Name

OR.NET e.V.

Legal name

OR.NET e.V.

Website

https://ornet.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Interoperability Standards

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Electronic Data Capture (EDC) Platforms (HLACAOAA)

Keywords

• Medical device interoperability
• Healthcare IT standards
• SDC medical networking
• Open-source healthcare tools
• Medical device consortium

Headquarters

HQ city

Herzogenrath

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: The association generates revenue through annual membership fees from regular members (manufacturers, hospitals, research institutions) and supporting members. Fee structure is defined in the association's fee schedule (Beitragsordnung).
2. Consulting and Training Services: The association offers consulting services for medical device development, approval/regulatory compliance, risk management of open networked systems, and hands-on workshops for SDC implementation. Services are tailored to member needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

OR.NET e.V. is a registered industry association that promotes and advances the IEEE 11073 SDC (Service-oriented Device Connectivity) standard for manufacturer-independent networking of medical devices in acute-care settings. It develops and maintains open-source reference implementations (SDCcc, t2iapi), runs demonstration platforms (Demo OP, Smart Health Unit, SDC Workstation), and operates the SDC PKI to enable secure interoperable medical-device communication. It also delivers consulting, training, workshops, and plug-a-thons, and coordinates working groups around the SDC ecosystem.

Product overview

OR.NET e.V. is a standards-based association that provides consulting, training, and testing services to support the development, certification, and deployment of SDC (Service-oriented Device Connectivity) compliant medical devices. The organization's portfolio includes open-source testing tools (SDCcc, t2iapi), demonstration platforms, the IEEE 11073 SDC standard family, conformance documentation, and PKI infrastructure services. These offerings work together to enable manufacturer-independent, secure networking of medical devices in clinical environments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OR.NET e.V. Association Membership Membership in the registered industry association for organizations involved in IEEE 11073 SDC-based medical device interoperability, providing participation in working groups, access to standards development, and engagement in plug-a-thons and events. Target customers are medical device manufacturers, healthcare IT vendors, integrators, hospitals, and research institutions.
• SDCcc Open-Source Reference Implementation Open-source software tool developed by OR.NET e.V. that implements the IEEE 11073 SDC standard for service-oriented medical device connectivity, intended for developers, integrators, and manufacturers building SDC-compliant devices and systems.
• t2iapi Open-Source Integration Tool Open-source integration tool provided by OR.NET e.V. to support SDC-based interoperability between medical devices and clinical information systems, aimed at integrators and developers.
• SDC PKI Service Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) service operated by OR.NET e.V. for the SDC ecosystem, enabling secure authentication and communication between SDC-compliant medical devices and systems.
• Demo OP Demonstration Platform Reference demonstration platform built around an operating-room scenario, used to showcase SDC-based manufacturer-independent networking of medical devices for members, partners, hospitals, and visitors.
• Smart Health Unit Demonstration Platform Reference demonstration platform illustrating SDC-based device interoperability in a smart acute-care unit, used for evaluation, training, and member engagement.
• SDC Workstation Demonstration Platform Reference workstation demonstrating SDC connectivity and interoperability for medical devices, supporting training, plug-a-thons, and integration validation activities.
• OR.NET Consulting and Training Services Consulting and training services delivered by OR.NET e.V. on the IEEE 11073 SDC standard, open-source tooling (SDCcc, t2iapi), and integration of SDC into medical-device and clinical-IT projects, targeted at manufacturers, integrators, and hospitals.
• OR.NET Workshops and Plug-a-thons Organized workshops and plug-a-thon events where members, manufacturers, integrators, and clinical partners collaboratively build, test, and validate SDC-based medical-device integrations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduction of documentation time - up to 55% of surgeon/anesthesiologist work time currently spent on documentation can be partially automated
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SurgiTAIX AGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016SurgiTAIX AG hosts the OR.NET e.V. headquarters and provides software engineering expertise. The company's CEO Dr. Frank Portheine serves as Chairman (Vorsitzender) of OR.NET e.V. SurgiTAIX contributes to SDC workstation development and testing infrastructure.
• Philips HealthcarecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Philips International B.V. is represented by Javier Espina Perez as Deputy Chairman (Stellvertretender Vorsitzender) of OR.NET e.V. Philips contributes to standards development and is a founding board member driving SDC adoption.
• B. Braun Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Dr. Martin Kasparick from B. Braun serves as a board member (Beisitzer) and contributes to standardization and conformity assessment working groups. B. Braun actively participates in SDC development.
• Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2016Dr. David Gregorczyk serves as a board member and Björn Andersen is a contact person for standardization. Dräger developed the open-source SDCcc testing tool and t2iapi framework available on GitHub.
• OR.NET Project Consortium (50+ Partners)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2012The original BMBF-funded OR.NET project (2012-2016) brought together over 50 direct partners including medical device manufacturers (Karl Storz, Richard Wolf, Stryker, Maquet), hospitals, research institutions (Fraunhofer MEVIS, Fraunhofer FOKUS, multiple universities), and IT companies to develop and standardize open medical device networking.
• ICCAS - Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery, Universität LeipzigcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012ICCAS hosts a major demonstrator site including a Demo OR and networked ambulance demonstrator. Prof. Thomas Neumuth serves on the board. ICCAS contributes to workflow automation, procedure detection, and additional services research.
• Uniklinik RWTH Aachen - Klinik für AnästhesiologiecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Uniklinik RWTH Aachen hosts the Smart Health Unit and SDC workstation demonstrator. Prof. Dr. Michael Czaplik serves as a board member and manages clinical testing. The site includes anesthesia equipment, patient monitors, syringe pumps, and mobile tele-monitoring.
• Hochschule Reutlingen - Fakultät für InformatikcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012The university hosts a teaching and research operating room demonstrating SDC integration with Karl Storz OR1 system, SDC-enabled lights, monitors, and electrocautery devices. Prof. Oliver Burgert contributes to systems integration research.
• ZIMT Project PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerZIMT (Zertifizierbare integrierte Medizintechnik) project with Localite GmbH, steute Technologies, and Uniklinik RWTH Aachen focuses on certifiable integrated medical technology based on open standards.
• MoVE Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMoVE project (2017-2019) developed testing platforms and approval strategies for networked medical devices. Partners included Fritz Stephan, GADV, HEBU Medical, Ilara, Localite, qcmed, steute, SurgiTAIX, Synagon, and multiple universities.
• PoCSpec Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPoCSpec project (2019-2021), coordinated by OFFIS and funded by BMWi, developed modular specializations for point-of-care medical devices. Partners included Aesculap, BOWA, embeX, Erbe, Karl Storz, Olympus, Dräger, Schölly, steute, and University of Lübeck.
• PriMed Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPriMed project (2019-2022) focused on process optimization through integrated medical products. Partners SurgiTAIX and Localite worked with UKA clinics (Anesthesiology, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery) and OR Management to develop integrated workstations.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• SNOMED International: SNOMED International is a non-profit that maintains the SNOMED CT clinical terminology standard. It is thematically adjacent to OR.NET as a healthcare standards organization funded by national members and licenses, though its scope (terminology) is orthogonal to device connectivity.
• ISO/TC 215 Health Informatics: ISO Technical Committee 215 is the international standards committee for health informatics. It is comparable as the parent international forum where healthcare IT standards (including IEEE 11073 series) are coordinated, and operates with a similar consensus-based member model.

Direct peers

• HL7 International: HL7 International is the standards organization behind HL7 v2/v3 and FHIR for healthcare data exchange. It is comparable to OR.NET because it develops interoperability specifications adopted by EHR vendors and device makers, supported through member dues and a similar community governance structure.
• IHE International: Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) is a global initiative developing interoperability profiles for clinical workflows. Like OR.NET, it convenes vendors and providers to codify integration standards and runs working groups and plug-a-thons, making it the closest peer in mission and operating model.
• Continua Health Alliance (PCHAlliance): The Personal Connected Health Alliance (formerly Continua) is an industry alliance that defined interoperability guidelines for personal connected health devices. It overlaps directly with OR.NET's device-interoperability remit and uses a similar member-driven standards-development model.
• Medical Device Plug-and-Play (MD PnP) Program: The MD PnP program at MIT is a research consortium focused on medical device interoperability, clinical environment integration, and safety cases. It is highly comparable in mission to OR.NET, sharing clinical-neutral interoperability research and open-source tooling.

Broad incumbents

• Capsule Technologies (GE HealthCare): Capsule Technologies, now part of GE HealthCare, is a leading vendor of medical device integration platforms connecting bedside devices to EMRs. It is a broad incumbent competing in the same clinical-device-interoperability space that OR.NET's open SDC standard targets.
• IEEE Standards Association: IEEE SA is the umbrella standards body under which OR.NET's IEEE 11073 SDC family was published. It is a broad incumbent in healthcare and ICT standards and provides the publication and governance infrastructure that OR.NET's standards rely upon.

Regional players

• DICOM Standards Committee: DICOM is the dominant standard for medical imaging interoperability. It is comparable to OR.NET as a long-established, vendor-neutral device-connectivity standard in a specific clinical domain (imaging) and uses a similar working-group-and-member governance structure.

Emerging players

• OpenICE: OpenICE is an open-source implementation of the ASTM ICE (Integrated Clinical Environment) standard for medical device connectivity. It is an emerging peer in that it pursues the same device-interoperability goal as OR.NET but via a different (ASTM) standards pathway.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles3 records

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