WTN -- Advamed 2009: The Med Tech Conference (www.advamed.org) was held in Washington, D.C. a few weeks. Advamed, or the Advanced Medical Technology Association, is a young association - only a few years old, yet is the BIO of the medical device world. The Advamed conference is much like the BIO conference of some 10-12 years ago, with only a few thousand attendees.