byAnonymous; fromAlumni Office

Translated by Wei Xutao; edited by Zhen Yanhua

Time: 2011-3-7 10:23:44 Click:2052

According to the news released by Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Science and Technology, “Aobo Therapeutic Apparatus to Treat Parkinson’s Disease”, one of the key scientific projects of the provincial “11th Five-year Development Program” fulfilled by the researching-and-developing team under the leadership of Professor Sun Zuodong, the chairman of Aobo Medicine Apparatus Co., Ltd. (AMA) and HUST alumnus of 1985, has been officially identified, which means a worldwide breakthrough in treating Parkinson’s disease has been made in Harbin.

Parkinson’s disease, or PD, is a disorder of the neural system leading to limb tremors and difficulty in walking and other movements. There are 2 million patients suffering from PD in China and the number is increasing by 100,000 annually. Traditionally PD had to be treated through medical or surgical methods, but now with the invention of Aobo therapeutic apparatus, the first therapeutic apparatus to treat PD in the world, transcranial magnetic stimulation can be used as the third choice.

As a set of purely self-developed apparatus of China, “Aobo therapeutic apparatus” was issued “Medical Device Product Registration Certificate” on January 31, 2011. Moreover, Heilongjiang provincial government has listed the project in the “12th Five-year Development Program” to support its further research specially.

Graduated from Harbin Electromechanical Polytechnic, one of the three founding elements of HUST, Professor Sun is always seen as one of the most outstanding alumni in his alma mater. Up to now, he has won him quite a few honorable titles and awards, including 2007’s national “May 4th Youth Medal”.