DEKA Research & Development is an engineering and product development firm founded in 1982 by inventor Dean Kamen and headquartered at the Amoskeag Millyard in Manchester, New Hampshire. The company employs nearly a thousand engineers, technicians, machinists, and designers, and holds a portfolio of more than 6,000 patents spanning decades of applied research and manufacturing.
DEKA's work spans a broad range of technical disciplines, with medical devices at its core. Active areas of development include infusion systems, dialysis innovations, organ preservation, mobility enhancements, and regenerative manufacturing. Beyond healthcare, the company also works on water purification and autonomous robotics, bringing technology developed in New Hampshire to markets worldwide.
The organisation operates as a collaborative environment in which engineers, technicians, machinists, and designers work in close proximity across the full product lifecycle - from initial concept through design, prototyping, and manufacturing. The scale and diversity of DEKA's technical domains mean that staff regularly encounter problems that span multiple disciplines simultaneously.
