgical device lines. Overlaps with Medicone's PICC, drainage, and feeding-tube offerings and represents a scaled incumbent competitor in tenders.
• B. Braun: Large diversified medical device and pharmaceutical company with a significant single-use hospital devices portfolio including silicone tubing, drains, and catheters. Competes with Medicone across multiple Hospitalar and Enteral Feeding categories but as part of a much wider portfolio.
• Boston Scientific: Global medical device leader with significant peripheral intervention, endoscopy, and pulmonology franchises. Comparable to Medicone's balloon catheter, stent, and endoscopic PEG product lines, though Boston Scientific operates at vastly greater scale and breadth.

Emerging players

• Apollo Endosurgery: Specialty medical device company focused on endoscopic surgery and intragastric balloon weight-loss solutions. Direct peer to Medicone's Corporea intragastric balloon product within the obesity/bariatric category.
• AngioDynamics: Medical device company focused on vascular access, peripheral interventions, and oncology. Comparable to Medicone's PICC catheter and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty balloon catheter product lines with similar hospital-channel sales motion.
• Sientra: Specialty aesthetics company focused on silicone breast implant and tissue-expander products. Comparable to Medicone in its use of medical-grade silicone for implantable devices and its specialty-manufacturer commercial profile.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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