Carl Zeiss Meditec
Medical-device arm of the Carl Zeiss industrial group. Core focus: ophthalmic diagnostics + surgical visualization. Global leader in ophthalmic OCT (optical coherence tomography).
Company history
- 1846 — Carl Zeiss founded in Jena, Germany. Originally scientific optics.
- 2002 — Carl Zeiss Meditec AG established as a separate listed subsidiary focused on medical technology.
- 2000s–2010s — OCT becomes the dominant retinal imaging modality worldwide; Cirrus platform establishes Zeiss as a category leader.
Product line
- Cirrus OCT family — spectral-domain OCT for retinal imaging. Widely deployed in ophthalmology clinics globally.
- Humphrey Visual Field Analyzer (HFA) — standard perimetry for glaucoma workup. Zeiss is category-dominant.
- Surgical microscopes — OPMI Lumera, KINEVO — cataract / vitreoretinal / neurosurgery / ENT.
- IOLMaster — biometry for cataract surgery planning.
- ATLAS corneal topographer.
Market position
- Ophthalmic OCT: #1 globally (competing with Heidelberg Spectralis)
- Perimetry (visual field testing): dominant
- Ophthalmic surgical microscopes: top-2
Not present in general radiology / imaging capital equipment.