Medical Electronic Imaging Diagnostic Instrument
At present, the medical electronic imaging diagnostic instrument market has been highly mature. And with the rapid development of microelectronic materials science, as well as the continuous progress of computer technology, computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), magnetic **** vibration (MRI), ultrasound and other electronic imaging diagnostic technology will continue to improve its diagnostic accuracy and operability will continue to improve. At present, China has the ability to produce CT machines and other high-end electronic imaging diagnostic systems, and some of the products are exported to Europe and the United States market.
In the medical electronic imaging diagnostic instrument, a new product called "swallowed endoscope", experts are particularly optimistic. Its size is only slightly larger than a capsule, can be used to diagnose digestive tract diseases. A number of medical device companies in Israel and the United Kingdom have successfully developed and marketed such endoscopes.
New drug release devices
In recent years, the foreign market for new drug release devices is growing rapidly. These products include insulin pens, needleless syringes, transdermal drug film, infusion pumps and so on. Among them, the annual sales of insulin pens amounted to hundreds of millions. Needle-free syringes have been developed to the third generation of products. And such as insulin pumps and other "long life" infusion pump products in the U.S. market annual sales of hundreds of thousands of units. China's new drug release device product development compared with developed countries, the gap is still relatively large, there is an urgent need to catch up.
Molecular diagnostic equipment
In recent years, molecular diagnostic equipment is developing rapidly abroad. These products include biosensors, protein genome analyzers, nanotechnology diagnostic products. The use of newly developed biosensors coupled with wireless signal transmission technology, can develop a variety of new medical devices suitable for remote transmission. For example, the United States has developed can be attached to the chest of patients with coronary heart disease, its heartbeat, blood pressure and electrocardiogram for 24-hour uninterrupted monitoring of pocket-sized electronic devices. Doctors just sit in the office looking at the computer, drag the mouse, you can always know whether the patient is at risk. The use of molecular biosensor technology can also develop a continuous detection of diabetic patients blood sugar fluctuations in the instrument. These products have been put on the market in the United States. Protein genome analyzer can accurately determine whether the patient's body has a tumor and hereditary diseases.
Mobile ambulance equipment
Transportation between countries around the world is becoming more frequent due to the development of transportation facilities. However, some patients may encounter emergencies during their travels, such as heart attacks on trains or airplanes, especially atrial fibrillation, myocardial infarction, and other emergencies. At this time there is an urgent need to use mobile ambulance equipment for rescue. Therefore, Europe and the United States medical equipment experts believe that the development of suitable for airplanes, trains and field use of pocket ventilators, atrial fibrillation defibrillator and other small portable emergency medical equipment, very necessary. These products should be compact, easy to operate and have a number of functions.
Minimally invasive/non-invasive surgical instruments
Undoubtedly, minimally invasive/non-invasive medical device products have a broad market development space. Currently, the largest-selling minimally invasive medical device products in the international market are vascular stents. These products have been developed to the third generation, i.e., long-acting slow-release drug stents. China has also developed and marketed domestic vascular stents, and some of the products are not inferior to their foreign counterparts in terms of performance, but the price is much cheaper.
What is worth paying attention to is that the research and development of minimally invasive/non-invasive surgical instruments for weight loss has received great attention abroad. According to statistics, the total number of obese people in the world has reached 1 billion people, of which at least 10% need bariatric surgery. This is an opportunity for the medical device industry. China's research and development of bariatric surgical equipment than the European and American countries started late.
Another class of minimally invasive/non-invasive surgical instruments with broad development prospects is the "surgical robot". Surgical robot belongs to the electronic imaging technology, robotic, endoscopic technology, the perfect combination of electronic medical equipment new products. To a certain extent, it represents the development level of a country's medical device industry. The United States is the leader in this regard. As China has a mature aerospace (navigation) technology, so in the development of surgical robots have technical advantages.
U.S. manufacturers have reportedly developed and marketed a variety of surgical robots, including the da Vinci surgical robot, which is widely used in hospitals in China and other countries. It is gratifying that a company in Shanghai, China has developed a surgical robot with independent intellectual property rights. It fills the gap in China's surgical robots.
Biochip
Developed countries began research and development of biochips in the late 1990s, including pocket-sized medical pressure sensors, gene chips, protein chips and so on. With this kind of medical device, just take a drop of patient's blood can be tested to find out whether he or she is suffering from a certain disease (especially tumors). Protein chips can help doctors accurately diagnose whether the patient has hidden disease-causing genes. The development of these products in foreign countries is very strong, has formed the scale of annual sales of more than one billion U.S. dollars. China has made breakthroughs in gene chip and protein chip technology, and there are related products.
Non-invasive detector
This kind of products in the western countries to develop and market earlier, more new products. Among them, the earliest on the market is the relatively simple structure of the wristwatch-type electronic blood pressure monitor. Because it can monitor blood pressure fluctuations 24 hours a day, reminding patients to take medication in a timely manner, therefore, quite popular with hypertensive patients. Foreign manufacturers have also introduced blood sugar testing wristwatches. Diabetic patients as long as the set on the wrist to understand the blood sugar fluctuations at any time.
New biomaterials
Biomaterials are also a new type of medical devices that are being vigorously developed by manufacturers in Western countries, including bionic artificial limbs, bionic bone and joints, bio-cement (bone cement), trauma hygiene materials and so on. These products will become one of the largest-selling products in the international market.
Bionic bone joint is similar to the basic composition of the bone and the use of hydroxyapatite material and the use of bioengineering technology to develop a new type of osteoblastic materials processed into artificial bone joint products, foreign countries also known as the "bioceramic materials", its histocompatibility is good. New sterile wound dressing materials (sterile dressings) is also a product of huge demand in the international market. At present, foreign countries have developed a variety of liquid bandages, carbon fiber bandages and other sterile dressings.
Implantable electronic biological therapeutic instrument
Implantable electronic biological therapeutic instruments have been developed and marketed mainly include implantable electronic cochlear implant (cochlear implant), implantable incontinence electrical stimulation therapy, implantable epilepsy therapeutic instrument and so on. The key part of the implantable electronic biological therapeutic instrument is the pocket-sized electric pulse generator. Its volume is usually only the size of a soybean, can send out a specific wavelength of the electrical pulse signal to stimulate the patient's body in a certain part of the nerve, so as to achieve the therapeutic effect. For example, foreign research and development of implantable bladder electric pulse therapy device is only the size of a pea, it sends out regular electric pulse signals to stimulate the bladder nerves, can treat the common symptoms of urinary incontinence in middle-aged and elderly women. The implantable cochlear implant can help deaf children restore their hearing. In addition, foreign countries are developing an "implantable optic nerve stimulator".
Telemedicine system
Telemedicine system is the use of wireless communication technology will be hospital diagnostic data and visual images for real-time transmission of electronic medical equipment products. Using remote information technology, medical specialists can sit in hospitals in large cities and direct doctors in remote hospitals to perform surgeries on patients. Telemedicine systems have been widely used in the United States and Europe (especially in the sparsely populated Nordic countries). Their introduction not only brings great convenience to patients, improve the level of medical care in remote areas, and make these areas of medical expenses greatly reduced.