New South Wales is an international centre for medical device development. Medical device companies range from start-up to international market leaders, and they are actively seeking to expand their networks of customers, distributors and partners.

Areas of strength include Ventricular Assist Devices (Heart Assist Technologies, Sunshine Heart Company, Ventracor), Hearing devices (Cochlear, Vast Audio), Hip and Knee implants (Australian Surgical Design Manufacturers, Portland Orthopaedics), sleep apnoea devices (Resmed), Diagnostic Kits (Cellabs, Enterix), Implantable drug delivery (Sirtex Medical) and retractable syringes.