Rebirth began in 2004

Chapter 553 Localization of Medical Equipment

Chen Chen of Daai Medical has been engaged in the research and development of artificial hearts for thirty years. In 2011, he developed my country's first magnetic levitation heart.

The magnetic levitation heart is the third generation of artificial heart. It goes without saying much in terms of its advanced nature.

After Daai Medical achieved results, Hengtong Investment made additional investment to support the R&D team to carry out R&D work with peace of mind.

After the establishment of Hengtong Hospital, Daai Medical began to cooperate with Hengtong Hospital in clinical trials.

Hengtong Hospital conducts quite a few clinical medical trials every year. Naturally, it not only cooperates with Daai Medical, but also cooperates with many medical companies.

For some patients, participating in clinical medical trials is definitely risky.

But there is no hope anymore, so we have to treat the dead horse as a living horse doctor.

A large number of clinical medical trials have also enabled Hengtong Hospital to make rapid progress in medical technology.

The most important reason is that Hengtong Hospital has a strong ability to make money. The money will not be turned over to Hengtong Group, but will all be used for medical research.

Even Hengtong Hospital not only operates its own medical laboratories, but also invests in some medical research and development companies.

Chen Wei smiled and shook hands with everyone: "I don't know much about the magnetic levitation artificial heart. Please introduce it to you."

Chen Wei never denies his ignorance!

There is so much knowledge in this world, and the knowledge that a person can master in his lifetime is very little.

It's just a drop in the bucket, it's all exaggerated.

So it is not a shameful thing to admit one's ignorance.

On the other hand, those who think they know everything in heaven and on earth should stay away from such people.

"The fully magnetic levitation artificial heart is the third generation artificial heart, with a diameter of 50 mm, a thickness of 26 mm, and a weight of less than 180 grams. What we have developed is a fully magnetic levitation artificial heart, which is the most advanced in the world. Our artificial heart

The heart is also all made in China.”

In order to achieve national industrialization, it took a lot of effort.

The control chip in the fully magnetic levitation artificial heart originally used imported chips from abroad. However, after Daai Medical came up with the prototype, the foreign company actually started to use Daai Medical.

The reason is very simple. There is also research in this area abroad.

If China's products come out first, wouldn't it be a disaster for them?

"Now we have conducted clinical trials on hundreds of patients, and the patients are doing very well and can even do physical exercise."

Globally, the most famous person to have an artificial heart is probably Manchester United's former head coach Sir Alex Ferguson.

I heard that his family was very worried that as a head coach, he would stop his artificial heart due to his excitement.

In fact, the problem of artificial heart shutdown was taken into consideration during development.

Before being installed on the human body, numerous experiments have been carried out to ensure the safety of the artificial heart.

Anyway, people with artificial hearts cannot engage in strenuous exercise, sports or anything like that, of course.

Because these activities will speed up the heart's blood supply.

For the first two generations of artificial hearts, there was no solution.

The third-generation fully magnetic levitation artificial heart solves this problem.

"In other words, can you live like a normal person?"

"Yes!"

Chen Wei is thinking about a question: In the future, will humans be able to realize that except for the brain, all other body parts will be replaced by artificial organs.

Scenes from science fiction movies seem to be becoming reality little by little.

Even, even the brain is abandoned...

So first we have to determine one thing, how do people create their own existence!

That is "soul".

It's too far to think about this.

"It seems that the official launch is not far away!"

"It is estimated that if it is fast, it will take two to three years, if it is slow, it will be four to five years."

There are good things but they cannot be put on the market. If they are not put on the market, they cannot be given to those who need them.

Don't worry, there are humanitarian relief technologies.

The ultimate goal of the development of medicine is to extend human life longer.

Some patients must rely on artificial hearts to continue living, so they can apply for use.

Hengtong hospitals across the country can basically perform surgeries such as heart transplants.

In addition to looking at the artificial heart, Chen Wei is also concerned about another thing, ECMO.

ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, commonly known as artificial lung, is essentially an artificial heart-lung machine.

Chen Wei naturally knows how important ECMO is.

He has no way to prevent something from happening, but he can be fully prepared to deal with it.

Over the years, Chen Wei has also thought clearly that as long as his technology is strong enough, he can meet any challenge.

Localization of medical equipment is something Hengtong Hospital has always been doing.

Compared with other hospitals that prefer to purchase foreign medical equipment, when Hengtong Hospital purchases medical equipment, as long as domestic medical equipment can meet the demand for similar products, it will give priority to purchasing domestic medical equipment.

Nowadays, domestic medical equipment is not far behind foreign countries in terms of technology as it was more than ten years ago.

Many domestic medical equipment are not bad in various technical indicators. Compared with foreign medical equipment, they even exceed them.

However, some hospitals still prefer to purchase foreign products rather than domestically produced ones.

The reasons are worth pondering.

For the localization of ECMO, one technology is particularly important: oxygenated membrane polymethylpentene membrane, also known as PMP membrane.

The PMP film was developed by the Materials Research Institute under the Star Research Institute and industrialized production was achieved.

"The clinical trials of domestic ECMO have almost been completed. The next step is to formally apply for listing. After the listing, our domestic emergency level will be greatly improved. More hospitals will be able to provide ECMO support medical services."

Currently, ECMO costs 50,000 yuan to start up for the first time, and the daily usage cost is about 2,000 yuan. Basically, an artificial lung can be used for three weeks at a cost of 100,000 yuan.

After domestically produced ECMO is launched, this cost will be drastically reduced.

For patients, it will save considerable treatment costs.

For many families, the biggest expense besides housing is medical care.

Once there is a patient in the family, and it is the kind that cannot be cured for a long time, the burden on the family will be quite serious.

As an ordinary person, the greatest luck is that your family is safe and healthy, free from illness and disaster.

Chen Wei didn't say anything. If he wants to go public, he must meet national standards.

After looking at the research and development and clinical trials, Chen Wei went to see the daily medical services of Hengtong Hospital.

As a hospital, treating patients and saving lives is the most important thing.

Everything is done around this purpose, and anything that goes against or endangers the purpose must be resolutely stopped.

(End of chapter)