Convergent Technologies

Convergent medical technologies (CMT) are those technologies that cannot be defined purely as a drug, device, or a software/IT product.  The illustration below demonstrates this, where the CMT are those technologies that fall in the intersection of two or more well defined sectors. 

Source: Ogan Gurel, MD http://blog.aesisgroup.com/2007/07/10/convergent-medical-technology-what-is-it-and-why-all-the-fuss.aspx