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India Imports 80% Of Its Requirement Of Medical Devices: MoS Ashwini Choubey
India currently imports approximately 80 per cent of its requirement of medical devices, with the US, Germany, China, Singapore and Netherlands being top exporters of such devices to the country, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.
India currently imports approximately 80 per cent of its requirement of medical devices, with the US, Germany, China, Singapore and Netherlands being top exporters of such devices to the country, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) is presently regulating 28 categories of notified medical devices under the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and the Medical Devices Rules, 2017, said Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey in a written reply.
Body parts for less than $40 â with an iPhone and 3D printer
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Researchers at Wollongong University are exporting low-cost, portable 3D printers that can make body parts for less than $40 to medical centres in India.
The 3D Genii printer costs between $2000 and $3000, compared with up to $250,000 for a commercial 3D printer. It was developed by engineers at the universityâs Intelligent Polymer Research Institute and at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES).
Sepidar Sayyar, left, with PhD student Sepehr Talebian. âAt the moment we are making ears but we can make a nose or fingers or even a foot.â Â
Medtech startup SS Innovations unveils medical robotics surgery system, MANTRA
Addressing the audience at the launch event, SS Innovations Founder and CEO Dr Sudhir Srivastav said that the system can be used for cardiac surgeries, urology, general surgery, gynaecology, thoracic, and head and neck surgery
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China and Visakhapatnam-based medical device maker
SS Innovations unveiled its SSI MANTRA (Multi-Arm Novel Tele Robotic Assistance) Surgical Robotic System with an aim to improve the quality and ensure accessibility to robotic surgical systems.
Speaking at the event, Founder and CEO Dr Sudhir Srivastav explained that the
system is unique from the existing systems because it can be used for cardiac surgeries. Apart from this, the system can also be utilised for
SS Innovations, incubated in AP’s medtech zone, unveils robotic surgery system
January 19, 2021
× S S Innovations, incubated at the Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone (AMTZ) in Visakhapatanam, has come up with South Asia s first medical robotics surgery system, which would cost less than a third of what imported systems cost.
Called SSI Mantra (Multi-Arm Novel Tele Robotic Assistance), the system, tested on 18 procedures in clinical trials at New Delhi s Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, is capable of carrying out surgeries in all major surgical specialities including urology, general surgery, gynaecology, thoracic, cardiac and head and neck surgeries.
The company demonstrated the robotic surgery system to the public for the first time on Tuesday.