News Digest 08.04.2024 — 10.04.2024
Regulators
The Ministry of Health will expand the equipment for providing first aid in rural settlements
The Ministry of Health will change the requirements for equipment for providing first aid in rural settlements. Amendments to order No. 1329n dated December 15, 2020 were submitted for independent anti-corruption examination on the regulation.gov.ru portal.
It is planned to add a number of medical products to the installation, in particular reusable and disposable collars for the cervical spine, splint systems for the upper and lower extremities made of thermoplastic. In addition, the kit is proposed to include a stethoscope, portable pulse oximeter, glucometer and Guedel airway.
Such installations are used in Russia by the so-called households - primary care points in settlements of up to 100 people, where there are no medical organizations, even medical outpatient clinics or medical and obstetric centers. Local residents, often without any medical education, with their help must provide assistance to fellow villagers in case of accidents, injuries, poisoning, and other conditions and diseases that threaten life and health before providing medical assistance.
The day before, the Ministry of Health decided to expand the scope of the car first aid kit to provide first aid to victims of road accidents. The agency proposes to add to the kit a rescue isothermal blanket and surgical scissors, as well as a mouthpiece/covering for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and elastic bandages for reusable and disposable use, MV reported.
Market news
St. Petersburg investors will open an eye microsurgery clinic for 200 million rubles
The owners of the eye microsurgery clinic “I See” intend to open a second location in St. Petersburg in 2025, investing 200 million rubles in it. To equip the facility, investors raised borrowed funds under subsidy programs of the Ministry of Economic Development and from the St. Petersburg SME Lending Fund.
According to the chief physician of the clinic, Vitaly Avaliani, with the creation of a new facility, the expansion of the network to new points in the city and regions of Russia can begin. In addition, the center has plans to create multidisciplinary clinics.
Investors do not disclose the parameters of the new point. As stated on the clinic’s website, even before the opening of the branch in St. Petersburg, a division of the medical organization appeared in Berlin. The first “I See” clinic in St. Petersburg opened in 2016. The organization specializes in vision correction; it also performs sutureless cataract surgery and laser vision correction.
The clinic raises funds for development, among other things, through government programs to support medium and small businesses. Thus, over the past three years, “I See” has received more than 30 million rubles under the program of preferential loans of the St. Petersburg Fund for the Promotion of Lending to SMEs, the city’s vice-governor Kirill Polyakov reported in his Telegram channel.
In addition, Vitaly Avaliani emphasized that the equipment for the new medical center was purchased “using bank financing under the interest rate subsidy programs of the Ministry of Economic Development.” Most likely, we are talking about a program of preferential lending to SMEs. According to it, entrepreneurs working in the following industries can count on preferential loans: retail and wholesale trade, agriculture, domestic tourism, science and technology, healthcare, education, manufacturing, restaurant business, and personal services.
According to SPARK-Interfax, Ya Vivid LLC was registered in St. Petersburg in 2015. The owners with equal shares are Murman and Elena Avaliani. The latter also serves as the company's CEO. The clinic’s revenue for 2023 amounted to 157.5 million rubles, net profit – 264 thousand rubles.
In the spring of 2022, one of the largest chains of ophthalmology salons, “Happy Look,” opened its first eye microsurgery clinic in St. Petersburg. 250 million rubles were invested in the creation of the facility, of which 150 million were spent on the purchase of high-tech equipment. At the end of May of the same year, the Excimer network of ophthalmological clinics opened a second specialized medical center in St. Petersburg for more than 100 million rubles.
A company from Khimki received 10 million rubles for the development of MI for cardiac surgery
The Ministry of Investment, Industry and Science of the Moscow Region summed up the results of the grant competition in the field of science and innovation. Among the winners is CardioSystemPharma from Khimki, which will receive 10 million rubles. The company presented the project “Innovative cardioplegic lines for cardiac surgery.”
In total, the government of the Moscow region identified 5 winners from Zhukovsky, Dubna, Krasnogorsk, Khimki and Losino-Petrovsky urban districts and allocated grants totaling 50 million rubles (10 million rubles each). The main task that must be solved by providing grants to enterprises is the development of projects of talented scientists and developers.
Among the conditions for receiving such support are registration of an organization in the Moscow region, availability of production facilities, and others. The minimum amount of co-financing of the project by the grantee is at least 20% of the grant amount.
According to SPARK-Interfax, CardioSystemPharma JSC was registered in Khimki, Moscow Region, in 2011. The company's main activity is research and development in the field of natural and technical sciences. The legal entity's revenue in 2023 amounted to 18.9 million rubles, net profit - 6.07 million rubles.
Medical universities also receive grants for developments for the pharmaceutical industry from various structures. For example, in April 2024, a grant from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation was won by specialists from the First Moscow State Medical University named after. THEM. Sechenov. He will be sent to scientific research in the field of biomedicine and the creation of three-dimensional bioprinting systems. The grant in the amount of 300 million rubles is designed for three years - the university will receive 100 million rubles a year until 2026, then the period for receiving the subsidy can be extended for another two years.
JSC CardioSystemPharma, located near Moscow, received 10 million rubles for the development of medical devices for cardiac surgery
The Ministry of Investment, Industry and Science of the Moscow Region summed up the results of the grant competition in the field of science and innovation. Among the winners is CardioSystemPharma from Khimki, which will receive 10 million rubles. The company presented the project “Innovative cardioplegic lines for cardiac surgery.”
In total, the government of the Moscow region identified 5 winners from Zhukovsky, Dubna, Krasnogorsk, Khimki and Losino-Petrovsky urban districts and allocated grants totaling 50 million rubles (10 million rubles each). The main task that must be solved by providing grants to enterprises is the development of projects of talented scientists and developers.
Among the conditions for receiving such support are registration of an organization in the Moscow region, availability of production facilities, and others. The minimum amount of co-financing of the project by the grantee is at least 20% of the grant amount.
According to SPARK-Interfax, CardioSystemPharma JSC was registered in Khimki, Moscow Region, in 2011. The company's main activity is research and development in the field of natural and technical sciences. The legal entity's revenue in 2023 amounted to 18.9 million rubles, net profit - 6.07 million rubles.
Medical universities also receive grants for developments for the pharmaceutical industry from various structures. For example, in April 2024, a grant from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation was won by specialists from the First Moscow State Medical University named after. THEM. Sechenov. He will be sent to scientific research in the field of biomedicine and the creation of three-dimensional bioprinting systems. The grant in the amount of 300 million rubles is designed for three years - the university will receive 100 million rubles a year until 2026, then the period for receiving the subsidy can be extended for another two years.
The head doctor of the Central City Hospital in the Samara region is suspected of fraud in the purchase of equipment
The Zhigulevsky City Court in the Samara Region sent into custody the former head physician of the central city hospital of Zhigulevsk, Vladimir Grunin. He is suspected of fraud on an especially large scale under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Law enforcement officials are not disclosing the details of the alleged crime: so far it is only known that it is related to the purchase of equipment for a government agency.
Source: http://zhigulevsky.sam.sudrf.ru/modules.php?name=press_dep&op=1&did=449
Other
Artificial intelligence has become the leader in Russian digital healthcare in terms of investment volume
Last year, artificial intelligence (AI) became the leader in the Russian digital healthcare market in terms of investment volume: 61% of all invested funds were allocated to systems and solutions using this technology. Such data is provided on his VKontakte page by Webiomed Business Development Director Alexander Gusev. The company has been monitoring investments in the Russian digital healthcare market since 2014.
In total, a total of 1 billion 144 million rubles were invested in domestic MedTech last year, which is 1.5 less than in 2022. The reduction in investment volume has been observed for the second year. The number of transactions also decreased: from eight to six, states Gusev. According to him, this drop corresponds to the global trend.
SamSMU is developing a hardware and software complex for assessing the health status of children
Samara State Medical University is developing an analytical hardware and software complex for assessing the health status of children of different ages - “APAC”. It can be used when conducting preventive examinations of children in educational organizations. In the future, the complex will be integrated into the unified medical information exchange system - EMIAS, will improve the procedure for mass preventive examinations and will provide the possibility of remote monitoring of children's health by medical specialists. The development is carried out by a team of employees of SamSMU Clinics together with the Institute of Innovative Development.
At the moment, software has been created for conducting preventive examinations of children 14–17 years old, medically registered devices (scales, thermometer, tonometer, pulse oximeter, spirograph, electrocardiograph) have been selected and purchased, and the devices have been synchronized with the software. The kit also includes a tablet for recording patient data and collecting information from devices. In the near future, to test the practical aspects of the module’s operation, it is planned to test the complex with the participation of adolescent schoolchildren aged 14–17 years old undergoing a preventive examination in an educational organization.
Using the analytical hardware and software complex, it will be possible to measure the child’s objective parameters (weight, blood pressure, vital capacity, oxygen saturation), conduct an electrocardiographic study (ECG), transmitting information via devices with Bluetooth, record the results and analyze them to assess the condition health. The complex allows you to inform a medical worker about measurement results outside the normal range and conduct remote monitoring of the dynamics of parameters. The developed software also makes it possible to automatically generate a conclusion based on the results of a preventive examination, patient registers by nosology, by health group, and plan the resources necessary for patient management.
Source: https://samsmu.ru/news/2024/0104/
A portable device for diagnosing skin lesions was created in St. Petersburg
Scientists from the St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (SUAI) have created a device for diagnosing human skin lesions when providing medical care in rural areas and on the front lines. The development is small in size and self-powered, the university press service reported.
According to the press service, the device can be used to study and monitor skin lesions due to cancer, burns and frostbite. Important advantages of the development are simplicity of design, small dimensions, autonomous power supply and relatively low cost; the device operates according to an original patented method. In the future, scientists plan to supplement the device with a neural network that classifies tumors into eight categories of lesions, which will help diagnose skin cancers, primarily melanoma.
Source: https://nauka.tass.ru/nauka/20414151
Robot surgeon in the operating room: for the first time at the National Medical Research Center of Traumatology and Orthopedics named after. R.R. Vreden of the Russian Ministry of Health performed endoprosthetics using a robot
Today, 3D modeling, robots and artificial intelligence are successfully used in traumatology and orthopedics, and most importantly, they make it possible to more effectively help patients in the most difficult cases.
The Wreden Center performed robot-assisted surgeries for the first time—a total of 10 knee replacement surgeries were performed using a robotic surgical system.
— Robotic endoprosthetics has become the next evolutionary stage in the development of digital technologies in arthroplasty, integrating three-dimensional preoperative planning and precision processing of the bone bed for endoprosthetic components. The key feature of this approach is that the surgeon virtually determines the future spatial arrangement of the endoprosthesis components based on the anatomical characteristics of a particular patient, and the robot implements the planned plan in the operating room with high accuracy. At the same time, the impact on soft tissues, in particular, the stabilizers of the knee joint, remains entirely with the surgeon, explains the leading researcher at the Department of Knee Joint Pathology of the National Medical Research Center of Traumatology and Orthopedics named after. R.R. Vreden, Ministry of Health of Russia, Doctor of Medical Sciences Nikolai Kornilov.
How is robotic knee replacement surgery performed? The robot allows you not only to accurately plan the operation, but also independently performs one of the stages of the surgical intervention:
I. At the first stage, the robot creates an individual surgical plan and a virtual model of the joint - the program makes calculations taking into account the specific anatomical features of the patient based on the results of computed tomography (CT) of the entire lower limb.
II. At the second stage, the surgeon accesses the patient’s knee joint and registers anatomical landmarks - using an infrared camera, special sensors and instruments, he compares the three-dimensional joint on the computer screen and the patient’s real joint on the operating table, this process is displayed on a monitor in real time right in the operating room . Next, the doctor selects the required implant and determines its optimal placement - this is how teamwork between a person and a robot makes it possible to create a personalized preoperative plan.
III. In the third stage, the actual knee replacement begins. Under the visual control of the surgeon, the robot prepares the bones for placement of the endoprosthesis components - the robotic “arm” independently performs resection of the bone tissue, moving the cutting element along the bone with the highest precision according to the preoperative plan. After which the surgeon just needs to implant the endoprosthesis and close the wound.
The first operations on knee replacement using a robotic system took place as part of the exchange of experience between the National Medical Research Center of Orthopedics named after. R.R. Harmful by the Russian Ministry of Health and Sechenov University. Only highly professional specialists with extensive experience in the field of endoprosthetics are allowed to work with the robot; before this, surgeons undergo special training.
SFU scientists have developed a method for diagnosing colon cancer using AI
Specialists from the Southern Federal University (SFU) have created a machine learning method for quickly detecting colon cancer and determining further treatment for the pathology.
University researchers presented the Pathologist AI method, capable of training a model based on the analysis of a large array of results of histological experiments, as well as making predictions about the diagnosis with an accuracy of up to 96%. The project will reduce the time and complexity of a doctor's work by automatically classifying histopathological images and determining the nature of malignant cells in tissue samples, the scientists explained.
Experts noted that the machine learning method is already used when working with such types of cancer as carcinoma, glioma, endometrial cancer, and so on. However, the university emphasized that the full implementation of AI in cancer diagnosis is associated with a number of problems. In particular, scientists talk about ethical difficulties, the underrepresentation of certain populations in studies (adolescents, women) and the need for more trials.
Source: https://sfedu.ru/press-center/news/74901
SEZ "Dubna" has developed an ointment mesh bandage for wound healing
The Evers company (a resident of the Dubna SEZ in the Moscow region) has registered an ointment mesh sterile dressing for wound healing. It is planned to produce more than 40 thousand products monthly. Investments in the project amounted to 11 million rubles.
The carrier of the ointment base of the dressing is a chemically inactive adsorbable polyester mesh, which slowly releases the ointment into the wound and acts as an implant for granulation processes in the wound. The ointment composition is based on copper and zinc, which helps to avoid blood poisoning and suppuration. Substances stimulate the acceleration of tissue regeneration and protect the skin from scars.
Depending on the purpose, the product is produced in four versions, five different sizes and with different compositions (including silver, selenium, aluminum chloride). The ointment mesh can be attached to a wound of any complexity.
The medical device is available for use in home, clinical and field conditions. The bandage can be used to treat serious burns, venous, trophic and diabetic ulcers, bedsores, skin graft wounds and other skin injuries.
In the near future, the medical device will begin to be tested in medical institutions in Moscow and the Moscow region.
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