On September 22, 2023, a delegation comprising notable figures from the China Medical Equipment Association, including Chairman Hou Yan, Vice Secretary-General and Director of the Organization Department Jiang Chunzhe, Director of the Information Department and Deputy Secretary-General of the Medical Equipment Intellectual Property Alliance Li Pengwei, along with other distinguished members, visited OptoMedic to conduct a comprehensive inquiry into the company's trajectory of development, technological innovations, product applications, and measures for intellectual property safeguarding. Accompanying them were OptoMedic Group leaders An Xin, Tang Qianfeng, Ding Yan, alongside key personnel from the Research and Development department.
Within the halls of OptoMedic's exhibition space, the company's leadership elucidated the historical evolution, technological breakthroughs, and milestones achieved, underscoring OptoMedic's unwavering commitment spanning over a decade to prioritize technological innovation. They underscored OptoMedic's relentless pursuit of self-research in foundational technology across the entire spectrum, as well as its vanguard position in production and research and development capabilities within the medical endoscopy domain, firmly establishing OptoMedic as an industry frontrunner.
During the product demonstration segment, OptoMedic unveiled its flagship offering, the versatile imaging platform Stellar, which commanded profound interest from the visiting delegation led by Chairman Hou Yan. Noteworthy was OptoMedic's recent triumph in overcoming myriad challenges to secure the inaugural registration certificate for a domestic 4K optical 3D fluorescence imaging system. This significant feat epitomizes the culmination of the product ecosystem for OptoMedic's Stellar platform, incorporating a comprehensive suite of offerings encompassing 4K white light, 4K fluorescence, 4K 3D white light, and 4K 3D fluorescence, thus marking a monumental stride forward.
Chairman Hou Yan and the delegation proceeded to tour the product development center, production facility, and manufacturing service center, immersing themselves in OptoMedic's operational intricacies and evolutionary trajectory.
Subsequently, during the symposium, Dr. An Xin, Chairman of the Group, delivered an exhaustive briefing spotlighting the industry's developmental trajectory, technological innovations, technical hurdles, distinctive product advantages, and future strategic blueprints. Chairman Hou Yan expressed elation and commendation for OptoMedic's decade-long dedication to advancing high-end endoscopy through indigenous research and development innovations, which have culminated in a plethora of groundbreaking achievements. He lauded OptoMedic's trajectory and accomplishments, underscoring the China Medical Equipment Association's commitment to bolstering service capabilities within medical and healthcare institutions, while spearheading innovative strides in the medical equipment landscape. He underscored the association's proactive role in fostering synergies between industry, academia, research, and application, thereby propelling the advancement of medical equipment technology and industrial growth.
Chairman Hou Yan conveyed buoyant expectations and unwavering confidence in OptoMedic's future trajectory, stressing that the evolution and application of medical equipment confront myriad opportunities and challenges. He expressed eagerness for OptoMedic to sustain its robust innovation momentum, thereby catalyzing substantive contributions toward the realization of a healthy China and a manufacturing powerhouse.
Throughout the investigative proceedings, senior experts from the State Intellectual Property Office and designated personnel from the Medical Equipment Association's intellectual property division attentively absorbed OptoMedic's presentations on patent application and protection strategies, patent exploration, and layout strategies, engaging in substantive discussions pertaining to patent application, transformation, and utilization methodologies.