title: [Policy guidelines and practical considerations for the development of technology at the Instituto Nacional de Cardiología de México].
abstract: In order to face the current economical problems of the country, our Institute has intensified its efforts to replace the imports of medical goods by developing its own medical technology. This article summarizes what we have achieved in this field and describes the rules to be followed in the future. We describe the program on the designing and development of heart valve prosthesis together with an hydraulic-electrical system to test them. In the field of computed instruments, we have developed a system of "synchronos color pictures" to be applied in nuclear medicine. In the field of electrocardiography; an EKG paste, a computed program for automatic EKG interpretation and a "filter" of the 60 cycle interference. The Institute is engaged in the designing of a sophisticated EKG machine at low cost, and EKG tracing simulator for teaching purposes. These programs have been shared with others institutions of the country.
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D002309:Cardiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation; D008800:Mexico; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation; D013675:Technology, High-Cost / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards
vernacular_title: Lineamientos doctrinarios y consideraciones prácticas para el desarrollo de tecnología que se realiza en el Instituto Nacional de Cardiología de México.