Device Technologies has announced it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Johnson & Johnson MedTech to supply its Hernia Mesh Product Portfolio across Australia.

The move strengthens Device Technologies' General Surgery product offering as it takes on distribution for the portfolio, which has evolved and grown over the past four decades.

Lisa Kirsch, Director of Sales at Device Technologies, said: “This is a key collaboration and one that builds Device Technologies’ General Surgery product offering for our customers in Australia. We’re looking forward to working with Johnson & Johnson MedTech and ensuring its innovative products are well supported as part of the Device Technologies General Surgery ecosystem.

“Device Technologies’ presence in supporting General Surgery and specifically Hernia Repair is expanding in Australia, and we’re pleased to be playing a bigger role in this segment. The chronic impacts of hernia and hernia repair affect many thousands of Australians each year and we hope by providing an ecosystem of innovation and support to General Surgeons, to make a real difference in this space”.