美時醫療 Time Medical
美時醫療技術有限公司是一家具有自主知識產權的醫療診斷設備研發和制造企業,也是全球高端醫療設備和技術的創新公司之一。公司致力于向全球的醫療診斷客戶提供完善的醫學成像技術解決方案,包括醫學影像系統的開發、設計、制造、銷售和維護。公司擁有自主創新的技術平臺,擁有幾十項專利。美時醫療擁有一支世界一流的研發團隊及國際水平的管理團隊,創新團隊來自美國哥倫比亞大學、哈佛醫學院,由馬啟元教授領軍,并擁有美國哥倫比亞大學轉讓的相關知識產權。
公司目前在美國、中國大陸及香港設有研發中心和分支機構。公司在中國國家醫藥產業開發區——中國醫藥城建立了永久研發生產基地。目前產能為年產150臺,公司正在開展二期擴產項目,投產后將使美時醫療的生產規模達500臺,成為亞洲最大的磁共振系統生產基地。
美時醫療是全球首家開發出高溫超導線圈技術并將其用于磁共振掃描設備的臨床應用的公司。該技術將人體圖像分辨率與清晰度在現有儀器的基礎上提高了200-300%。鑒于高溫超導線圈技術作為近期全球磁共振成像領域的一大突破,全球知名的品牌和市場調研公司Frost & Sullivan授予美時醫療“2010年亞太地區醫學影像產品年度創新產品獎”,這是中國企業首次獲得此項國際年度創新大獎榮譽,并被人民日報譽為“瞄準百姓需求”的技術。
2011年,美時醫療推出復合型PICA全身磁共振系統,通過了美國FDA、中國SFDA和歐洲CE認證。復合型PICA擁有強大的軟硬件平臺和個性化臨床解決方案,借助高溫超導線圈,使圖像信噪比可以達到中高場磁共振的水平。這一革命性的解決方案將徹底改變發展中國家缺乏現代醫療診斷服務的現狀。
美時醫療不斷研發新型磁共振系統。2012年美時醫療開發出亞洲首臺骨科專用機MONA,并已獲FDA和SFDA認證。目前正在研發全球首臺1.5T嬰兒磁共振系統,其首臺樣機將于2013年底完成。2012年公司承擔著國家科技部“十二五”科技支撐計劃的重大攻關項目——開發全球首臺2T復合型磁共振系統,從而樹立起醫療磁共振技術的“中國標準”。
美時醫療研發的復合型PICA磁共振成像系統已在國內外市場銷售。國內外著名的醫院,包括衛生部直屬的北京醫院及美國加州大學圣地亞哥醫學院附屬醫院,以及東南亞、印度、美國及國內40多家醫院都已經配置自主創新的美時醫療產品。2011年底,美時醫療在印尼衛生部磁共振集中采購招標中勝出,獲得全部9臺訂單,裝備于印尼8個省的9家醫院。目前海內外有26臺PICA系統運營超過一年,實現全年零故障。
Professor Q.Y. Ma., Ph.D., the company’s founder, chairman and CEO, is a renowned leader in the fields of microelectronics and biomedical engineering.
Prof. Ma has more than 20 years of translational research and commercialization experience to his credit, is widely published, and holds more than dozen medical imaging technology patents. He earned his Ph.D from Columbia University in New York City, where he maintains his position as associate professor of engineering. He also is an associate professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School and Deputy director of the Jockey Club MRI Centre at the University of Hong Kong. Prof. Ma has a rich history of collaboration with leading biomedical device manufacturers and prestigious healthcare institutions in the U.S. and abroad.
Time Medical System (TM) was founded in 2007 by Prof. Ma, and his leadership team, includes an international group of scientists, engineers, clinicians, healthcare executives and business leaders with expertise in finance, public policy and solutions marketing. With more than 200 published papers and 30 patents to their credit, the group owns a strong intellectual property portfolio that that includes IP transferred from Columbia University and the University of Hong Kong.
TIME MEDICAL Systems is the first company to develop and deploy HTS coil technology for use with clinical MRI scanners. Already, HTS coil technology has proven effective at overcoming the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) limitations inherent in conventional copper RF coils.
HTS Coil Technology provides a range of image quality benefits across routine and advanced clinical applications and can be applied using low-, high- or ultra-high-field MRI scanners. Additionally, HTS coils can be tuned to different frequencies, enabling hydrogen, sodium, phosphorus or other clinically-useful nuclei to be imaged. In recent imaging studies using ultra-high field MRI scanners, the SNR from HTS coils improved by 200 - 300% compared with conventional copper RF coils. Time Medical is developing a series of dedicated MRI system, including Orthopedic MR - Mona, the world first Neonatal MRI - Neona, the first breast scanner.