India is a highly populated nation and the countries market for medical equipment and supplies is ranked among the top 20 countries in the world. Even though, the medical equipment market of India is ranked among the top 20 nations, the market still stays to be small with per capita spending of US $2.

High technology and high quality products are sought after, specifically in the private sector and this has improved the demand for medical equipment supplies in the nation. Like any other industry, medical equipment/medical device sector is also dominated by some of the top players and the names of top companies are given below:

Top six medical device companies in india:

• B. Braun Medical (I) Pvt. Ltd.

• BL Life sciences Limited

• Baxter India

• Bayer Diagnostics India Ltd.

• Johnson & Johnson Medical India (JJMI) Ltd.

• Nicholas Piramal India Ltd.

Here are the details regarding these companies, who are dominating the medical device sector in India:

B. Braun Medical (I) Pvt. Ltd.:

This company is operating from the city of Mumbai and they have offices at Chennai and New Delhi as well. In addition, they have subsidiaries in different countries of the world. They are engaged in the manufacture of different medical equipments, under the categories like pharma products, single use disposables, sutures, surgical instruments & implants and other equipment pertaining to dialysis, intensive care and surgery.

BL Life sciences Limited:

BL Life Sciences Limited came into existence in the year 1985 with BL Marketing as its predecessors. Right from the inception, the company has developed into a leading provider of cutting-edge medical technology to the health care industry. They are one among the leading producers and distributors of disposable devices like respiratory care devices, dialysis devices, interventional procedures, cardiovascular surgery devices, critical care devices and anesthesia devices.

Baxter India:

Baxter India has been actively engaged in the healthcare industry for more than 75 years now and they are assisting patients and healthcare professionals with treatment of complex medical conditions. This company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Baxter International Inc. and it is engaged in the marketing, manufacturing and development of products that can sustain and save the lives of people with acute and chronic medical conditions like kidney diseases, infectious diseases, immune disorders and hemophilia.

Bayer Diagnostics India Ltd.:

Bayer is an international organization and Bayer Diagnostics India is its group company. This company is operating in three different business areas being animal health, diabetes care and pharmaceuticals. The company was established with the objective of manufacturing and discovering varied range of innovative products that can improve animal and human health all over the world. Their products can enhance the quality and well-being of the life by treating, preventing and diagnosing diseases.

Johnson & Johnson Medical India (JJMI) Ltd.:

Johnson & Johnson is a big name in the baby care products in India and they have made their mark in the medical devices & diagnostic product manufacturing as well. The medical devices manufactured by them offer hospitals, nurses and doctors with the technologies they require to restore the joys in life of people, who suffer from some chronic and pervasive diseases pertaining to joint replacement, implants, orthopaedics, neurological diseases, etc…

Nicholas Piramal India Ltd.:

Nicholas Piramal India Limited is a big name in the pharmaceutical industry in India and they are basically engaged in the production and sale of bulk formulations and drugs. They are offering wide range of therapeutic products in areas like parenteral and anesthesia products.

In addition to these top companies, there are also other top players like Opto Circuits (I) Limited, Philips Electronics India Ltd (Medical Systems Division), Roche Diagnostics India, Siemens India Ltd., Span Diagnostics Ltd., Trivitron Medical Systems, Wipro Biomed Ltd and Wipro GE Medical Systems and these companies are also offering the best medical devices to the health care industry.