United States the annual top ten medical technology innovation

Not long ago, in the United States the Cleveland Clinic Foundation organized a "medical innovation Summit 2008", scientists announced the Organization elected top ten medical innovation instruments and treatment technologies.

These innovative projects involving avian influenza vaccine development, hospitals, information management systems, life support systems, and uterine fibroid embolization, heart valve repair and other minimally invasive surgical techniques.

The top ten medical innovation technology are:

1. organ perfusion apparatus.

The instrument can repeat in the human body can be provided so that the heart beating up to 12 hours.

2. diaphragm pacing.

This device is mainly used for spinal cord injury leads to paralysis of the life of the breadth of support, it helps patients to breathe.

3. multi spectral Imaging System.

The imaging system can be used with a standard magnifying glass. With the help of a magnifying glass, researchers can use different colors to a maximum of 4 kinds of protein for dyeing. Then, in 10 to 30 different wavelengths to observe specimens, helping researchers understand the signaling pathways in cancer cells, to develop better targeted therapy.

4. circulating tumor cells detection technology.

Through this technology, the doctor blood tests circulating tumor cells (i.e. from tumor tissue from and into the blood of tumor cells), to be able to make early cancer recurrence, while on the efficacy and patient prognosis, etc.

5. percutaneous mitral regurgitation repair.

This is a minimally invasive treatment technology. The doctor will catheter inserted into the femoral vein from patients, and then sent to the heart of the mitral valve repair Department. For the surgery, the doctor needs to use a device will be fixed, use the heart catheter tip of the PIN-like device in mitral valve repair Central leaf until the blood properly, regurgitation is correct.

6. avian influenza vaccine development.

Since this method uses a simulation of bird virus-like particles, which may make the vaccines have better results.

7.LESS and NOTES of minimally invasive techniques.

LESS, that is, celiac endoscopy of minimally invasive surgery, endoscopic NOTES are used to human natural hole cavity to approach of minimally invasive surgery.

8. diffusion tensor Imaging.

The imaging technology has been God in favor of a surgeon, enabling scientists to non-invasive exploration for a long time under the conditions have not been studied in nerve fibers.

9. Doppler guided of Uterine artery embolization.

This is the treatment of fibroids without innovation.

10. information exchange technology in hospitals.

This technology is the medical institutions to store and manage consumer, health care physicians, specialists, pharmacy, nursing home and insurance information exchange technologies.