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"after more than two years of clinical promotion, we have installed the equipment in more than 200 clinical centers, including all national digestive disease centers. the installed capacity is six times the total installed capacity of imported equipment in 10 years. this also means that china has begun to lead the world in this field."

"our technology will replace the current coronary heart disease examination program that takes a week and costs nearly 10,000 yuan with just 15 minutes and 88 yuan. at the same time, through ai technology, we will present the most accurate diagnosis to everyone in the simplest way."

"our team has developed a set of intelligent minimally invasive surgical robots for cerebral hemorrhage... whether in a bustling big city or a remote mountainous area, grassroots doctors can use it to help patients perform high-quality surgeries, and the treatment effect is the same as that of our tongji hospital."

on september 25, the final of the 2024 hubei medical and engineering cross-innovation development competition was held. 16 contestants stood on the stage to receive the scores from professional judges.

this competition is hosted by the hubei provincial department of science and technology and organized by the hubei technology exchange and the hubei radio and television comprehensive channel. the theme of the competition is "integrating medicine and engineering, breaking boundaries and innovating, empowering finance, and leading development."

it is reported that this competition is the first time that hubei province has adopted the "competition instead of evaluation" method to select scientific and technological innovation achievements in the intersection of medicine and engineering. it aims to gather top wisdom, select outstanding results, and help build an ecological chain covering the entire chain of scientific and technological innovation in the intersection of medicine and engineering, and enable high-quality development in hubei's key industrial fields.

since the competition was officially launched in early july, it has attracted 255 teams from major hospitals, universities and enterprises across the province. the participating projects cover a number of fields, including high-end medical equipment, advanced diagnostic equipment and reagents, regenerative medicine biomaterials, and intelligent diagnostic systems, demonstrating the strong strength and broad prospects of hubei province in the field of medicine and engineering. according to statistics, among the top 16 projects, 9 are the world's first (model, set), and 4 are the first in china; 12 have entered clinical research and application, 1 has been approved by the national medical products administration for the special review procedure for class iii innovative medical devices, and 1 has obtained the domestic class iii medical device registration certificate and overseas ce, mhra and other certifications.

in order to further expand the attention and influence of the medical and engineering cross-innovation development competition, the provincial department of science and technology also opened an online voting channel 7 days before the final of this competition, using pictures and texts to publicize the results of the top 16 and attract people to vote for their favorite projects. the voting channel was closed before the final.

at the final, 16 participating teams competed on the same stage through roadshow presentations and in-depth dialogues. three senior experts from the medical, investment, and business communities, four directors of well-known tertiary hospitals, 91 heads of national and provincial clinical medicine research centers, and 30 investment and financing institutions and investors in related medical fields scored on the spot and decided the "top ten medical and engineering cross-innovation achievements in hubei in 2024", "medical and engineering cross-innovation achievements with the most application value", and "medical and engineering cross-innovation achievements with the most investment value".

the top ten medical and engineering cross-innovation achievements in hubei in 2024 are: confocal microprobe imager (feng yu team), digital and intelligent fusion-intelligent minimally invasive surgical robot for cerebral hemorrhage (tang zhouping team), non-invasive early screening kit for endometrial cancer (huang xiaoyuan team), implantable artificial bladder system (ling qing team), light sheet 3d pathology instrument (fei peng team), transcatheter aortic valve replacement system (shang xiaoke team), new minimally invasive surgical treatment device for prostate hyperplasia (cheng fan team), early tumor screening platform based on ai cloud diagnosis (pang baochuan team), multi-organ and multi-task embodied intelligent ultrasound robot (yan lin team), and overall solution for efficient and non-invasive screening of colorectal cancer (zhang lianglu team).

among them, the digital and intelligent fusion-intelligent minimally invasive surgical robot for cerebral hemorrhage and the confocal micro-probe imager also won the titles of "the most application-worthy medical and engineering cross-innovation achievement" and "the most investment-worthy medical and engineering cross-innovation achievement" respectively.

relevant responsible persons from the hubei provincial department of science and technology stated that the "top ten medical-engineering cross-innovation achievements in 2024" will each receive 1 million yuan in provincial science and technology project funding. at the same time, all participating projects in this competition will be connected to the hubei provincial medical-engineering cross-innovation development financial empowerment plan service support. the provincial department of science and technology will organize a professional service team, link various financial institutions, and carry out precise docking services according to the needs of the participating projects, providing participating projects with various financial services such as concept verification, bank loans, seed funds, industrial investment, and technology insurance, to ensure that every spark of innovation can be transformed into a real product that improves people's livelihood.

in recent years, hubei has fully leveraged its advantages in science, education, talent and industry to build a use-oriented scientific and technological innovation supply chain platform, anchored the goal of "building a national life and health industry development cluster and a global high-end medical equipment industry cluster", and built the optics valley international medical innovation center, which integrates the training of international elite talents in medicine and engineering, scientific research, and transformation of scientific and technological achievements. it has launched a financial empowerment plan, pioneered a cross-integration service mechanism for medicine and engineering, led industrial innovation with scientific and technological innovation, and strived to build a new engine for "manufacturing power".

jiupai news reporter chai gui, correspondent shi hong, xiang mei

[source: jiupai news]