The status of patentable invention by nursing professionals in recent years / 中华医学科研管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the current status of nursing patentable invention.Methods The patent literature published in nursing journals from 2010 to 2013 were analyzed to obtain related information.Results The results show an increasing trend in the number of patents of patient care;patent inventor distributed in 25 provinces and municipalities, mainly level 3 hospitals (89.86％), nurses with undergraduate degree (76.76％) and senior nurses (50.28％).The patents focused on the life care appliances (such as improved disease clothing, toilet equipments, the cleaning utensils, cutlery improvement, etc.), infusion, injection therapy appliance (such as infusion sets, syringes, dosing auxiliary device, infusion fixtures, etc.), airway care paraphernalia, washing, and drainage equipments, etc.Of all the nursing patents, utility model patents accounted for majority, and only 3 of them were invention patents.Conclusions The trend of nursing patentable invention show good momentum, but the quality needs to be improved.The innovation training for nurses is necessary;and it is also important to increase support to establish an innovation environment.