The Capitol Visitor Center was abuzz last Thursday evening for AdvaMed’s MedTech Showcase. The best and brightest from the House and Senate, medtech industry, media and more convened to showcase and honor the latest and greatest innovations in medical technology, the amazing minds who’ve brought them from the pages of science fiction into reality and the patients whose lives have been improved and even saved as a result. From the world’s smallest pacemaker to new technologies that replace invasive brain surgeries, the devices and other inventions on display give us all hope for the future of medical technology.

Among those who came to experience incredible, life-changing medical innovations like Abiomed’s world’s smallest heart pump, were AdvaMed President and CEO Scott Whitaker, Dr. Jonathan Sackier, Chief Strategic Medical Officer at Helius Medical Technologies, showcasing, Greg Musser, President of Swiss Bionic Solutions USA, Greg Crist of AdvaMed, John Michael DeCarlo of IBM, Noelle Clemente of S-3 Public Affairs, and Patrick Hefflinger of American Action Forum, Thayer Surette of Research! America, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Intellectual Property Center’s Laura Crist, Eli Yokley of Morning Consult, Lauren Weber from Huffington Post, Sophie Trainor from Rep. Brett Guthrie’s office.