Health Minister Reviews Latest Innovations From Russia’s Medical Industry

An exhibition of leading Russian medical technologies has opened at the Congress Center of Sechenov University in Moscow, where Health Minister Mikhail Murashko personally reviewed the displays, the university’s press service told IT Russia.

3D Bioprinting and Rhythm-1 ECG Monitor

The exhibition features products from leading manufacturers, including NPO RMed, the Tyumen Plant of Medical Equipment and Instruments, NPO Scanner, Atrium, Med Teko, the Krasnogorsk Plant named after S. A. Zverev and S.E.D.-SPb. The lineup includes ultrasound diagnostic systems, intensive care equipment, steam sterilizers, air disinfection systems, X-ray emitters and a digital surgical microscope.

Sechenov University presented its own developments, including a hardware-software complex for 3D bioprinting used to create directional tissue-engineered structures. The minister also reviewed the wearable Rhythm-1 ECG monitor for long-term tracking, training phantoms for diagnostic practice and other in-house innovations.

AI Voice Navigator and VR Rehabilitation

Young researchers and graduates of the SechenovTech accelerator also showcased their startups. These included software for morphological disciplines using AI and whole slide imaging (WSI) analysis, a voice-based AI navigator for clinics that helps overcome language barriers between foreign patients and Russian doctors, and a virtual reality swimming system for rehabilitating patients with musculoskeletal disorders. Many of these solutions are already in use or are expected to be introduced in Russian hospitals soon.