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• Critical Surgeries with Catheters : Thin tubes called catheters are used to unblock blood vessels. The deposit obstructing the vessels can be broken down with a tiny spiral-shaped implant called a vessel support.

The vessel support is made of a plastic developed specifically for the medical field and charged with active substances.

• STENTS : a stent is a plastic tube inserted into the lumen of an anatomic vessel or duct to keep the passageway open, and stenting is the placement of a stent.

Stent in Coronary Artery

MODERN APPLICATIONS IN MEDICAL DEVICES

• 3D PRINTING USED FOR : Recent advances of 3D printing in healthcare have led to lighter, stronger and safer products, reduced lead times and lower costs.

• Custom parts can be tailored to each individual. 3D printing in healthcare makes it possible for medical professionals to provide patients with a new form of treatment in a number of ways.

INDIAN MEDICAL DEVICE SCENARIOS

• In current scenario, there is an immense need to use medical devices effectively to address the huge gap between demand and supply of healthcare services in India. The medical devices sector in India is at a nascent stage with most of the indigenous manufacturing restricted to medical consumables. In true sense, imports still constitute over 75% of the current medical devices market. India is looking forward to improving self- sufficiency in medical devices as a part of the “Make in India” initiative.