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Medical Devices
& HealthTech IP

Patents and trade marks for surgical instrument manufacturers, diagnostic device companies, drug delivery systems, digital health platforms, and health technology businesses. We understand that device claims require precision on both the technical and regulatory dimensions.
Applications
47+ medical device applications
Domains
Surgical instruments · Diagnostic apparatus · Drug delivery · Respiratory · Imaging
Regulatory awareness
Class I / II, IP drafted alongside TGA pathway
47+
Medical device applications
25yr
Devices experience
AU · NZ
+ Madrid + PCT
Class I/II
Regulatory-aware drafting
Areas of technical expertise
Surgical instruments

Powered and manual surgical tools, minimally invasive instruments, robotic-assisted systems, and related disposables. Claims drafted to protect the mechanical innovation and the operating method independently.

Case example
Pneumatic surgical instrument: apparatus and method claimed separately. The inventive step was in the timing and pressure control sequence; the method claim protects it independent of the physical configuration.
Diagnostic apparatus

Point-of-care testing devices, imaging systems, optical diagnostic tools, biosensors, and laboratory analysis equipment. Device, method, and assay claimed as three separately patentable layers.

Case example
Optical diagnostic system for ophthalmic surgery: AU filings covering the imaging apparatus and the surgical guidance method as independent claims.
Drug delivery

Inhalers, auto-injectors, infusion systems, transdermal delivery devices, and implantable systems. Apparatus claims protect the physical mechanism; method claims protect the delivery sequence or dosing protocol.

Case example
Respiratory mask with modified delivery system: apparatus claims covering the mask and valve assembly; method claims covering the therapeutic delivery sequence independently.
Digital health & HealthTech

Remote patient monitoring, clinical decision support software, telehealth platforms, and AI-assisted diagnostics. Software-implemented medical inventions require claims describing a specific technical improvement to a specific technical system.

Case example
On-site diagnostic system: AU filing covering the data processing method and classification algorithm as independent claims, protecting the method regardless of the underlying model architecture.
Medical imaging

Ultrasound, OCT, MRI-compatible devices, and image acquisition and processing systems. Claims structured at apparatus, method, and algorithm level.

Case example
OCT-guided surgical system: apparatus and method claims coordinated, with the method claim structured to survive hardware substitution as the imaging platform evolved.
Health infrastructure

Hospital equipment, patient monitoring systems, clinical environment hardware, sterilisation and infection control systems, and connected medical device platforms.

Case example
Modular monitoring system for clinical environments: coordinated AU and PCT filing covering the hardware architecture and alert-management method as independent claims.

Belinda’s drafting protected the commercial scope, not just the embodiment. By the time we cleared TGA approval, the patent was still doing its job.

Medical device founder · Melbourne · (placeholder, quote on request)

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