New swarms appeared driven United States recommended medical devices development

Recently, the United States medical device industry, a newly adopted to encourage Pediatric surgical instruments development Bill is bound to lead to the development of this industry, while the Bluetooth SIG Inc. prior to joining home medical device industry, will undoubtedly increase the area of competition in the market; in the field of science and technology, United States researchers newly developed a kind of substitute for metal material, can be used for the production of disposable surgical instruments of new polymers that would greatly reduce the production costs of surgical instruments; in clinical areas, we strongly recommend that the experts, using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instead of the current clinical commonly used x-ray angiography or CT to check breast disease, because it more accurately, help save the lives of patients with breast and — these new bills, new members, new materials, new recommendations, the United States in the field of medical devices is hyperactive.

The new Act to encourage the development of Pediatric surgical instruments

By the end of December 2007, the United States food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the lead, and the United States national institutes of health, joint drafting of a report on the development of pediatric medical devices companies are encouraged to use the new surgical instruments in the United States Congress Bill recently won the majority of the votes.

The Bill has attracted United States medical device industry's strong response.

According to the United States national institutes of Health's experts, was born in the United States every 120 babies that have a congenital heart disease, the main symptoms include ventricular septum defects, atrial septum defects, etc.

If growth in children with surgical repair before the holes of the heart, will be able to make it like a healthy child would grow up and live. But to do surgery for infants and young children need special small surgical instruments, and the hospital is currently used mostly for adult patients are using surgical instruments. The United States of some medical institutions have been called for medical device company development and production of Pediatric special surgical instruments products, but many medical device manufacturers for the profit of "Pediatrics" did not give attention to the product.

Now, the United States Congress passed an enabling manufacturers to encourage the development and production of new pediatric surgical instruments Act, United States industry analysts believe that because from the technical point of view, the development, production Pediatric surgical instruments is not a problem, so in the coming two years will have some powerful medical device manufacturers to develop appropriate Pediatric Surgery using a variety of medical devices.

Experts recommend using MRI instead of x-ray of the breast

Cheap x-ray CT Angiography or breast is clinical diagnosis of breast disease mainly technical means.

However, in the United States shortly before the end of the surgery's annual meeting in the South, some of the United States experienced medical experts proposed that in future the medical use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) check breast diseases to replace the existing regular use of x-ray CT Angiography or mammary glands, and other relatively cheap breast check method.

Clinical practice found in the breast by the x-ray CT Angiography or find out after mastectomy for breast cancer surgery cases, at least 20 per cent is completely do not need surgery.

Conventional x-ray angiography for some very dense breast tissue is not easy to photograph women to very clear photos of breast tissue, CT also exists (General CT tablets than x-ray film in high definition quality a little better, but the CT blades will also have the "artifact" phenomenon). Study post-operation physiological slice shows that some breast tumor to the "non-immersed type" (which has been fixed in situ development). On the use of drug control will be able to keep the patient's breasts and life. While existing MRI imaging device to take a very clear picture of the breast tissue lesions, allowing doctors to be able to accurately determine the patient's cancer of the breast, the location and extent of invasion and make the cancer is immersed or non-invasion-conclusions, surgical treatment for the need to provide a reliable basis.

Although the cost of MRI than CT or x-ray mammography, but its fate determining breasts "," is critical, high-definition of MRI could help doctors to avoid misinterpretation and breast excision of the error.

Therefore, the United States experienced medical experts believe that future doctors should try to persuade the risk of breast cancer patients MRI done directly, instead of doing relatively cheap by x-ray mammography surgery or CT.

Bluetooth company join family medical equipment research and development

Diabetes, hypertension and coronary heart disease has become a 21st century global three major diseases each year, the health sector in countries around the world to provide these patients with chronic diseases into huge medical expenses.

Not long ago, to develop and produce high-tech IT products, such as mobile phones, MP3, MP4 and personal computers, and other information products based on the Bluetooth SIG Inc. announced that the company will set up a medical device companies, their goal is for diabetes, hypertension and coronary heart disease and other chronic disease patients specialized development can be at home in the diagnosis and treatment of instruments used.

The Bluetooth SIG medical subsidiaries under development in the first batch of medical equipment are: at home, at any time, monitoring blood pressure in hypertensive patients changes of cell phone-type instrument, the doctor can patients held this new blood pressure monitoring mobile phone sends signal to determine whether the patient is required to continue the medication treatment.

Another is the Bluetooth electronic remote heart rate monitor. It enables doctors to keep monitoring the incidence of coronary heart disease, in order to timely guidance to patients or their families take on the drug treatment, thereby reducing acute myocardial infarction and sudden death rate. Bluetooth company will develop a series of new electronic monitoring instrument, so that the elderly patrons can accept remote diagnosis and treatment, the doctor removes the hassle of Queuing doctor hospital. Because Bluetooth have other medical device companies, lack of core IT technologies, Bluetooth company to join the international home medical equipment market of more intense competition.

New synthetic materials can be used in the manufacture of surgical instruments

Currently, the hospital using disposable medical equipment mainly disposable syringes, infusion (transfusion) bag and supporting subcutaneous injection needle, attached catheter and disposable latex gloves and other products.

These disposable medical devices used in the manufacture of materials mostly affordable high density polyethylene or polypropylene plastic originalMaterial. This type of polymer materials not only texture soft, cannot be processed into a certain stiffness of surgical instruments, but also their greatest weakness is unable to withstand radiation sterilization. While surgery usage greatly Hemostatic forceps, surgical scissors and tweezers etc apparatus remains expensive stainless steel or titanium steel products.

United States Solvay advanced polymers Corporation recently announced that the company has developed a way to replace the existing metal materials used to produce various disposable surgical instruments of new polymer materials — Ixef.

Introduction of the company spokesman, newly developed Ixef to fill 50% glass fiber reinforced polymer powder aromatic amine synthetic material.

Use the Ixef processed into surgical instruments have similar to the strength of the metal, but in the process, it can be like an ordinary plastic thermoplastic processing, that is heated to a certain temperature to soften after molding. Take advantage of this new type of polymer materials can process all kinds of Hemostatic forceps, surgical scissors, tweezers, and other commonly used products, surgical instruments and costs far less than metal surgical instrument is much cheaper. For example, a hand made using Ixef Hemostatic forceps price only around US $ 2, and a stainless steel stop blood claws in the price of $ 15 or more, compared to the price difference between the very large. Researchers believe that the use of the production of surgical instruments Ixef suited as disposable surgical instruments, which can avoid the use of metal surgical instruments cause risk of cross-infection.

Ixef of another advantage is that production of surgical instruments can withstand strong rays — gamma rays irradiation sterilization.

This is the current market of disposable plastic medical devices incomparable advantages, which can only use ethylene oxide sterilization, but this type of disinfectant has thorough disinfection is not occurring. Other engineering plastics such as ABS and polycarbonate, and other materials can also be used for surgical instruments, but the cost is too high engineering plastics.

According to the manufacturer, the newly developed Ixef material has 8 different colors of particles to choose from, they fit to be processed into different uses disposable surgical instruments products.