Medica an Compamed are the World Forum for Medicine

The two events have been successful and close satisfactory defying the economical crisis together with Messe Düsseldorf that is celebrating its year with the highest number of events in its history.

In the 40th World Forum for Medicine there was 4,313 exhibitors showcasing a complete spectrum of new products, services and processes for doctor´s surgeries and hospitals. Concurrently with Medica, 2008 Compamed was presented for 3 days), there were 137,000 registered visitors at the forum. 

There was noticed a strong interest in areas like medical device technology and electrical medicine, physiotherapeutic processes and medical IT, in particular, also triggered increasing demand.
During a credit crunch investments are questioned with an especially critical eye.  Nevertheless, "the trade audience at Medica and Compamed therefore took a particular interest in efficient processes for streamlining treatment processes. With many of the innovations presented considerable savings can be made,” said Wilhelm Niedergöker, Managing Director at Messe Düsseldorf, underlining the quality of the ranges on display.
Among the points are the telemedical applications for radiology or pathology. They allow image data for diagnosis to be transmitted fast and conveniently to experts at distant locations in clinical networks.
To improve the networking of health care stakeholders brought about by relevant hardware and software applications, there is an increasing trend towards compact medical devices that are also suitable for mobile deployment.
At Medica 2008 was the world’s smallest heart-lung machine, was showcased. The device even fits doctor-manned ambulances or helicopters.