Medical consumables refer to medical materials used in the process of treating patients. According to specific purposes, medical consumables can be divided into vascular interventions, orthopedic consumables, neurosurgical consumables, non-vascular interventions, stomatological consumables, blood purification consumables, ophthalmic consumables, electrophysiological consumables, medical hygiene materials, injection and puncture consumables, medical sterilization consumables, anesthesia consumables, operating room consumables, medical technology consumables, etc. From the value point of view, medical consumables can be divided into high-value medical consumables and low-value medical consumables. Medical consumables can be divided into high-value medical consumables and low-value medical consumables, where low-value medical consumables refer to disposable medical materials of low value, such as gauze, swabs, gloves, syringes, etc., which are commonly used in clinical multidisciplinary.
With the development of medical and health care, the importance of medical consumables in medical services has been gradually increased. As medical consumables commonly used in clinical multidiscipline, low-value medical consumables can help improve the safety of examination and treatment and prevent the spread of diseases caused by the sharing of medical devices between doctors and patients, so they have developed rapidly in recent years.
According to the estimation of Medical Instrument Research Institute, the market share of injection and puncture consumables in the low-value medical consumables market is 30%, followed by medical sanitary materials and dressings with a market share of 22%, and the top five areas of market share are injection and puncture, medical sanitary materials and dressings, medical polymer materials, medical technology consumables and medical sterilization.
Over the years, thanks to the continuous reform and opening up, with the low labor cost and the rapid development of technology, China’s low-value consumables industry has developed rapidly, and a large number of excellent well-known brands have emerged, such as Weigao, Double Pigeon, Conrad, Lanfan Medical, Sanxin Medical, Jiangxi Hongda and so on. Domestic products not only occupy most of the domestic market share, but also occupy a pivotal position in the international market. Although the development trend of domestic products is promising, but limited by the material technology and process level restrictions, in the high-end low-value medical supplies market is still dominated by imported products for the time being.
