In medical technology, technical progress is made usable for medicine. The transfer of ideas from basic research into products that benefit patients demands the highest standards of an interdisciplinary approach. At the same time, medicine is increasingly facing limits—limits of affordability, limits of effectiveness, and ethical boundaries. The developments in medicine and technology make medical technology one of the most innovative industries. Medical technology is applied at the boundaries of life. Humanity and technology are merging. By what criteria can the success of innovations in medical technology be measured? Piece by piece, medicine wrests a bit of life from death. Overcoming boundaries presents new questions for humanity. What does the technologization of medicine mean for the medical healing mission? The effects of interdisciplinary collaboration are examined in this book along the value chain from basic research through product development to utilization. How do individuals and society deal with the possibilities for life preservation and design that arise from innovations in medical technology?.