Modern trends and achievements in the development of devices and apparatuses for medical research and pratical medicine

Conclusion

Analysis of general trends in the development and use of medical devices demonstrates an increasingly growing progress in new generations of various devices and apparatuses. This progress is based on both achievements of fundamental biomedical sciences and high technology, which provide the opportunity of obtaining promising diagnostic and therapeutic results.

Domestic medical industry lags behind industrialized countries, particularly in the development of sophisticated devices based on high technology. This is particularly true in case of X-ray systems and devices for laboratory diagnosis.

Taking into account specific features of health service in Russia, the main emphasis in supply of domestic medical organizations, hospitals, polyclinics, etc., should be place on production of domestic manufacturers and domestic service infrastructure.

In our opinion, the most effective way to overtake the situation is to establish joint ventures with leading foreign manufacturers and to provide substantial support Russian companies producing sophisticated medical and diagnostic devices (e.g., as state order).