11 of the Best Images from the 2019 Medical Design & Manufacturing West Conference

Feb. 15, 2019
MD&M hosts several thousand medical exhibitors and holds the largest MedTech conference in North America. Here are some of the highlights we saw this year.

The Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) West conference is an annual gathering place for the global medical manufacturing community. The conference hosts more than 1,900 medical suppliers from different medical sectors including automation, research & development, medical device components, materials, robotics, and 3D printing.

This year the show focused their conference tracks, which is the largest MedTech conference in North America, on 3D printing and smart manufacturing. The conference tracks totaled more than 30 hours of deep-dive coverage in how to leverage these tech innovations such as 3D printing for medical research and integrating advanced robotics and automation features into one’s medical production. Here are some of the highlights of the MD&M West Show.

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