Instead of Outsourcing to California, this Baltimore Medtech Company is Now Making its Devices at Home

Cutting-edge medical devices that used to be made in California are now produced entirely in Baltimore, according to a release from a local medtech company.

CoapTech, a University of Maryland, Baltimore spinout, makes the PUMA-G System — and the first Baltimore-produced batch is now market-ready. Bringing the device manufacturing home was a goal of company cofounder Steven Tropello, an emergency medicine doctor.

“We are in Baltimore,” Tropello told Technical.ly. “And not only are we in Baltimore, but we’re trying to double down and continue to build products in Baltimore.”

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