As the earnings season continues, Medtech Insight takes a look at dental firm Straumann’s performance, as well as that of some mid- to small-cap companies – including extremities implant specialist Wright Medical – highlighting which we believe to be the season’s winners and losers.

Healthy market growth, the biggest ever M&A deal, a record number of billion-dollar takeovers, and the IPO market in impressive bounce-back…2014 was a year of superlatives for the global medtech industry. But with more expected of manufacturers while health care spending remains in the doldrums and demand for care rises, the long-term medtech winners will be those who can forecast how and where to make an impact on both costs and patient outcomes.

Medtech manufacturers saw 2014 as the year of the medtech mega-merger and a rebound in IPOs. But the market is changing, and companies are increasingly cast as service providers who must deliver value.

Device firms have already been active with M&A deals in 2014. Here are 10 companies to look for as potential acquisition targets going forward.