Five Key Tasks for Medical Equipment Science and Technology Development


Release time:

2018-08-08

Five Key Tasks for Medical Equipment Science and Technology Development

(Source: Health News)
A few days ago, the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan for the Medical Device Technology Industry" issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology proposed that during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, my country's medical device technology field will focus on completing basic equipment upgrades, high-end product breakthroughs, frontier innovation, and innovation capabilities. The five tasks of improvement and application demonstration projects strive to achieve technological breakthroughs, product innovation, capacity building and application popularization. 

The Plan points out that at present, China's primary medical and health institutionsEquipmentThe configuration level is generally low, and there are still problems such as few functions, low performance, poor use, and inadaptability. High-end medical equipment and high-value medical materials are mainly imported, which are expensive and bring a heavy burden to patients. Compared with developed countries, China's medical device industry is weak, the industrial chain is incomplete, the overall competitiveness is weak, there is a certain gap in the comprehensive performance and reliability of basic products, and some core key technologies have not yet been mastered. 
The "Plan" proposes that during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, my country will focus on breaking through 20 to 30 key technologies and core components, forming 200 core patents. Creation of 50 to 80 new clinical prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, emergency medical equipment products. Focus on supporting 10~15 large medical device enterprise groups, establishing 8~10 medical device science and technology industrial bases and 10 national innovationMedicalEquipment product demonstration application base. 10 new national engineering technology research centers and state key laboratories to improve China'sMedical DevicesStandards, testing and evaluation systems.