Medical Technologies
The medical technology industry is an integral part of the global healthcare sector, yielding medical devices and solutions that prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and illnesses.
Closer to home, innovation and advancement within Africa’s healthcare industry promises to create significant impact for many countries, with new technologies and inventions potentially transforming African healthcare from the ground up.
This industry is understandably among the most regulated, with rapidly changing rules that often differ between countries.
Other challenges include rising research and development costs, loss of patent protection, clinical trials, pricing pressures, and rigorous competition.
In addition, the continent faces unique infrastructural challenges, a high disease burden and difficult socio-economic conditions – but these can and do give rise to opportunity and innovation from inventors in Africa.
Our Healthcare, Therapeutics and Medical Technologies team has broad experience in drafting and prosecuting patent and design applications for medical devices and technologies, such as immunoassay diagnostic devices and aptamer-based diagnostic devices, for example.
A multi-disciplinary team, it draws on the skills and experience of our patent attorneys in the Engineering and Chemical and Life Sciences departments, to assist our firm’s clients with the protection of inventions and registered designs in the medical field. These include dental implants, spinal implants, insertion instrumentation, medical equipment, packaging, delivery devices, diagnostic devices, monitoring devices, and more.
Meet the Team
Dina Biagio
Partner, Spoor & Fisher South Africa
Lodewyk Cilliers
Partner, Chairperson of Executive Committee, Spoor & Fisher South Africa
David Cochrane
Partner, Spoor & Fisher South Africa
Matthew Costard
Managing Director, Spoor & Fisher Jersey
Tyron Grant
Partner, Spoor & Fisher South Africa
Dirk Hanekom
Partner, Spoor & Fisher South Africa
Craig Kahn
Partner, Spoor & Fisher South Africa
Mark Kemp
Partner, Spoor & Fisher South Africa
Shanaaz Mahomed
Partner, Spoor & Fisher South Africa
Prof. John McKnight
Partner, Spoor & Fisher South Africa
Danie Pienaar
Partner, Spoor & Fisher South Africa
Kay Rickelman
Foreign Counsel, Spoor & Fisher South Africa
Linda Thilivhali
Partner, Spoor & Fisher South Africa
Chyreene Truluck
Head of Patents, Spoor & Fisher South Africa
Herman van Schalkwyk
Partner, Spoor & Fisher South Africa
Chris Walters
Director, Spoor & Fisher Jersey
Jonathan Whittaker
Chairperson of, Spoor & Fisher South Africa
Emily Hill
Associate, Spoor & Fisher Jersey
Nola Pontes
Associate, Spoor & Fisher Jersey
Kaajal Nagindas
Partner, Spoor & Fisher South Africa
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