Friday, April 8, 2011

Medical technology innovation: Europe and Asia have the opportunity to lead

Current Imaging is a global medical technology market share of the largest areas; the MedTech 2020 report pointed out that Asian countries would transcend the technical areas in Europe and won the leadership position.

But in any case, the medical technology will continue to lead innovation, one of the most active is long-distance medical (telemedicine) technologies; in this context, the European leader in North America, the Asian States is hot pursuit.

As the field of continuing care, will hasten the digitization of other innovative technologies and new applications, such as regenerative medicine (regenerative medicine), corrections and plastic technology (prosthetics) as well as active implantable devices (active implants) and so on.

As regards including lab on a chip (lab-on-a-chip), in vitro diagnosis (in-vitro diagnostics) technology, the United States will lag behind the European, Asia has made progress in space. Other areas with growth potential, including minimally invasive surgery and endoscopy equipment.

Medical innovation power in the field of science and technology, many of which computer technology is clearly the most important role to play; information and communication technology, microelectronics and materials science, optical technology and the importance of secondary.

Germany Center for cancer research (German cancer research center, DKFZ) in medical physics department supervisor Wolfgang Schlegel intended, these medical technology innovation will further breakdown of the medical industry value chain.

For example, a computer simulation of the treatment, planning and optimization, will be between diagnostic and treatment procedures to create additional links; so the treatment will be minimally invasive surgery of innovation, as well as the Proton, heavy ion radiation and other new radiotherapy and improved.

In addition distance medical technology will significantly expand the industrial value chain.

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