Dmitry Medvedev discussed the development of competitive domestic medical equipment production.

Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting in Novosibirsk on innovative medical development. The Prime Minister also visited a technology park and assessed the latest nanoceramics. The volume of high-tech medical care in Russia has more than doubled over the past five years, Dmitry Medvedev announced at a meeting in Novosibirsk discussing innovative medical development. According to the Prime Minister, nearly 700 institutions across the country currently provide such services. Moreover, the head of government added, many of the latest advances in healthcare are being implemented through public-private partnerships. "The development of technologies must be accompanied by their effective implementation. To achieve this, we need to eliminate gaps in the innovation chain and establish closer ties between medical institutions, research centers, and manufacturing companies. We need to align priority areas when formulating state research assignments. This will reduce both implementation timelines and, hopefully, costs," the Prime Minister stated. Eleps continuously invests in equipment development and introduces at least five new developments each year. Among the new products are endoscopes with a built-in LED light source [http://eleps.ru/katalog/po-vidam-produktsii-optika-so-vstroennym-led-istochnikom/], a FULL HD video camera [http://eleps.ru/katalog/po-vidam-produktsii-oborudovanie/evk_003_81_videokamera_endoskopicheskaya_evk_eleps_full_hd/], a radio wave knife [http://eleps.ru/katalog/po-vidam-produktsii-oborudovanie-ekhvch/ae_200_04r_apparat_elektrokhirurgicheskiy_vysokochastotnyy_ekhvch_200_eleps_120_vt_radiovolnovoy/], and an LED illuminator [ http://eleps.ru/katalog/po-vidam-produktsii-oborudovanie-osvetiteli/cd_24_02_istochnik_sveta_sd24_eleps/ ], 40-liter insufflator with speech informant [ http://eleps.ru/katalog/po-vidam-produktsii-oborudovanie-insufflyatory/i_250_40au_insufflyator_elektronnyy_endoskopicheskiy_iee_1_30_eleps_40_litrov/ ] .