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A few days ago, the State Food and Drug Administration issued the “Announcement of the State Food and Drug Administration on Approving and Registering 109 Medical Device Products (August 2021) (No. 113 of 2021)”. The mobile pulse rate atrial fibrillation reminder software of Apple Inc. is registered. The registration certificate number is National Machinery and injected into 202122103317.

This is not the first time that Apple has been approved for a Chinese medical device registration certificate. On June 25, the State Food and Drug Administration issued the "Medical Device Approval Document (Import) Pending Information". The serial number 1 is the registration information of the mobile electrocardiogram atrial fibrillation reminder software of Apple Inc. of the United States. The registration number is the country. Mechanical injection into 20212210223.

First is "Electrocardiogram" and then "Pulse Rate". Apple has gone further in the field of wearable medical care.

In fact, since the Apple Watch 4, the ECG function has become standard. As early as 2018, Apple launched the ECG electrocardiogram detection function on Apple Watch Series 4, which was approved by the FDA. However, because this function is a medical device attribute, Apple failed to pass the medical device certification of my country's Food and Drug Administration, so Apple Watch Series 4 did not support this function in China at first.

Now Apple has been approved twice by the China National Medical Products Administration for medical devices, and the health detection function of Apple Watch has been further unlocked in my country.

Back in 2018, Apple has already cooperated with Johnson & Johnson to deploy in the field of wearable medical care. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the built-in ECG software of the Apple watch as a second-level medical device in September 2018, and Apple also cooperated with Johnson & Johnson on a multi-year study to improve the latest Apple Watch Function, to help the elderly diagnose atrial fibrillation earlier and faster than before.

Apple CEO Cook has also said that Apple's greatest contribution to mankind is to empower individuals to manage their health.

According to Apple's official website, the currently launched Apple Watch Series 6 can monitor the heart. Once the heart rate is found to be too high or too low, the heart rate app will issue an early warning. The ECG electrocardiogram function can distinguish whether the sinus rhythm is normal, irregular or accompanied by sinus atrial fibrillation in only 30 seconds, and draw a heart rate chart with detailed data in the iOS health APP, which can be saved in PDF format .

With the launch of the mobile pulse rate atrial fibrillation reminder software, a more direct and detailed health monitoring function has been added for Apple Watch wearers on the basis of the electrocardiogram.

Internet unicorns rush to beach medical equipment

The transformation of the traditional medical and health model to the digital and intelligent medical and health model has almost become the consensus of the industry. Internet giants are both the leader and the chaser in this game. This is a battle of capital, technology and time.

In the State Drug Administration Announcement No. 113, in addition to Apple's registration information, Tencent Healthcare (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. also showed that it has obtained the registration certificate number, and the product name is pneumonia CT imaging-assisted triage and evaluation software.

According to the company's information, Tencent Healthcare (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. was established on 2016-12-15. The legal representative is Wang Shaojun and the registered capital is 900 million yuan. The industry is software and information technology services, and its business scope is wide. Class two and three medical devices.

This is not a new attempt for Tencent. In the medical field, Tencent has been on the medical and health track for many years. Through its multi-platform coverage and technical advantages, Tencent has been relying on WeChat and QQ platforms as well as artificial intelligence, cloud computing and other technical support. The projects that have been implemented in the Internet medical field such as medical equipment and medical insurance have been numerous. It covers almost all major medical groups and scenarios such as patients, doctors, and hospitals.

Huawei, which relies on 5G technology, has a unique layout in the field of medical devices. The scope covers new medical technology fields such as digital hospitals, medical information visualization, and telemedicine.

A few days ago, the "Guangdong Province Class II Medical Device Priority Approval Application Review Results Announcement (Issue 49)" issued by the Guangdong Food and Drug Administration showed that Huawei’s wrist ECG blood pressure recorder, ECG analysis system, and arrhythmia analysis Four medical device products, including the system and wrist single-lead ECG collector, have officially entered the priority approval process.

Just before that, Huawei had just obtained a medical device registration certificate for a product, the product name was wrist single-lead ECG collector, and the trustee was Weifang Jingwei Gaoke Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

In addition to the electronic side, Huawei also provides mobile medical solutions on the medical side. Mainly concentrated in the three fields of digital hospitals, regional health information, and hierarchical diagnosis and treatment. Special attention is that the arrival of 5G will have a significant impact on the medical field. Whether from the home mobile terminal or the hospital medical terminal, Huawei's actions have shown its thinking of creating medical Internet of Things.

Huawei's official website shows that hospitals can use mobile Internet of Things technology to improve service efficiency, reduce medical errors, control medical costs, and improve medical experience. In the future, PC-based medical applications will gradually migrate to mobile terminals for completion. The importance of wireless networks as a pipeline for data transmission of mobile medical services is becoming more and more obvious. A set of highly reliable, high-bandwidth, and highly available wireless networks has become one of the core indicators to measure the level of hospital informatization.

It is reported that Huawei Medical has currently served more than 3,000 medical and health service organizations. To provide the medical industry with comprehensive coverage, safe and controllable, simple operation and maintenance, and future-oriented wireless network solutions.

Compared with other Internet technology giants, Bytedance has been slightly slower in entering the medical industry, but slowness does not mean late. As a chaser, Bytedance has shown aggressive momentum.

In May 2020, ByteDance acquired Baike famous doctor for 500 million yuan, and directly benchmarked Baidu Health Medical Code and Tencent Medical Code. In November of the same year, it established the "Songguo Clinic" in Beijing; on December 10, Bytedance acquired Xiaohe Medical.

At the end of 2020, ByteDance established the Aurora department responsible for the big health business. The department is led by Wu Haifeng, the former vice president of Baidu, and the external unified brand is "Xiaohe Health".

Earlier this month, ByteDance opened up a new battlefield in the medical and health field. Within a week, it successively invested in three companies in the medical and health field, namely, U.S.-China Yihe, Hongda iResearch, and the medical and health platform "Good Mood". Covered areas include obstetrics and pediatrics, tumor treatment, mental health and other fields.

According to the company’s data, there are more than 135 ByteDance investment projects, including 9 in the medical field. ByteDance is gradually covering medical and health fields such as online science popularization, Internet diagnosis and treatment, online retail, and traditional medical institutions. Find the best entry point for yourself in the medical field.

Regardless of whether it enters the game sooner or later, this Internet + medical competition is a marathon-level long-distance race, and this long-distance race has just begun.