It is a project that provides technological sovereignty, given that, in the event of obsolescence, breakage or blockage, rapid solutions can be provided, as it is an interface developed in the country.

A new control for neonatal incubators of the V-2100G model, developed by the Technological Incubator of the Electronics Industry Group, at the request of the National Centre for Electromedicine, is in the clinical trial phase.

Darien Piña Sánchez, director of the Technological Incubator, told Granma that this equipment no longer had technical support, due to the number of years it had been in use, so they set about developing a Cuban-based controller to revitalise it.

He explained that, for validation at the Centre for State Control of Medicines, Equipment and Medical Devices (Cecmed), a clinical trial is being carried out at the Hijas de Galicia hospital in the capital, where four incubators have been installed.

He added that this is a project that provides technological sovereignty, given that, in conditions of obsolescence, breakage or blockage, rapid solutions can be provided, as it is an interface developed in the country.

Piña Sánchez said that the Cuban Medical Equipment Company (ICEM) was the entity designated as the manufacturer for the project, for which the technological transfer has already been made. He added that ICEM was initially granted funding for the revitalisation of ten of these devices.

Lizbeth Vera García, ICEM’s business director for the industry, said that, given the difficulties in acquiring raw materials for new production, they have focused on repairing and maintaining equipment already in the hospitals, such as Fowler beds and autoclaves, bedside tables and footstools, among others.