DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGICAL READINESS OF DEVELOPMENTS IN MEDICINE BASED ON THE TRL METHODOLOGY

The article discusses an approach to assessing the level of maturity of medical technologies based on the TRL (technology readiness level) methodology. The author presents a tool for planning scientific results and developments in the direction of «medical sciences» with a clear description of the expected results at each level of research and development. The levels of technological maturity of developments in the field of healthcare are described in detail, possible results and reporting forms for each level are presented, their differences are analyzed depending on the planned final product. Also presented are proposals for the distribution of powers between the state and business to finance the process of creating and implementing a new medical technology, depending on its stage of maturity.