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1、Present status and problems of domestic medical instrument engineering. Biomedical Engineehng V. A. Viktorov, V. P. Gundarov, and A. P. Yurkevich UDC 615.47:681.2(470):008 In recent years considerable progress has been achieved in domestic medical instrument engineering. Many plants and scientific-r
2、esearch organizations of machine-making and the defense industry have changed their profile toward production of medical equipment. However, medical equipment often meets a reluctant market because of funding cuts in health services. Medical organizations often cannot satisfy even their basic requir
3、ements for diagnostic and therapeutic devices. Also, health service organizations tend to buy foreign rather than domestic medical equipment because the former are easily available on the domestic market and prices for both are comparable because of inflation. The transition to a market economy in R
4、ussia has had substantial impact on the relations between domestic manufactur- ers and consumers of medical devices. The spectrum and quality of available items has been significantly extended in recent years. It should be also noted that available models of medical devices are continuously updated,
5、 which makes them sufficiently competitive. Representative information on the updating dynamics of domestic medical equipment is summarized in Table 1. The data were provided by the VNIIMP-VITA Joint-Stock Company, which compiles a data bank of such information. Generally, new items account for 37%
6、of total production of medical devices. Routinely produced devices (duration of production, 2-5 years) account for 28%. Medical devices of long-term production (5-10 years) account for 17% and obsolete nomenclature (devices produced for more than 10 years) accounts for 18%. It is seen from Table 1 t
7、hat in recent years there has been considerable progress in the updating of production of medical equipment. For example, according to the VNIIMP-VITA Joint-Stock Company, the share of the items that have been produced for no longer than 5 years in 1988 did not exceed 35%, while now it is 65%. For t
8、he items that have been produced for more than 10 years such shares are 40 and 18%, respectively. Updating of produced medical devices was encouraged by the increase in the number of designers and manufacturers, particularly those of former defense industry facilities. In collaboration with foreign
9、partners they set up joint ventures for producing medical equipment. Analysis of the updating of the various groups of medical equipment is of substantial interest. It is seen from Table 1 that detoxication devices contribute dominantly to the group of items that have been updated within the standar
10、d period of up to 5 years (100% of production, including modern devices for hemodialysis and hemosorption). Comparatively high updating indices are observed for devices for functional diagnosis: 72% of these devices have been produced for no longer than 5 years, and obsolete devices account for only
11、 9% of total production. However, it should be noted that although production of some obsolete devices has been terminated, equipment of similar functional capacity is still urgently needed. Relatively low updating indices are observed among the devices for intensive care and resuscitation: 16% of n
12、ew items and comparatively many obsolete devices (26%). Among new models apparatuses for artificial lung ventilation are worth mention. However, some apparatuses, which have been developed long ago are still on the market because they have good performance, are quite reliable, and still are in deman
13、d. This reduces the updating index of the group as a whole. All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute for Medical Instrument Engineering, Rusaian Academy of Medical Sciences (VNIIMP-VITA Joint-Stock Company), Moscow. Translated from Meditsinskaya Tekhnika, No. 1, pp. 4-9, January-February, 1996. Ori
14、ginal article submitted August 23, 1995. 0006-3398/96/3001-0001515.00 y Plenum Publishing Corporation TABLE 1. Updating of Basic Groups of Medical Devices and Apparatuses (% of total nomenclature) The lowest updating indices are observed for devices for examining a patients body structures.These are
15、: ophthalmological, otolaryngological, and anthropometric devices, endoscopes, etc. Theshare of obsolete devices is high (44%), while the devices which have been produced for no more than 5 years account for only 20% of total production.It should be noted that these results on medical equipment upda
16、ting are important general estimates, although they do not take into consideration specific achievements and shortcomings in the production of individual items. Therefore, some corresponding amendments are required. Our survey of available information, including the VNIIMP-VITA Joint-Stock Company d
17、ata bank, materials presented at various exhibitions, and recent literature, shows that domestic medical industry has developed a number of original medical devices and apparatuses which were designed to replace similar obsolete models. However, many types of important and necessary medical devices
18、still do not meet contemporary requirements, and some types of devices are not produced at all. For example, in recent years production of some sophisticated medical devices (apparatuses for intensive care, resuscitation, and anesthesiology; devices for artificial lung ventilation, respiratory narco
19、sis devices, extracorporeal circulation) significantly rose, particularly at the former defense industry facilities, and their quality has been significantly improved. The functional performance of the devices is generally on par with foreign analogs. Perfusion units have also been improved and thei
20、r production has expanded. This allowed the demand of the health service organizations for such equipment to be satisfied completely. Modern domestic hemodialysis devices (Renart-10, Renan- 10RT, etc.) have been developed and brought into wide clinical practice. The development and production of dia
21、gnostic magnetic resonance imaging systems (Obraz-3, TOROS) are considerable breakthroughs in domestic medical industry. This substantially extends diagnostic capacities of many health service organizations and provides them with topical diagnosis previously unavailable domestically, although it is
22、quite common in developed foreign countries. Domestic medical industry has begun production of pulse oximeters; these are of particular use in surgery and resuscita- tion. This bridged a substantial gap in the spectrum of available domestic medical devices. The Bilitest bilirubin meter, which has be
23、en recently developed and produced in Russia, fully meets the requirements of maternity and childrens hospitals in devices for diagnosing jaundice. A high-standard radioimmunochemical laboratory was opened at the VNIIMP-VITA Joint-Stock Company to supply customers with necessary radioimmunochemical
24、assay kits. A number of high-quality medical devices and instruments have been developed at the electronic industry plants and institutes. The following devices are particularly worthy of mention artificial cardiac valves of the Emitron Plant, which are on par with the best foreign analogs; pH meter
25、s (Istok State Scientific-Manufacturing Association); Ikar long-term (up to 24 h) cardiomonitors with electronic memory (Kometa Central Scientific-Manufacturing Association); radiothermographs and racliothermoscopes for detecting deeply located thermal fields in the human body (Oktyabr Manufacturing
26、 Association and Design Bureau for Ecological and Medical Equipment); original thermal imaging system (Institute of Radioelectronics and Automatics, Russian Academy of Sciences; OPTROS, Ltd.); original computer-assisted system Cardiac Rhythms for monitoring oatient condition and pulsimetry (Institut
27、e of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences; Ekos, Ltd.); video system for endoscopic imaging (Zenit Scientific-Manufacturing Asociation; Elektron Scientific-Research and Manufacturing Association); streamlined technology for producing disposable and reusable syringes, injection needles, and
28、surgical threads. A number of other problems of domestic medical instrument-making industry have been successfully solved in recent years. For example, the number and quality of therapeutic devices, particularly for laser therapy, is quite sufficient. Research studies are carried out by many organiz
29、ations including former defense industry facilities. Technologies which have been developed for other purposes give fruitful results in medical industry. According to our data, more than 150 models of such medical devices have been developed over the last 5 years. Some 100 of them are commercially a
30、vailable. Although domestic medical devices are often superior ot foreign analogs in terms of working performance and they are definitely less expensive, many of them are not in short demand and are virtually not used. However, this activity in many other areas of medical instrument engineering cann
31、ot be considered as sufficiently successful and rational. It should be noted that many newly developed models of domestic medical devices compare unfavorably with foreign analogs. This is particularly the case for X-ray and ultrasonic devices, electrocardiographic monitors, laboratory equipment, etc
32、. Nevertheless, according to the VNIIMP-VITA Joint-Stock Company databank, certain positive trends have been observed in recent years even in these areas. However, most problems still remain unsettled and the conditions required to solve them have not yet been established. It is important to note th
33、at the serially produced X-ray apparatus RUM-20 (Mosrentgen Joint-Stock Company) has been significantly updated. The updated model RUM-20M-SG312 is commercially available in combination with the Sapfir domestic image intensifier or an image intensifier of a French manufacturer. The Kruiz fiat image
34、intensifier has been developed at the All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute for Medical Instrument Engineering in collaboration with MELZ Manufacturing Association and Mosrentgen Joint-Stock Company. This device is designed to replace existing fluorescent screens in the X-ray diagnostic apparatu
35、ses RUM-10, RUM-20, RUM-20M, and others. The use of the Kruiz image intensifier significantly increases image information content and allows threefold decrease in the radiation load on patients and medical personnel. The G 202-5 system for lit-par-lit raster imaging of patients in lying position has
36、 been developed at the Mosrentgen Joint-Stock Company. This device is commercially available with the PURS power source. It allows both manual and automatic X-ray photography and organ-oriented X-ray examination. The RTS-61 mobile X-ray video diagnostic apparatus has been developed at the Elektron S
37、cientific-Research and Manufacturing Association. This device is designed to be used in surgery, orthopedics, and traumatology. Among the defense industry facilities which have reoriented their production to medical market the Scientific-Research Institute for Electromechanics (Istra) is worth menti
38、on. In collaboration with Phillips (Germany) and borrowing their technology and circuitry, the Institute for Electromechanics developed the Mammodiagnost mammographic scanner, which meets international standards of operating performance. The Rentgen-48 X-ray tomographic diagnostic systems with a rot
39、ary support table and the Rentgen-60 X-ray diagnostic systems with a remote control support table have been developed at the Sevkavrentgen Plant and received positive recognition by practicing physicians. The models of X-ray diagnostic devices listed above are examples of achievements of domestic me
40、dical industry. However, many important and significant problems of the development of domestic medical X-ray equipment remain unsettled, and it is unreasonable to expect that they will be solved in the foreseeable future unless special measures are taken. For example, the most common RUM-20 X-ray a
41、pparatuses with the Sapfir image intensifier are equipped with the obsolete X-ray image converter REP-1. To replace the REP-1 image converter, the Moscow Plant for Electronic Tubes has developed the Buer image converter of improved design. This device offers better image contrast, reduced clark back
42、ground noise, and has an output fiberoptic window of improved design. However, the Buer image converter is not yet commercially available. Digital X-ray diagnostic devices are not yet commercially available from domestic manufacturers either. The Design Bureau for Medical Engineering in collaboratio
43、n with Medtekh, Ltd. (Novosibirsk) have developed the Diaskan X-ray digital scanner. Serial production of this device is in progress at the Design Bureau for Medical Engineering. However, devices of sufficient quality are not yet commercially available. Domestic medical industry does not produce X-r
44、ay tomographs. Their production in Chelyabinsk has been suspended. Electrocardiographic monitors are very important devices for functional diagnosis. However, domestic medical industry fails substantially behind leading foreign manufacturers and there is a disproportion in the development and produc
45、tion of necessary devices and apparatuses. Many automatic systems for ECG processing, including syndromal diagnosis, have been developed, but they trove not been tested and are of little demand. However, simple three-channel electrocardiographs of mass- scale application are not produced by domestic
46、 manufacturers. Foreign manufacturers offer various ultrasonic scanners and sophisticated imaging systems. Domestic manufacturers produce only simple devices with manual sector-by-sector scanning and a few simplified models with linear electronic scanning. Some positive results have been achieved in
47、 the development of endoscopic devices. These achievements are mainly due to the collaboration between LOMO and some companies from Japan. However, even these devices require further improvement of quality and reliability. Although the level of production of domestic laboratory equipment has noticea
48、bly risen in recent years, it is still too little to meet the demand. The number of organizations involved in the development of such equipment has risen. However, the available devices are simple and have limited functional capacity. Many important devices (e.g., automatic analyzers and simple rout
49、ine devices) are not produced at all. Devices for blood transfusion and preparing blood substitute solutions are still in short supply (40 million items have been produced, while the demand is 200 million). The demand in dialyzers and polymer infusion systems reaches 100 and 150 million items, respectively, although such systems are not produced at all. The correspondence between production and demand, quality and technical performance, and adequate testing of medical produc