Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Mental Health
Date Submitted: Oct 26, 2020
Date Accepted: Oct 15, 2021
International Technologies on Prevention and Treatment of Neurological and Psychiatric Diseases: Bibliometric Analysis of Patents
ABSTRACT
Background:
Nervous and mental disorders are serious and expensive global public health problems. Therefore, exploring effective intervention technologies plays an important role on improving patients’ clinical symptoms and social functions, reducing the relapse hospitalization rate, improving the mental health of family members and reducing the care burden. Patents are the most effective carriers of technical information. Through the analysis of patents in the field of neurological and mental diseases, references can be provided for the prevention and treatment, as well as the reduction of social burden.
Objective:
In the present study we set out to analyze and summarize the key new technologies and innovative development trends for neurological and mental diseases in the world by mining the relevant patent data.
Methods:
Based on innovation patent databases, this paper made a patentometric analysis on the overall patent application situation, priority countries, main patentees, hot technologies of nervous and mental diseases, and revealed the current situation along with the trend of technology development in this field.
Results:
In recent years, the related inventions and innovations for nervous and mental disorders are very active, and China is the largest patent priority country. Of the top patent holders, VISICU company of the united states is the leader. The distribution of patent holders in China is relatively scattered, and there is no monopoly organization at present. At present, the global technologies on neurological and mental diseases are mainly concentrated in A61B, that is diagnosis, surgery and identification involving in medical and hygienic necessities of human life.
Conclusions:
This paper analyzed and summarized the key new technologies and innovative development trends for neurological and mental diseases in the world by mining the relevant patent data, which provides a new practical reference and research perspective for the prevention and treatment.
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