200 patients successfully transplanted
On August 2, the launching ceremony of medical equipment "personalized 3D printed PEEK skull transplant" - the first domestic product licensed for circulation by the Ministry of Health, opened a new direction for the precision medical transplant industry in Vietnam.
This is a research achievement of the leading expert group, Associate Professor, Dr. Ngo Duy Thin, after nearly 3 years of developing custom-made transplant technology using PEEK (Polyether Ether Ketone) biological material.
Optimal points of Peek-based skull scraps in clinical applications. In Vietnam, every year, thousands of cases of diseases leave foster core defects due to accidents, brain tumors or surgery.
Meanwhile, traditional treatment methods still have many limitations: autologous skull transplantation is at risk of bone loss, subsidence, with a high complication rate of up to 37%; Handmade Titanium Grid skull transplantation in the operating room has low accuracy and aesthetics, easily causing disruption when taking magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
The personalized PEEK 3D printed pieces of Y Sinh Ngoc Bao Joint Stock Company are considered the optimal solution with many outstanding advantages: High bio-compatibility, easy to assemble, accurate skull recovery, unlimited size and suitability for all skull regions - even difficult locations such as complex facial skulls.
On July 4, 2025, the Ministry of Health officially granted a circulation license for this device with the commercial name "Criminal scalp assembly made from PEEK material", code 2502433DKLH/BYT-HTTB.
The product is printed in 3D according to CT image data of each patient, ensuring absolute accuracy in size and shape, and can be sterilized and ready for use in surgery.
The highlight of this manufacturing process is that patients do not need to go to the manufacturing facility but only need to send data to the bone marrow deformity area. After a maximum of 2 weeks, he will receive the device that matches the defective area and needs to reform his figure. Because it is a personalized device, the surgeon operates easily, shortening the patient's surgery and hospitalization time.
Associate Professor, Dr. Ngo Duy Thin - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ngoc Bao Y Sinh Joint Stock Company - said that the company took 7 years to get domestically produced group D products and was licensed by the Ministry of Health. To survive in the body, the quality of material products is especially valued.
Up to now, 200 patients have successfully received this device at provincial and central hospitals such as: Hai Duong General Hospital, Xanh Pon Hospital, Thanh Nhan, Viet Duc, 108... The longest case is 7 years and the most recent is a patient being treated at Viet Duc Friendship Hospital.
Early include materials produced by Vietnam in health insurance payments
Dr. Nguyen Minh Loi, Director of the Department of Infrastructure and Medical Equipment, Ministry of Health, said: Y Sinh Ngoc Bao Joint Stock Company has spent 5 years waiting for appraisal and licensing. This is a determined long journey for the unit.
According to Dr. Nguyen Minh Loi, in recent times, the Ministry of Health has had many innovations in medical equipment management.
If in the first days of 2020 - 2021, there were nearly 17,000 records of type C and D medical equipment that had not been licensed, then up to now we have processed 97%, and about 1,000 records have been read and appraised but have not been licensed. We reserve a special priority mechanism for domestically produced products that are licensed in advance, said Mr. Loi.
Implementing the spirit of Resolution 57 and Resolution 68, the Ministry of Health is studying, developing and perfecting policies for the development of the domestic health market. At the same time, the Ministry is also working with health insurance agencies to soon make materials such as Peek skull scrap pay for part of by Health Insurance, to support people to soon access good quality products.
He also hopes that in the coming time, many domestic manufacturing enterprises will contribute to the Ministry of Health to improve institutions and policies, helping the domestic medical equipment manufacturing market develop.
Dr. Len Xuan Rao, Chairman of the Hanoi Union of Science and Technology Associations, said that the association is committed to continuing to create all conditions to promote member units to promote creative achievements, contributing to the development of the socio-economy.
The PEEK skull transplant will be one of two medical equipment selected by the Ministry of Health to display at the exhibition of socio-economic achievements to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
