Analysis: what hospitals need medical devices

In the previous two sessions, the national health sector Committee members have blogged manipulation "expensive" two hands — drugs and medical devices.

Brunt, drug prices have become a shield to reduce medical costs. The two conference this year, many delegates and members of both the "eyes" on medical devices.

The concerns of the medical equipment started in a new round of reform.

Last year, the Ministry of health on county hospitals, community health centers, five types of basic medical institutions of device configuration make clear that if the county hospitals to commune with CT, request equipped with x-ray machines, etc. And emphasized that, according to the principle of "makeup", short of the number of supplementary number.

At present, China's large and medium-sized hospitals and more than 90 percent of the high-priced medical devices product entirely dependent on imports.

Faced with this "big basic hospital," domestic local cake medical device company is ushered in the spring and the provided to local hospitals to device configuration?

The primary should not be used in low-technology products

CPPCC pool, almost each year submit a report for the medical device industry in the development of relevant proposals, this year is no exception, she also emphasized that the primary application: "should not be low tech products, more intelligent, fault-tolerant and high, easy operation and application environment requires lower technology products.

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The Ministry of health statistics show that more than in 2000, the county hospital equipment configuration, 30 percent of the average gap, West gap even more than 50 per cent.

The proposal pool, was timely, as it turns out, the domestic medical device company if not independent innovation, I'm afraid it is very difficult to fill the "gaps" in interest. Because the medical device of transnational giants have begun to "start".

According to a financial media coverage, in China's healthcare technology market, General Electric, Philips and Siemens three takes up most of the high-end market.

In 2009, Siemens China internal code-named "Smart" strategic plan has entered the third promotion year, easy to use, easy maintenance, proper price, reliable quality and time-to-market products have begun to explore in the primary market segments; Philips in the country ventures, production in the low-end x-ray, MRI, ultrasound, meet in the low-end market demand, to specialize in their area of expertise lies in the ultrasound; General Electric simply direct positioning in rural markets, its clinical systems Department promised to launch a new rural Foundation medical products, and enable every 6 months to introduce a new paragraph.

Transnational giants ferocious, on basic hospital equipment configuration location is clear, how to deal with domestic enterprises? speak out, national pool, it is necessary to develop a comprehensive integrated medical technology and industrial development of the "twelve-five" plans, "" 12 five-planning the deployment and development appropriate technology, key technology products; second, it is necessary to pay attention to the arrangement process innovation and upgrading to conquer a batch of restricting medical device industry to the high-tech, high value-added downstream products development critical technology issues; the third is to guide the national enterprise committed to the development and production of intelligent, lower-cost applies to towns and communities use of equipment of medical institutions and hold domestic primary market.

Independent innovation to make the "home resort"

NPC Li Jian concern high-end digital medical equipment problems already for a long time.

Domestic high-end digital medical equipment that is based on the domestic market? deep Lee Kin-do, which refers to the brain causes. High-end digital medical devices involved in medicine, physics, biology, manufacture, materials science, and many other disciplines, between different disciplines and different professional joint research. But the current model is largely studied medicine don't understand the science of mechanical and electrical, mechanical and electronic's ignorance of the hospital, making this emerging industry is a lack of effective talent support.

Have the same feeling, CPPCC Zhi Wang Biao, as "Hai Fu focused ultrasound", he developed.

In 1988, or gynecologist Zhi Wang Biao in ultrasound on the baby's safety in accidental discovery, a certain dose of ultrasound on the fetus.

"Whether this negative effect used in the treatment of diseases such as cancer?" this innovative idea in eight years, tens of thousands of times of, Zhi Wang Biao presented focused ultrasound "biological focal region" concept that solves the ultrasound treatment techniques in clinical application of a series of challenges. In 1997, "Hai Fu focused ultrasound" used in the clinic.

Currently, Chongqing Medical University, medical ultrasonic Engineering Institute, NERC, biomedical engineering, and sea-Fu is a set of four blocks brand is represented by teams, Ms Biao play.

Today, the Institute primarily for basic research, the Research Center is mainly responsible for achievements; sea-Fu company responsible for the equipment production and Sales; Department of biomedical engineering at Chongqing University for ultrasound therapy techniques and equipment development and constantly develop follow-up personnel. He said "I now faces of basic research must be 10 years ago, 10 times the clinical application in many unexpected problems, so the more basic research needs to be strengthened. This is the combination of benefits, it's why I emphasize medical devices should come from the Medical University. ”

The same product charges to be consistent

Local medical devices difficult to compete with foreign products, Li also blame the use fee schedule of medical equipment.

He said that, in the import equipment and domestic equipment charges, most of the medical institution performing a homogeneous different price of a double standard, because of the imported equipment rates far higher rates of domestic similar equipment, resulting in some hospitals would rather spend big price imported equipment rather than buy domestic equipment.