ソニー、医療分野拡大 内視鏡カメラ開発 キャノン、がん診断 ２０兆円機器市場開拓
According to sources, Japanese IT makers such as electrical machinery and precision instruments and machinery manufacturers are going to develop medical tretament equipment using their own technologies like ones related to sensors and others.Specifically, Sony Corporation will develop an endoscopic camera by making use of an image sensor,which has been insatlled in a digital camera, and Canon Inc. will enage in developing a diagnostic device capable of discovering a cancer at an earlier stage than before. At present the global market for medical treatment equipment is more than 20 trillion yen and is expected to increase, especially in emerging countries.Given such circumstances,Japanese IT companies are expanding their new business fields by taking advantage of their core techonlogies already developed in the digital household appliance manufacturing.
According to sources, Japanese IT makers such as electrical machinery and precision instruments and machinery manufacturers are going to develop medical tretament equipment using their own technologies like ones related to sensors and others.Specifically, Sony Corporation will develop an endoscopic camera by making use of an image sensor,which has been insatlled in a digital camera, and Canon Inc. will enage in developing a diagnostic device capable of discovering a cancer at an earlier stage than before. At present the global market for medical treatment equipment is more than 20 trillion yen and is expected to increase, especially in emerging countries.Given such circumstances,Japanese IT companies are expanding their new business fields by taking advantage of their core techonlogies already developed in the digital household appliance manufacturing.
