When medical professionals look to deliver continuous innovation, enable disruptive products or invent new therapies, many of these advances depend on available power – and battery – technologies. Complicating the power challenge, each product category within the medical sphere has its own requirements, such as longevity of battery life for miniature implantables, ensuring patient comfort with wearables, or power reliability for mobile medical equipment like ventilators. This presentation will highlight why technology innovation, systems design and rigor in product development and manufacturing are all necessary to meet the needs of the medical industry.