Healthcare Technology

Because healthcare matters

Healthcare technology improves lives and clinical outcomes. Be it high-resolution imaging, AI diagnostics, surgical devices or wearable treatment devices, the technology in this sector is life-changing and we love helping to protect it.

The heart of your IP

We take great care in building enduring relationships and getting to really know our healthcare clients, their businesses, strategies and technologies. That understanding perfectly positions us to provide commercial, creative and original solutions - even when the biggest IP challenges arise.

Prognosis: success

Our IP attorneys are recognised as some of the sharpest legal minds in Europe and some of the leading patent strategists. We place exceptional service and no-nonsense advice at the core of our offering and these factors combine to provide a very favourable prognosis for the protection of your patents, designs and trade marks.

Jamie Atkins

Partner

Emily Collins

Partner (London) & Senior VP (US Liaison Offices)

Barbara Durling

Partner

Gareth Fennell

Partner

Scott Finlayson

Associate

Andrea Hadfield

Associate

Tom Hamer

Partner

Sarah Lau

Partner

Marco Morbidini

Partner

Nick Noble

Partner

Gwilym Roberts

Chair

Jeremy Smith

Partner

Rowena Tolley

Partner

Our attorneys have a genuine depth of experience in all areas of healthcare technology, including:

Medical devices
Hospital systems
Wearable technology
Surgical instruments
Imaging
FemTech
Diagnostic tools
Bioinformatics and digital health
IoT and mobile apps
Healthcare packaging and labels
AI in healthcare
Laboratory systems
Medical instrumentation
Implants and prostheses
Sensors

We focus on you

Whether you’re a multi-national, a high growth private company or an early stage start up - wherever you are, we would love to work with you.

If you would like to know more and find out how we might be able to help your business, please get in touch. We would love to be part of your journey. But more than that, we understand the healthcare sector. Against that commercial backdrop, we are ideally placed to build a genuine partnership to help your business flourish.

We offer the full range of services you might need, including:

patent, trade mark and design protection
strategic IP advice
freedom to operate
brand clearance searches
competitor landscaping
due diligence and dealing with investors
innovation capture
oppositions
advice on infringements
dispute resolution
advice on international IP protection
and much more!

Related thought leadership

Destined for the digital scrap heap?

Machine learning in healthcare is an extremely hot topic, with the ability to accelerate innovation. A common problem for AI/ML approaches is the quality of data, suggesting many are destined for the “digital scrap heap”?

Patenting healthcare AI innovation

AI and machine learning have embedded themselves as crucial tools in all fields of technology and healthcare is no exception.

Patenting healthcare inventions at the EPO

There are three EPO medical exclusions to patentability: methods for treatment of the human or animal body by surgery or therapy, and diagnostic methods practised on the human or animal body.

Healthcare wearables – five important points

In recent years there has been an explosion in the field of healthcare wearables; high-tech devices now range from patches, rings, watches and scarfs to insoles, headbands, contact lenses and glasses. Their functionality encompasses everything from counting steps to diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease and more!

Seven patent applications challenging the narrative for mental health; from VR therapy to “software as a drug”

This World Mental Health day we look at seven patent applications relating to technological advances in mental health, and the impact of our digital lives on our mental wellbeing.

AI Diagnostics & Digital Healthcare

The human brain is a biological marvel with an enormous amount of raw processing power. Despite its enormous potential, its innate inefficiencies mean that, for many tasks, it doesn’t stand a chance compared to a specifically trained artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models.

Let us keep you up to date. If you’d like to receive communications from us, ranging from breaking news to technical updates, thought leadership to event invitations, please let us know.

Connect with us