1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

"Tiezhu, I don't quite understand your bone plate. Is the thin line at the opening threaded?"

Hou Jingfu asked in confusion after studying Chen Tiezhu's drawing for a long time.

"Yes, it is threaded and equipped with screws. I temporarily define it as a 'locking' steel plate. As the name suggests, it can be directly locked." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"Our current bone plates are mainly facing two problems. One is that excessive pressure can easily cause bone necrosis. If the pressure is too low, the force of people pulling outward during exercise can easily cause the bone plates to slide."

"In order to prevent this phenomenon from happening, excessive pressure is often applied, which brings the first possible complication. It's just that we should choose the lesser of two evils. Even if there is such a possibility, people will choose this."

"This is because this kind of pressure increases the pressure on the contact surface, so it has such an impact on the bones. But what if we add threads to the openings on the bone plates?"

"The screws and the bone plates are integrated, and the screws are also fixed to the bones. In this case, it is this whole set of devices that is working. I personally feel that it has been locked."

"It's just that I don't have the patience to study the specific length of these bone plates, the location of the openings, the length of the screws, etc., so..."

"Don't say it, leave this matter to me. And the patents involved will also belong to you. I don't want future dividends or anything like that." Hou Jingfu said excitedly.

"Old Hou, is Tiezhu's idea good?" Dean Lu asked curiously.

Although I haven't had much contact with Hou Jingfu, I have had some contact with him. When have you ever seen him so excited?

"Good? More than good, I think it's a genius idea." Hou Jingfu said with emotion.

"Such a steel plate has another advantage, which is that it is suitable for patients with osteoporosis. If the current steel plate is used to fix the bones of such patients, many doctors dare not perform this operation because it is too easy to go wrong."

"For many orthopedic surgeons, it is really too hard. This is why I left orthopedics and wanted to do research on implantable devices."

"We always want to give patients the best treatment methods, so that patients' bones can heal better and will not have too much impact on their lives."

"But these ideas of ours..., hey.... Do you know? When I took out a steel plate for a patient, it was obviously a stainless steel plate, but it was dripping with rust when I took it out."

"When we operate on patients, we often need to cut screws on site. There is no way, the matching screws are too single, so we can only adjust them on site."

"Tiezhu, I have a small request. When we produce in the future, the matching screws should be as rich as possible. Even if this will increase the cost, it can bring better help to patients."

"Don't worry, I can agree with this." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"And I also hope that you can lead our research team to develop locking plates suitable for fractures of various parts. You are an expert, and the relevant models are up to you."

"Okay, thank you."

Hou Jingfu stood up and bowed respectfully to Chen Tiezhu.

"Old Hou, what are you doing?"

Even though Chen Tiezhu's reaction was faster, he was a little distracted just now, and now he is still sitting on the sofa, but he did not completely avoid it.

"I thank you on behalf of future patients and colleagues in orthopedics." Hou Jingfu said seriously.

"Because since you want to go further on this road, you will naturally not use inferior products as good ones. I will help you contact the steel supply later. Give me five days, and I will come back to help you transform the production line in five days."

After speaking, Hou Jingfu looked at the sketch drawn by Chen Tiezhu reluctantly, folded it and put it next to Chen Tiezhu.

Just when the two thought he was going to say something, Hou Jingfu walked out directly.

"Old Hou, what are you doing?" Chen Tiezhu stood up quickly.

"I have to go home, take care of things at home, and then go to your county." Hou Jingfu said.

Chen Tiezhu didn't know what to say, picked up the sketch and stuffed it into his pocket.

"Tiezhu, this..."

"Nothing."

Chen Tiezhu interrupted him with a smile.

"I believe in your character, you won't take it for yourself. Because if you take it, it's not the honor you expect. Although it's the first time we meet, I'm also very accurate in judging people."

"Thank you."

Hou Jingfu said seriously, and then walked out.

"HeyHey, Tiezhu, we need to have a good chat. "Dean Lu said with a smile.

"No need to talk more, the first choice of clinical trial hospitals must be your hospital and the county hospital. Moreover, during the clinical trial stage, we will open up the supply. "

"If our bone plate can really stand the test, then in the next year, we will supply it to your hospital at a price of 10% off the ex-factory price, okay?"

"It's okay, right? I just think the 10% discount is a bit low. The cost of internal fixation surgery for fractures is quite high for patients, after all, they will have to undergo a second surgery in the future." Dean Lu said.

Chen Tiezhu rolled his eyes, "Comrade Lu, this thing also has costs. The profit margin I will leave in the future will not be very high, and there are still so many people in my factory."

"Hahahaha, why are you in such a hurry, let's do it this way. Have you finished writing the training materials for interns? We are all waiting." Dean Lu said with a smile.

"Why are you urging me to die? Don't you see how busy I am today? I've finished the general surgery, but I haven't proofread it yet. I'll send it to you after I finish it. "

"Anyway, Dandan has to come back to see you occasionally, so let her bring it to you when the time comes. Every day, why is my life so hard?"

"What can I do? This is called the more capable, the more work." Dean Lu said.

I feel really good.

It's not easy for the provincial hospital either. Even though it will only give a 10% profit discount in the future, the provincial hospital can slowly save some money, right?

"But I have to say that Lao He introduced me to a person who is trustworthy." Chen Tiezhu sighed.

"Then let's not be idle. Since you are here, let's do some operations. "Dean Lu said.

Chen Tiezhu felt helpless. He knew that he was walking into a tiger's mouth, but he didn't expect that he didn't even have time to rest.

But this is the provincial hospital. I'm afraid the operating room is full every day.

"What kind of surgery is it? Not to mention appendectomy." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Gallbladder removal, or partial liver removal, you choose." Dean Lu said with a smile.

Chen Tiezhu frowned slightly. "Partial liver removal" was on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed it back. "Then let's remove the gallbladder. I'll try to see if I can make the incision smaller."

Dean Lu was shocked. This kid really has something.