General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly publicly emphasized the need to focus on major diseases and major problems that affect people’s health, accelerate the implementation of the Healthy China Initiative, weave the national public health protection network, promote the high-quality development of public hospitals, and provide the people with all-round full-cycle health services. The construction of medical and health services is related to public health. As medical equipment is an indispensable part of the development of medical services, its production and supply are also issues that require attention.
The medical device industry has become one of the world’s fastest-growing industries with the highest value-added products and the most active trade exchanges. Especially in the context of the new crown epidemic, the demand for high-end medical equipment for ventilators and artificial lungs (ICU-ECMO) has increased. It's skyrocketing. At present, the United States occupies the largest market share in the global medical device industry, followed by Europe, with China accounting for only 4%, and the market size is far smaller than that of developed countries. Therefore, China's medical device industry still has a lot of room for development. China's high-end medical equipment manufacturing is subject to certain realities, such as materials, design, manufacturing technology, etc., resulting in some high-end medical equipment relying on imports. Among them, the dependence of artificial lungs (ICU-ECMO) on imports is even more prominent. The global artificial lung (ICU-ECMO) market is monopolized by several companies, namely Medtronic in the United States, McCoy in Germany, Thorin in Germany, and Japan. Terumo, Fresenius of Germany, the core materials of ICU-ECMO equipment are monopolized by 3M.
President Xi Jinping also emphasized: "Accelerate the localization of high-end medical equipment and promote the continuous development of national brand enterprises." Under the epidemic situation, ventilators and ICU-ECMO equipment are "life-saving straws" for saving severely ill patients with new coronary disease. If they rely on imports or cannot keep up with their own production capacity, the problem will become even more prominent: global ventilators and artificial lung equipment are in short supply, and developed countries are in short supply. Dead export, we have money but can't buy equipment, can we let people fish? It is not just a problem of equipment import. Even domestically made high-end medical equipment, many of the materials and chip technologies in it rely on imports. In the current situation where the overall international situation is not optimistic, once the export of consumables is clamped by companies such as 3M, my country will Was greatly affected.This uncertainty will encourage the country to continue to actively support independent R&D and innovation, and accelerate the import substitution of some domestically advanced fields.
In addition to the impact of the international environmental situation, under the general background of medical reform, the behavioral change of hospitals from heavy medicine to standardized diagnosis and treatment, the increased focus on cost-effectiveness, and the improvement of the status of medical technology departments, these also constitute the continued high demand for medical equipment. Important reason.In the context of refined hospital budget management, the cost-effective advantages of high-quality domestic equipment and equipment consumables and accessories are highlighted.
With favorable policies at the national level and the driving force of innovation, HENGKO responded to President Xi’s call to help the development of China’s high-end medical equipment manufacturing brands, independently researching and developing ventilators that can replace imported ventilators and filters in ICU-ECMO equipment. part. Don't look at it as just a small part, but its effect is not small! The filter element of HENGKO ventilator and ICU-ECMO microporous filter is composed of a microporous filter with small pore size and high filtration accuracy. It is placed in the breathing tube to effectively filter out viruses, dust, particles, and chemicals in the pipeline. Contaminants, etc., protect the patient's breathing circuit through clean air.
HENGKO ventilators and ECMO microporous filter element series products have a variety of models and styles, and product designs can also be customized according to specific needs. HENGKO has a professional team of engineers to assist in research and development.
Although the parts are small, the role and significance are far-reaching. One more Chinese company produces parts and components, which will reduce a little dependence on imported products.People in ancient times have realized that "born in sorrow and dying in happiness", the current situation changes from time to time, and the future is temporarily unknown. If you sharpen your knife and chop wood, you can prepare early to meet the various challenges in the future.In the future, HENGKO will continue to invest in research and development, strengthen its own research and development capabilities, and help the development of China's high-end medical device industry and high-end medical device brands, and let the world see the power of China's manufacturing!
"Through fighting this tough battle, we will master more core technologies with independent intellectual property rights and come up with more hard-core products to make greater contributions to safeguarding people's lives and health, and safeguarding national strategic security." The speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out the direction for my country to realize the national brand of high-end medical equipment.The long road is full of challenges and difficulties. It is believed that Chinese companies will make concerted efforts, and the day when my country realizes the autonomy and popularization of high-end medical equipment will finally come.
Post time: Jun-11-2021
