Key barriers and breakthrough paths for transformation of acupuncture and moxibustion device achievements

As a vital component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), acupuncture and moxibustion faces numerous challenges in the transformation of device-related achievements. This paper systematically analyzed key barriers to the commercialization of acupuncture and moxibustion equipment, including difficulties in standardization due to the complexity of the theoretical system, insufficient collaboration across the industrial chain, and multi-dimensional constraints from the policies. The paper proposed a core breakthrough path focused on data intelligence transformation, utilizing a three-tiered quality control system of "clinical data standardization, standard digitalization and intelligentialization, international certification" as the key mechanism. By leveraging policy empowerment and systematic governance to provide policy guarantees, financial support, and market guidance, the core bottlenecks hindering transformation can be effectively overcome. Furthermore, integrating the innovation chain, industrial chain, and talent chain will foster a sustainable development ecosystem with deep industry-university-research collaboration, promoting the evolution of acupuncture and moxibustion from a traditional empirical model to a modernized paradigm, thereby offering a new, reference-worthy model for the transformation of acupuncture and moxibustion device achievements. 针灸作为我国传统医学的重要组成部分, 其设备成果转化面临着诸多挑战.本研究系统分析了针灸设备成果转化中因理论体系复杂性导致的标准化困难,产业链协同不足以及政策环境的多维约束等关键性壁垒;提出了以数智化转型为核心突破路径, 以“临床数据标准化-标准数智化-认证国际化”的三级质控体系为抓手;通过政策赋能与系统治理以提供制度保障,资金支持与市场引导, 有效突破制约转化的核心瓶颈;加以整合创新链,产业链与人才链, 形成产学研深度融合的可持续发展生态, 推动针灸从传统经验模式向现代化演进, 为针灸设备成果转化提供可供借鉴的全新范式.