The advantages of plastic medical devices are huge
The advantages of plastic medical devices are huge
As people living standard rise, the health become people nowadays the most high-profile events, the various medical equipment, and plastic material as a new products, medical devices because of its good properties by welcome the broad masses.
According to the data, the market of medical devices in China is now over 100 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of about 23 percent. The market is expected to reach 340 billion yuan by 2015. As population growth, to speed up the urbanization and the increase of aging population proportion, expanding the demand of medical polymer materials, according to statistics, 2012-2018 period, the global demand will be rising at a 5.6% compound annual growth rate. In the polymer material, the application of plastic medical devices is more and more extensive, from medicine and pharmaceutical packaging, to the needle tube, hose, surgical instruments and other disposable medical devices.
Compared with other materials, plastic equipment has many advantages:
1) the light weight and the use of the province can reduce the fatigue caused by long operation. It is better for human blood and muscle tissue, so it is more effective.
2) good toughness, strong permeability, durability, and partial plastic can be used at high temperature.
3) it is transparent and can be seen better in medical procedures, especially during the operation.
4) easy to form, suitable for the production of all kinds of complicated medical devices and equipment, and only use low-cost production process. The use of disinfectant or pasteurized sterilization does not produce corrosion or color change.
5) compared with other raw materials such as metal, the cost is lower and more suitable for the production of disposable loss products. After sterilization, the packaging materials can help reduce the risk of infection.
6) it is safer to use than fragile materials such as ceramics or glass, especially for packaging materials.
Medical equipment market expanding, the perfection of the market supervision system has become increasingly urgent, a few days ago, premier of the state council, state council order signed li keqiang announced regulations on the supervision and administration of medical devices, effective as of June 1, 2014.
According to the regulations, the state applies classified management to medical devices according to the degree of risk. The first category is low risk, and the implementation of routine management can ensure its safe and effective medical devices. The second category is moderate risk, which requires strict control of management to ensure its safe and effective medical devices; The third category is a high risk and requires special measures to control the management to ensure its safe and effective medical devices.
In the meantime, the development of medical equipment should follow the principle of safety, efficiency and economy. Medical device products should meet the mandatory national standards of medical devices. If there is no mandatory national standards, it should meet the mandatory industry standards for medical devices. The list of disposable medical devices shall be formulated, adjusted and promulgated by the department of food and drug administration under the state council and the department of health and family planning under the state council.
The timing and the right of time are the key to success. Plastic medical devices appear in the right time to meet market demand. The demand for plastic medical devices in the Chinese market is very high, and imports are still needed. So if our local enterprises seize the opportunity to develop rapidly, and have the national policy control direction, we believe that the development prospect will be a bright future.
