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Medical Devices Fact Sheet
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Whether you are seeking leading edge research, medical device testing and validation or a great location to establish your medical device business, you should consider London, Ontario, Canada.

World-renowned medical device companies such as G.E. Healthcare, 3M and Trudell Medical International have established operations in London to take advantage of the unique combination of attractive business costs, top talent, world class research institutions and infrastructure.

London is also home to a number of rapidly growing, emerging medical device companies that have been nurtured in the fertile London business environment.

London has a vibrant and growing life sciences sector. There are 19 hospital and research facilities and over 50 life sciences companies. More than 20,000 people are employed in this sector, including over 2,000 researchers. Located halfway between Toronto and Detroit, London is the regional centre for Southwestern Ontario, Canada, servicing over 2.5 million people.

OCI VACUUM MICROENGINEERING

OCI Vacuum Microengineering, Inc. has long been an innovative designer and manufacturer of precision instruments. For over 15 years OCI has been providing affordable and state-of-the-art solutions for applications in nano-scale measurements of surface periodic structures, surface chemical composition, cleaning and depth profiling. The analytical probes manufactured include: Low Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED), Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES), ion sputter guns, custom electron sources for gas ionization, inverse photo-emission spectroscopy. Committed to the development of exceptional products, continue to promote emerging technologies with a team of scientists and engineers. Newly developed spectrometer: Fempto-LEED exhibit potential capabilities in measuring periodic nano-structures of organic and biological thin films. The primary area of application in advanced materials testing includes field of microelectronics devices, thin film coatings, flat panel display and sensors. Together with collaborating companies in USA, Germany and Japan, OCI offers the most comprehensive solutions for surface analytical related problems. In addition, OCI is also providing services of laboratory testing for: gas emission analysis by quadruple mass spectrometry, surface elemental composition and nano-scale structure measurements of alloys and thin films by AES and LEED, helium leak tests for welded enclosures. OCI is also involved in development of new sensors for