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life sciences & health.

Everyone deserves access to high-quality healthcare. Yet, growing populations, an aging demographic, and increasingly complex diseases are placing unprecedented pressure on healthcare systems worldwide.

At the same time, innovation is paving the way forward. Breakthrough therapies, more efficient treatments, and advanced technologies are helping healthcare providers meet rising demands. That wat we ensure healthcare remains effective, accessible, and sustainable.

healthcare for everyone.

We develop advanced systems tailored to the healthcare chain, along with smart, patient-centric products that support efficient care delivery. Our expertise spans mechatronics, systems engineering, artificial intelligence, medical certification, and production.

We support a broad spectrum of healthcare applications, including diagnostic imaging, radiation oncology, regenerative medicine, and hemodynamics. Our goal is to enhance quality of life while contributing to the sustainability and affordability of healthcare.

Several companies within the Demcon group are dedicated to life sciences and health solutions. Each specializes in its own segment, while reinforcing one another through close collaboration.

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Demcon life sciences & health

Demcon life science & health provides contract engineering and manufacturing services in medical technology, biotechnology, and in-vitro diagnostics. Our portfolio encompasses diagnostic and monitoring systems, advanced treatment equipment, and critical care systems, covering the entire development process from concept to production. Catering to both startups and OEMs, we focus on accelerating the time-to-market for high-quality, patient-centered innovations.

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Sync biosystems

Sync Biosystems has been founded in 2022 with the aim to bring Organs-on-Chips and Microphysiological Systems to real-world applications. We strongly believe that with high tech engineering we can improve current biological assays by introducing precise control, (pharma)kinetics and continuous readout of biological in vitro model systems. Drug testing and disease modelling can become easier and more reliable with the right technological tools.

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Mellon Medical

Mellon has reinvented suturing. We have envisioned the perfect suturing device and then have set out to manufacture it. Working together with surgeons, medical consultants, industrial designers and ergonomics experts, Mellon has brought suturing technology into the 21st century. Our mission is to improve medical procedures by providing the best possible tools. The starting point is always the clinical need to improve patient care. Our suturing device, the Switch®, is designed for surgeons who perform the most challenging operations.

Explore the new way of suturing
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Demcon multiphysics

Demcon multiphysics is an engineering agency with high-end expertise in the area of heat transfer, fluid dynamics, structural mechanics, acoustics and electromagnetism. We support clients from a wide variety of market sectors such as the process industry, semiconductor industry, oil & gas, maritime sector, heat exchanger applications and medical applications. With deep physical insights we aim to help you achieve your goals in research, development and engineering programs.

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own product companies

Within our group, we don’t just engineer for others. We also develop and market our own products. Our own-product companies take full ownership of the entire innovation journey: from identifying unmet medical needs to developing certified products and bringing them to market.

Unlike our engineering companies, which focus on co-development and technology partnerships, our own-product ventures are driven by a clear mission: to deliver impactful solutions that improve patient outcomes and healthcare efficiency. These companies combine deep domain knowledge with entrepreneurial drive, allowing us to make a direct and lasting contribution to society.

Orgonex

Orgonex B.V. focuses on the development, production and commercialization of a spinning bioreactor for organoid culture, the RPMotion. The RPMotion is based on breakthrough research from the internationally highly rated Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Utrecht University.

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Johan sports

Johan Sports develops a real-time performance monitoring system for football, hockey, and rugby teams. Their technology combines GPS, heart rate, and wellness tracking into a single, easy-to-use device and app. This system helps coaches and performance specialists monitor player fitness, training load, and recovery in real time, aiming to improve performance and prevent injuries. Johan Sports focuses on making advanced sports data accessible and simple for both professional and amateur teams, without the need for extra staff or complex setups. 

Learn more about our sport tracking innovation
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Finapres medical systems

Finapres Medical Systems B.V., develops and distributes medical devices and software for totally non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring. Finapres is the leading technology for continuous non-invasive blood pressure measurement in the fields of autonomic & cardiovascular testing, to support the diagnosis of syncope and POTS, and many more areas!

Discover our non-invasive measurement solutions
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Demcon macawi respiratory systems

Demcon macawi respiratory systems is a total solution provider for manufacturers of mechanical ventilators and respiratory care. Founded by medical industry key developers, Demcon macawi respiratory systems offers OEM respiratory and blower modules. The modules provide for reliable first class ventilation performance while minimizing your development time, risks and investments of your respiratory development projects.

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Demcon macawi respiratory systems

Demcon macawi respiratory systems is a total solution provider for manufacturers of mechanical ventilators and respiratory care. Founded by medical industry key developers, Demcon macawi respiratory systems offers OEM respiratory and blower modules. The modules provide for reliable first class ventilation performance while minimizing your development time, risks and investments of your respiratory development projects.

Macawi's key theme's are:

  • An innovative respiratory module that can easily be intergrated in any ventilator system.
  • A robust turbine blower with a high-lifetime and easy intergration.
  • The SERA, for non-invasive sEMG monitoring for neonates.
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Demcon macawi respiratory systems.

Demcon macawi respiratory systems is a total solution provider for manufacturers of mechanical ventilators and respiratory care. Founded by medical industry key developers, Demcon macawi respiratory systems offers OEM respiratory and blower modules. The modules provide for reliable first class ventilation performance while minimizing your development time, risks and investments of your respiratory development projects.

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key focus
  • Respiratory systems for all patients that can be easily intergrated in any ventilator system.
  • Turbine blower, a robust part for any ventilator system.
  • SERA, non-invasive sEMG monitoring for neonates

 

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innovating healthcare

healthcare for everyone.

We develop advanced systems tailored to the healthcare chain, along with smart, patient-centric products that support efficient care delivery. Our expertise spans mechatronics, systems engineering, artificial intelligence, medical certification, and production.

We support a broad spectrum of healthcare applications, including diagnostic imaging, radiation oncology, regenerative medicine, and hemodynamics. Our goal is to enhance quality of life while contributing to the sustainability and affordability of healthcare.

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diagnostics & monitoring

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treatment systems

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critical care systems

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wearables & implantables

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biotech

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pushing the boundaries of life science innovation.

Demcon life science & health provides contract engineering and manufacturing services in medical technology, biotechnology, and in-vitro diagnostics. Our portfolio encompasses diagnostic and monitoring systems, advanced treatment equipment, and critical care systems, covering the entire development process from concept to production. Catering to both startups and OEMs, we focus on accelerating the time-to-market for high-quality, patient-centered innovations. With 30+ years of experience and a proven project portfolio, we efficiently integrate existing knowledge with new insights, streamlining development without compromising quality. All solutions adhere to rigorous standards, including ISO 9001, ISO 13485, CE-MDR, CE-IVDR, FDA, and GMP.

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