Results and effectiveness of the students of the medical faculty of Uzhhorod National University in the inventive work (1994 – 2019)

Abstract

Introduction. Protection objects of intellectual property, particular inventions and utility models, their creation, applying and search have a great significance for doctors and patients. The aim of the study. carry through searching, discover and to analyze patents and inventions created by teachers along with students of the medical faculty of Uzhhorod National University during 25 years. Materials and methods. At the Patent Department of Uzhgorod National University discovered and analyzed patents for inventions and utility models, issued licenses for them and documents about their recognition in other methods. Results and discussion. 37 patents for inventions and utility models were discovered, where the authors are students and teachers of the medical faculty of Uzhhorod National University, For these patents 9 licenses were issued, 2 patents were recognized as the winners of the republican competition of students-inventors, for one work, for which then a patent for an invention and a license was obtained, student G.I. Cremeshny, Hungarian nationality, in Hungary, received the medal of Ilona Tovt, which is awarded annually by the special commission of Hungary 2 to medical students for their successes.. The experience of teaching patents is presented at the medical faculty of Uzhhorod National University. Conclusions. teaching the basics of the patent science at the Faculty of medicine gave a distant positive effect – students began to conduct together with the teachers research at the world level, Obtain patents for inventions and utility models, formalize licenses and to implement them in medical institutions and to win in competitions and recognition abroad. Patent science should be taught at medical universities to improve the search for new methods of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases in the patent fund of Ukraine and other countries.