Chonnam National University Hospital Selected for 5 Projects in the Pan-Government Full-Cycle Medical Device Initiative
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Chonnam National University Hospital has had a total of five projects finally selected this year for the Pan-Ministerial Full-Cycle Medical Device Research and Development Program, accelerating its drive toward becoming a research-oriented hospital.
According to Chonnam National University Hospital on the 31st, the Pan-Ministerial Full-Cycle Medical Device Research and Development Program is a project that develops differentiated products in the related market by establishing a full-cycle development and support system reflecting on-site demand from the development of medical devices.
To this end, the government officially launched the project team last May with support throughout the full cycle of R&D, clinical trials, approval, and commercialization from the Ministry of Science and ICT, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Ministry of Health and Welfare, and Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, aiming for global product development and realization of medical welfare.
Through this project, Chonnam National University Hospital is expected to inject great vitality into the innovative growth of the medical device industry and lay the foundation for its leap as a research-oriented hospital.
The projects selected for Chonnam National University Hospital are ▲Development of patient-customized artificial shoulder (glenohumeral joint) and elbow (ulnohumeral joint) for intractable complex fractures and bone defect patients by Professor Kim Myung-seon of Orthopedics ▲Development of clinical demand-customized artificial hip and knee joint systems based on biomimetic surface treatment technology by Professor Seon Jong-geun of Orthopedics ▲Development of porous micro medibots based on biodegradable materials with optimal shape design applied according to disease environment and therapeutics by Professor Seon Jong-geun of Orthopedics ▲Clinician-initiated clinical research on the non-polymer drug-eluting stent Tiger Revolution by Professor Jeong Myung-ho of Cardiology ▲Development of bioabsorbable polymer stents by Professor Jeong Myung-ho’s team and CG Bio.
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Chonnam National University Hospital Director Ahn Young-geun said, “It is time to create an advanced medical industry ecosystem by utilizing the hospital’s accumulated excellent research capabilities and medical technologies,” adding, “We will do our best to contribute to the creation and activation of an industry-academia-research cluster by establishing a hospital-centered full-cycle platform for the commercialization of medical technologies so that medical devices, healthcare, bio big data, and regenerative medicine research at the hospital lead to industrialization.”
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