In the past 10 years, the development of Taiwan's medical device industry has attracted worldwide attention. According to a report released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan, in 2011, Taiwan’s medical device market achieved a record high sales of NT$100 billion (US$3.42 billion). This is quite a remarkable performance for a small island with a small area. Policy incentives According to a report released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan, before the end of the 1990s, 90% of medical devices produced in Taiwan were low-tech products with low technical content, such as blood glucose meters, blood pressure meters, thermometers, manual wheelchairs, Massager, contact lenses, syringes, latex gloves, etc. In addition, based on the island's market is too narrow, Taiwan's medical device industry has always focused on exports. However, due to the fierce competition in the mainland China and similar products in Singapore and South Korea, the export volume of medical equipment in Taiwan has been declining and sales have fallen. In view of this, the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan formulated and released the “Innovation Plan for Taiwan Medical Device Industry in the Next 10 Years†in 2005, which will introduce a new type of kidney dialyzer, respiratory disease treatment instrument, remote wireless transmission digital diagnostic instrument, and minimally invasive surgical instrument. Five types of high-end dental surgical instruments are included in the development plan of innovative medical device products, especially to encourage local enterprises to develop products with small volume and high output value such as minimally invasive surgical instruments and portable medical devices. Coupled with the rapid development of Taiwan's electronic components and electronic computer production technology, as well as bio-industry technology, biosensors and biomaterials technology in the past 10 years, it has laid a solid foundation for the transformation and upgrading of Taiwan's medical device industry. According to the report of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan, at present, a large number of medical devices produced in Taiwan are exported to Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, including smart products with less competitive products, higher prices, and new electric wheelchairs. There are more than 550 medical device manufacturers on the island, the vast majority of which are small and medium-sized enterprises with employees under 300. Business enthusiasm The improvement of the export situation has made Taiwan's medical device companies' enthusiasm for innovation very high. It is understood that at present, various intelligent oximeters developed by Taiwan Medical Device Company are very popular in western developed countries. Among them, the wireless transmission digital oximeter can wirelessly transmit important data such as blood oxygen saturation and 48-hour blood oxygenation of the human body to the computer system of the attending doctor through the Bluetooth software technology of the machine, so that the doctor can monitor the user at any time. Heart condition. Wheelchairs are the bulk of Taiwan’s export earnings, and their exports account for 15% of Taiwan’s total medical device exports. In the past, Taiwan mainly produced low-end products such as aluminum wheel manual wheelchairs. In recent years, Taiwan's medical device industry has launched a variety of new electric wheelchairs and developed into the largest mechanical/electric wheelchair production base in Asia. A high-performance electric wheelchair developed by Taiwanese manufacturers is especially worth mentioning. This product won the "2011 International Medical Device Innovation Product Award". It has 6 wheels, two of which are main wheels, and the other two pairs of small wheels are auxiliary wheels. This design keeps the balance of the wheelchair so that it is not easy to roll over; the seat angle of the wheelchair can be adjusted by the button, even the user It can be flattened to form a "chaise lounge"; the wheelchair is continuously variable speed control and is extremely easy to operate. At present, this electric wheelchair is extremely popular in the markets of developed countries and regions such as Europe, the United States, and Japan. It can be seen that a small wheelchair can also make a big market, the key is to have a sense of innovation. Innovative medical device products developed by Taiwan Medical Devices in recent years include: handheld electrocardiograph, handheld heart rate monitor, handheld atrial defibrillator, remote transmission digital electrocardiograph, liquid crystal blue light therapy device, handheld laser facial massage Instrument and so on. Obviously, the secondary innovation of old products is also a new trend in Taiwan's medical device industry. At the 2012 Asia-Pacific Medical Device Industry Collaboration Conference held in Taipei not long ago, there were more than 400 medical device companies from 27 countries and regions in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the number of institutions in China, the United States, and the European Union. Hundreds of representatives focused on the quality control of medical device export products, the development of unified standards for the use of electronic medical device products, the GMP standards applicable to the medical device industry, and the coordination of the after-sales service of export medical device products by countries and regions. Wait. The meeting also provided useful guidance for the development of new products in the international medical device market in the next few years. Some multinational medical device manufacturers predict that in the next few years, the medical device industry will have broad prospects in three areas: first, wireless digital transmission device products, such as wireless heart rate monitor, wireless digital transmission electrocardiograph, wireless blood glucose meter; second, minimally invasive Surgical instrument products, such as those used in vascular stenting; and third, new orthopedic instruments. 18Mm Utility Knife,Auto-Lock Utility Knife Cutter,Professional 18Mm Utility Knife,Stainless Steel Utility Knife Shangqiu City Huashang Zhiyuan Tools Co., Ltd. , https://www.hszytools.com
The development of Taiwan's medical device industry has attracted worldwide attention