Inventas – when health innovation meets reality

As a development and innovation partner, Inventas supports companies with everything from early-stage concept development and prototyping to regulatory advisory, usability engineering and CE marking. This combination of technological, design and regulatory expertise makes Inventas an important contributor to the health innovation ecosystem.

– When developing products for use in healthcare, it ultimately comes down to safety, quality and trust. There are no shortcuts, and success requires structure and cross-disciplinary collaboration, says Kay Gastinger, Head of Healthcare at Inventas.

From early stage to market through integrated product development

Inventas works closely with early-stage companies, many of which face challenging decisions related to technology, regulation and business models. What sets Inventas apart is how they integrate product and regulatory development from day one – whether for digital, physical or hybrid products. By connecting innovation with regulatory understanding early in the process, they help reduce risk and give companies stronger conditions for reaching the market – faster and more safely.

Securing CE marking is one milestone. Ensuring that a product functions as a profitable and sustainable part of healthcare services is another. This is a distinction Inventas takes seriously. While technical and regulatory compliance are essential, alignment with the market and business model is just as critical for long-term success.

– Compliance is the entry ticket, but it is not what determines whether a product succeeds. We see too many strong solutions that obtain approval but never find their place in the healthcare system. It is about understanding the entire system you are entering – not just the regulations, says Gastinger

Inventas, represented here by Head of Healthcare Kay Gastinger, is committed to ensuring that new solutions function effectively within real-world healthcare operations. 📸Inventas

These considerations raise some fundamental questions that every medtech company must eventually address: should the product be adapted to existing service systems, or should those systems be challenged? Should optimisation focus on regulatory approval, or on actual use in clinical practice? And who is the solution really being built for – the user, or the payer?

These dilemmas are not merely theoretical. They are critical in determining whether a solution gains traction in healthcare services or not. This becomes clear in Inventas’ collaboration with Eupnea, which is developing a wireless solution for continuous respiratory monitoring. Here, the challenge is not only about technology and regulatory requirements, but about creating a solution that truly fits into clinical practice.

Eupnea addresses an area where respiration is still often recorded manually, demonstrating how the value of new medtech also lies in its ability to reduce workload, free up capacity and provide earlier alerts when a patient’s condition changes. It is precisely within this interaction between technology, workflow and service needs that new solutions either succeed – or stall.

Eupnea, in collaboration with Inventas, has developed a solution for continuous respiratory monitoring. 📸Eupnea

Meet Inventas at the Healthtech Festival

For many of our members, Inventas is a key partner when solutions are to be further developed, documented and prepared for implementation. Innovation in the healthcare sector does not happen in isolation. It takes place through collaboration between entrepreneurs, professional communities, regulatory experts and healthcare providers. In this landscape, Inventas plays a clear and important role.

In June, Inventas will participate as a Festival Sponsor at the Healthtech Festival, with both an exhibition stand and a 30-minute session on the main stage. During the session, they will guide the audience through a practical roadmap for developing medtech products within the MDR and FDA frameworks, and demonstrate how integrated product development can accelerate the path to CE marking and market entry. They will also highlight service innovation and the dilemmas that arise when introducing new technology into existing healthcare services. At the same time, Eupnea will share its experiences, making these challenges more tangible and relatable in practice.

We look forward to seeing them there!

Read more about the Healthtech festival here