A new report suggests eight deaths that might have been caused by medical devices were reported in the first nine months of the year.

Life Science Recruitment, part of the Vertical Markets group, said Cork and Munster had huge potential in the sectors.

The medical devices industry has said it needs more Government-supported investment to protect jobs here.

Dublin-based medical devices firm, Mainstay Medical has received a boost to its attempts to commercialise a breakthrough treatment for chronic back pain by securing $15m (€13m) in debt financing.