Domestic medical equipment

Product differentiation and innovation

From the main varieties of the import and export, in 2012, the amount of imported medical devices in China reached 100 million U.S. dollars level products have 31 varieties, which generic diagnostic equipment, color ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, to make up for the rehabilitation of the physical defects appliances, X-ray tomography apparatus, endoscopy, medical tubing, magnetic resonance imaging device, imported products mainly to high-value-added products. Orthopedic products increased 72.59%, some products involving plastic surgery equipment, indicating that such products has recently been universally welcomed, but also with China in recent years, improved living standards, people external to the attention of the United States.

China's medical equipment exports more than one hundred million U.S. dollars in 2012, there are 43 categories of products. The product has certain advantages in the international market: cotton wool, gauze, bandages, disposable syringes, color ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, X-ray tomography apparatus, the patient monitor. Cotton wool, gauze, bandages and exports in 2012 was $ 875 million, accounted for 60% -70% market share, to become China's major bulk passive export products, disposable syringes exports 453 million U.S. dollars, the export value of color ultrasound diagnostic apparatus $ 428 million, X-ray tomography apparatus exports of $ 320 million, the patient monitors exports of $ 328 million.bag filters

From the product structure, EU, U.S. and Japanese medical device manufacturing high-end equipment and high-value consumables. For example, up to 80% of the United States, Germany, and Japan exported every year, X-ray tomography apparatus share of global exports; Ireland, Switzerland and Sweden prior to export five countries export pacemaker cent of the global share of nearly 90%.

The advantage of the power of the three traditional medical equipment industry in the United States, Germany and Japan also vary. The United States in terms of high-end imaging equipment, consumables and have the absolute leading edge, general purpose, Johnson & Johnson, Abbott, Becton Dickinson, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Philip medical large number of multinational companies; Germany aspects of interventional devices in high-value competitive in the global force is relatively weaker than the United States, Siemens come out on top in the field of imaging equipment; Japan's traditional industries imaging equipment, Toshiba, Shimadzu, Hitachi and other multinational companies.

Over the past decade, China's medical equipment industry structure, product quality are major changes, especially patient monitoring, medical imaging equipment, clinical laboratory equipment and minimally invasive treatment changed significantly, stereotactic intensity focused ultrasound therapy system, excimer laser eye aberration correction system, body rotation Gamma Knife, sleep monitoring system and a number of innovative products with completely independent intellectual property rights.bag filter

In the international market, China's current competitive products mainly medical dressings, disposable supplies, and color ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, X-ray tomography instrument, such as small and medium-sized equipment, product structure after decades of development, has been optimized, but high-tech medical equipment is still short board, the medical device industry in China is still a big gap compared with developed countries.

This pattern formation and developed countries, especially in the medical device industry in Europe and the United States on the development of first-mover advantage, the differences in industrial structure and promote a higher level of health care expenditure is closely related to the development of the medical device industry in the country.