MAP COURTESY OF MASSMEDIC / ICON: ADOBE STOCK
#1
Medical device exports as percentage of total exports#2
Medical device patents
#2
VC funding, number of VC deals
#2
State premarket (PMA) and 510(k) approvals
#3
Medical device employment
Centrally clustered in Middlesex, Essex, Norfolk, and Worcester counties
1,880+ life sciences companies
300+ medical device makers
22,000+ jobs
50-mile corridor – Lowell to Worcester
Greatest concentration of materials and manufacturing companies
University of Massachusetts Lowell’s Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) harnessing local medical, engineering capabilities; assists entrepreneurs with moving new products from concept to marketplace
Strength in medical device manufacturing comes from
Precision machining
Microelectronics
Instrumentation
Biotechnology
Software development
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