Good effect, low price: medical 3D printing is favored by the market

Recently, 3D printing technology has created a medical miracle. Professor Liu Zhongjun, director of the Department of Orthopaedics of Peking University Third Hospital (hereinafter referred to as 'Northern Hospital Third Hospital') successfully implemented the world's first four cervical vertebrae surgery including a pivotal vertebra for a cervical cancer patient, and installed the world for the patient Ms. Yun. The first large-span 3D printed artificial cervical vertebra involving the upper cervical vertebra.

On December 8, the patient was discharged and returned to good condition.

Professor Liu Zhongjun told the blue whale health that a customized 3D printed artificial pivot like this has completed 6 cases so far, and all have obtained good treatment results without any problems. ”

Good effect, low price, medical 3D printing is favored

"3D printing can make difficult diseases that can't be counted, find treatments, and have been improved, so as to improve the treatment effect," said Professor Liu Zhongjun.

It is understood that the North Third Hospital began to introduce 3D printing technology into the field of orthopedics as early as 2009. After three years of research and development, the team led by Professor Liu Zhongjun launched the first 3D printed artificial hip joint in China and became the first 3D printed human implant in China to obtain CFDA registration approval.

At present, only three of the 3D printed human metal implants approved by the CFDA are developed by Professor Liu Zhongjun. This also indicates that China has the ability to benefit more patients in the field of 3D printed implants.

Yan Tingfei, director of the Center for Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering at the Institute of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies at Peking University, told the Blue Whale Health that in fact, in addition to the North Hospital, many hospitals in China are actively researching 3D printing technology and applying it to daily medical treatment.

Blue Whale Health found through combing that in the past year, many famous hospitals in China have done classic 3D printing medical application surgery.

The neurosurgery of Beijing Changhua Chang Gung Hospital uses 3D printing technology to replicate the bones that are completely consistent with the human body, accurately remove the diseased vertebral body and implant a special titanium alloy prosthesis;

Wuhan Union Hospital also uses 3D printing technology to realize the “private customization” of the prosthesis. The “manipulator” with cool patient shape can drink water and hold the bicycle handle, and the cost is only 600 yuan, less than one tenth of the cost of traditional prosthetic limbs.

At present, the application of 3D printing technology has indeed been clinically recognized. Professor Zhang Ke from Peking University Third Hospital has calculated an account. In 2014, there were about 400,000 joint replacements in China, of which 3/4 were hip replacement surgery. According to the choice of domestic or imported artificial joints, the cost of a single operation is about 50,000-100,000, and the surgical results are often not satisfactory, and the official use of 3D printed artificial hip joint products will greatly reduce the cost of medical treatment for patients.

Large space, good market, medical 3D printing "worth to have"

A few days ago, Ms. Xiong Wei, a partner of Xianyu Capital, shared the topic “Investment in the medical device industry under the new situation” from the perspective of investment institutions at the Medical 3D Printing Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum. She believes that there are great opportunities for the medical device industry and the application of 3D printing in the medical field.

First, relevant data show that the scale of China's medical device market in 2015 was about 308 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of about 20%. At present, the domestic medical device market only accounts for 14% of the total share of the pharmaceutical market, and this proportion is 42% globally. The market space is so large, and the prospect of China's medical device industry is not broad.

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