We recently conducted interviews with our clients with the aim of serving you better in the future. What we learnt in the process is that many doctors claimed that they prefer Refurbished Medical Equipment of a USA brand over the New Medical Equipment of Chinese and the local brands. The following article will conclude the reasons for this statement.

Medical equipment such as Stryker Laparoscopy Tower, Stryker Endoscopy Tower, Karl Storz Laparoscope and equipment, etc., are well known according to their quality-oriented products, prices and services they provide to their customers. On the other hand, Chinese and local products, no doubt, are cheaper than the Refurbished ones of the USA brand, but the quality of the product is often debatable.

Quality is the priority.

Assuring access to medical devices of adequate quality is a crucial pillar of any well-functioning health system. Although what counts as ‘quality can be highly variable and intensely contested, ‘good standards’ are shaped by a range of geographical, sociopolitical and cultural factors.

The Indian doctors talked about the doctor’s preference between the USA branded refurbished medical equipment and the Chinese or local branded; their opinions and suggestions have been given below in their statements.

“Earlier I used Chinese branded Medical Equipment, although it was much cheaper, the quality was inferior. There was granulation in the image, and the equipment image was not sharp as well” –Addler’s client.

Dr Paresh Ranjan also conferred on the respective topic. He said

“The Medical Equipment from the Chinese brands are quality compromised, and if the quality of the image is not good, the doctor might struggle even with the basic surgical procedure.”

Since the use of Refurbished Medical Equipment experienced Dr Paresh Ranjan, USA branded and the Chinese and the local ones, he now can compare the both according to the parameters of selection. He said, “The surgery can be bothered if the image appears on the screen is fogged.”

“In local products, research and development are not available. Right now, there are minimal varieties for the Indian products and from the USA branded medical equipment through trusted sources like Addler we can get world-class products at a very reasonable rate.” -Dr Chirag Shah.

“USA manufactured equipment has better quality and reliability which can’t be obtained by New locally or the Chinese brand.”

Hence, in the quality check for the medical equipment, especially Laparoscopic or the endoscopic sets, video image has the most crucial role in providing the surgeon information about the performance of the operation. Developing small, reliable, high-resolution imaging systems is essential for the surgeon’s acquisition of detailed information about the tissues being manipulated. The image quality depends on each component of the laparoscopic imaging unit.

Price comparison

The Laparoscopic Chinese tower set in India is around $ 7600-8600 / set; on the contrary, the cost of the Stryker Refurbished Laparoscopic Tower is around 7,000 United States Dollars. There is no major difference between the prices of both equipment but the Chinese Laparoscope Tower has been improvised according to the quality.