OUR STORY
A visionary journey
The story that has led to ab medica becoming Italy’s leading manufacturer and distributor of medical technologies, surgical robotics, telemedicine and technological innovation in healthcare is an exciting one.
Excellence, quality and competitiveness are the cornerstones of a history that revolves around the individual and their well-being.
25 January 1984: ab medica was founded
A fun fact: the name ab medica comes from the initials of Aldo Cerruti and his wife Bianca’s first names, with whom he shared a long entrepreneurial journey from the very beginning.


Founder, Aldo Cerruti
With his courage and visionary foresight, he strived to improve the quality of care delivered by Italian hospitals and the Italian healthcare system.
Thanks to his outstanding vision, perseverance and passion, he was able to outrun everyone else to establish a group that is now considered a world leader in technological innovation serving doctors and patients.
Unique was his ability to always stay one step ahead of the pack, thanks to a disproportionate dose of intelligent madness that would infect anyone who crossed his path.
The first twenty years: pioneers in minimally-invasive surgery
The resourcefulness, will and passion shown by those at the helm of ab medica opened the door to research into minimally-invasive techniques and technologies, which, to this day, underpins the company’s approach to innovative healthcare solutions.

Launch of the first multi-lumen catheter

Launch of the first gasless laparoscopic surgical system

Launch of the Amplatzer device, used in cardiac surgery

ab medica launches the first da Vinci robotic system in Italy

Launch of CyberKnife, the first stereotactic radiosurgery system

Construction of the modern clean room in Cantù’s production centre
The years of expansion
The driving force towards better patient care has accompanied ab medica in the early decades of the 2000s, characterized by foundations and acquisitions. The arrival of new entities has proven to be vital for the company’s know-how: competence, group identity, and individual units have grown.

Acquisition of Db2c, a French manufacturer of instruments for minimally-invasive surgery

Acquisition of A TLC, a leading telecommunications company

Acquisition of Telbios, a telemedicine company. In 2020, it merged with ab medica.

Acquisition of Officine Ortopediche Rizzoli, a company that specialises in the manufacture of prostheses and orthopaedic devices

Abex Excelencia Robótica, a company operating in the Spanish robotic surgery market, was founded

Acquisition of WinMedical, which develops wearable medical devices for telemonitoring

Excelencia Robótica, a company operating in the Portuguese robotic surgery market, was founded
Generational transition
In 2019, Aldo Cerruti passed the baton to his daughter, Francesca Cerruti, who had been part of ab medica since she was 21 years of age. She took the helm of a company that is leader of an international group with more than 600 employees across five European countries.

The journey started by my father in 1984 goes on, with the next stop a destination called the future
1984 ~ 2024
40° ANNIVERSARY
Over these forty years, together with countless doctors and healthcare professionals, we have become the drivers of stories of challenge, courage and trust, stories that have helped improve the lives of so many people by supporting an idea of increasingly inclusive, sustainable and widespread care.
