Company History
QMEDICS is a young Swiss-based medical device manufacturer founded in 2008. Our long year experience in the medical device industry has made us very flexible and highly capable of finding the optimum solution for every customer specific needs.
Ever since our foundation, we have been based in North-East of Switzerland, a region famous for technical innovations, with an international character and a sense of global trading. At the beginning of QMEDICS’ existence, QMEDICS offered contract R&D, manufacturing as well as OEM manufacturing for medical devices. As OEM manufacturer we developed, produced and supplied a workhorse of a Nitinol stent QM1 with the matching balloon catheter. This was the pride of the company and became the base of the new product portfolio of today.
In 2017 QMEDICS became an independent company with the opportunity to be legal manufacturer of our own new product portfolio and to do direct sales.
Since the know-how, engineers and production of this design are still at QMEDICS we could improve and expand our product portfolio within a minimum of time. Today the total facility has an area of over 2800m2 of production space, storage areas and offices, including two clean rooms with a total surface of 1200m2. The facility houses sophisticated machinery, EtO-sterilization as well as packaging and labelling equipment. Finally, dedicated, motivated and highly experienced employees.
Culture & Values
Even the best strategy can’t succeed unless it’s supported by a strong company spirit. That’s why we at QMEDICS live and foster an Ownership Culture – a culture that encourages every individual in our company to give his or her best in his or her position to help build QMEDICS’ longterm successes.
Our Vision
At QMEDICS we work hard every day to make sure that our guiding principle “striving for excellence every day and constantly seeking to improve the services we offer” is reflected in everything we do.
QMEDICS as a provider of special patient-care products within the medical device industry, we offer global solutions to improve the quality of life.
As a medical device company, we embrace the changing healthcare environment and seek to identify and explore opportunities as they emerge. With the best patient care always in mind, we insist on the utmost in quality of products, character of employees and relationships with customers and colleagues. We commit to strengthen our position in the market and being a financially viable company through innovation and continuous improvement.
Our Mission
Understanding your business is our business
Our goal is to design, develop, manufacture, and sell state-of-the-art medical products that will improve the lives of patients around the world.
Partnership instead of competition
We manufacture state-of-the-art products, environmentally-friendly and can flexibly adjust our production capacities to your order situation.
Sharing Expertise is our mission and a promise to customers and colleagues to share medical knowledge and expertise for the benefit of patients health.
Our experience and Swiss quality is your guarantee
We are a community and we serve a community. Nothing we do stands alone, everything depends on cooperation and collaboration.
Innovation
INNOVATION means taking a pioneering approach to the design of our products and services, being energetic, creative and passionate about everything we do. We are forward looking; anticipating customers’ needs, overcoming barriers and developing opportunities. We encourage and support new ideas, and are always seeking to improve the quality of patients lifes.
Customer Satisfaction
In support of our commitment to develop medical technology and services that contribute to successful outcomes for every patient, we have established global processes and procedures that allow customers to provide feedback. Information regarding device performance or services rendered is routinely reviewed so that customer feedback is a primary input to our continuous improvement mechanisms and to ensure that QMEDICS supports the global regulatory medical device vigilance systems.
Our Organisation

CEO & Stv. Executive Board

Anita Patteet
CEO
Anita Patteet
“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
Before joining QMEDICS, she held various international leadership positions within Sonova, Biotronik and Terumo. Her medical and scientific expertise and her knowledge of the health care enviremont makes her a global strategic thinker what is crucial for buseniss success. She brings more than 18 years of international know- how in Life Sciences companies. Especially experienced in the domain R&D,Regulatory, Clinical & Quality for active implantable devices, combined medical devices and Class III medical devices. In her last position Anita acted as Global Vice President of Regulatory, Clinical and Quality Affairs. Besides her industrial experience, she brings as well over 10 years of medical exprience at the Cardio-Vascular Surgery department of the University of Leuven.

Anita Patteet, CEO of Qmedics
Executive Board

Anita Patteet
CTO

Monica Baumann
Head of HR & Insurance management
Monica Baumann has been employed at Qmedics AG since June 2019. She has more than 20 years of experience in human resources and payroll accounting, basic commercial training, and various further training in accounting and human resources. She now supports our CEOs with insurance and staff welfare.

Tobias Giger
CLO & Head of Supply Chain and Logistics
Tobias Giger actively joined Qmedics AG in October 2019. After his basic education, he completed further education to become a Swiss-certified business economist HF and holds a BSc in International Studies. He has more than 20 years of experience in the field of supply chain and logistics in various industries. For the last three years, he has been heading the Supply Chain Department of Qmedics and actively supports our managing director in the areas of production planning and finance.

Liesbeth Rebsamen
International Regulations and Executive Assistant
Each of us can make a difference. Together we make change. – Barbara Mikulski
Liesbeth Rebsamen completed her training with a Master of Science in Nursing and further training in medical business administration and regulatory management. She has several years of experience as a nurse in various medical specialties. She joined Qmedics AG in August 2017 and took on a variety of tasks in the areas of clinical and regulatory submissions as well as international contract administration. She now supports our CEO as Assistant to the EXB and handles the entire regulatory process and the necessary contracts for new supplier countries.
Management Board

René Oeschger
Quality Affairs
It doesn’t have to be perfect to be good. Whether it’s a project at work, dinner or sports, or the general situation in life. We should become aware more often of what is going well – and not just look at the negative things.
My position in Qmedics is the head of the quality department. For more than 30 years, I have expanded my knowledge in many medical companies. I have a diploma as a certified Lead Auditor and Quality EOQ Quality Management. As a former top athlete, I know how important it is to meet the high demands of our customers and to produce excellent products to improve the quality of life of our patients. At Qmedcis, we pursue these goals day after day while complying with the ever-increasing regulatory requirements.

Bozo Smodlaka
Maintenance & Production Support
Bozo Smodlaka
Um das Mögliche zu erreichen, muss man das Unmögliche versucht haben.
– Hermann Hesse
I see it as a challenge to use my expertise and contribute to the success of the Company.
Our Goal is to satisfy patients and customers with high quality and thus, we work hard day by day, to improve the people’s quality of life.
To achieve that, no way is too far for us and no mountain too high.

Ban Owayd
Production BDC
Ban Owayd
“There are two ways to live your life, either as if nothing was a miracle, or as if everything was a miracle.”
– Albert Einstein.
My position in the Qmedics company is the senior production management in the clean room.
Currently, I’m leading two teams of employees, who are each responsible for the production of balloon and stent catheters.
I’ve been doing this direction for 15 years now because I have great interest in scientific development. The passion has been apparent since I was little, which is why I’ve successfully finished the B.S. in Physics in the University of Baghdad.

Deniz Polat Mertoglu
Production SDS
Deniz Polat Mertoglu
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
– Steve Jobs
For more than 12 years I have been working in stent production.
During my time at Qmedics I gained a lot of experience and know what is expected from our production team.
Most important aspect we focus on, is high Quality, performance and production innovation.
It is very important to us, to meet both the wishes and the requirements of our customers in contracted manufacturing and to produce within given timelines excellent products to improve the quality of life of our patients.

Manuel Righero
Research & Development
“Imagination is more important than knowledge” Albert Einstein
I’m a Biomedical Engineer passionate about Medical Devices and Innovation. In my time with Qmedics, I have acquired a wide range of competencies, from design to process development. I have been working in several roles, both hands-on and managerial and this has strengthened my competencies. I’m curious and determined to never stop learning and am motivated by new challenges. I consider planning and resource coordination the basis for project success. I love working in a team and thinking outside the box to trigger improvements and optimizations.

Juhi Chaturvedi
Software & IT Management
“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t you’ll find an excuse ” -Jim Rohn
At Qmedics I am responsible for managing the IT department. The goal of the IT department is to ensure the efficient functioning of all the processes and the organization, to implement and maintain the ERP system, and to provide support and training as required. I have been working in the field of Software and Hardware quality for more than 10 years. I believe in going the extra mile for our users and take pride in playing my part in the overall big picture of providing quality healthcare products to all our customers.

Oana Brancati-Badarau
Clinical and Regulatory Affairs