Chapter 586 Semi-automatic surgical robot

Author: Riding a pig to dig a hole

Chapter 586 Semi-automatic surgical robot

"A semi-automatic multifunctional surgical robot?"

"Able to perform delicate surgical operations in the four major fields of orthopedics, laparoscopy, neurosurgery, and vascular intervention?"

Wei Kang was completely shocked just after reading the beginning.

The reason is that the surgical robots currently on the market are all specialized robots that perform surgical operations in a specific department. For example, the da Vinci robot is the king of laparoscopic surgery.

In addition, orthopedics has specialized surgical robots, neurosurgery also has specialized spinal surgery robots, and even subdivisions such as ophthalmology also have specialized ophthalmic surgical robots.

The so-called all-purpose surgical robot has not yet appeared, and they all do their own thing.

Because the treatment plans in different fields are different, it is difficult to apply one universal method.

He originally thought that it would be enough for the robot provided by the system to be able to beat Leonardo da Vinci in laparoscopic surgery.

Unexpectedly, the system directly gave him a bomb.

No wonder it costs 50 million points, it’s worth it! It’s so worth it!

Wei Kang's heart suddenly became hot and he couldn't wait to look down.

"What kind of semi-automation? What kind of multi-function?"

"It turns out that the nine major functions of automatic detection, automatic positioning, automatic navigation, automatic tracking, automatic imaging, automatic simulation, automatic cutting, automatic filtering, and automatic suturing can all be realized through human-computer interaction such as voice control and manual operation."

"Automatic detection can monitor the patient's vital parameters and function as a monitor. At the same time, through advanced sensing technology, it can obtain a series of operations during the operation and automatically form relevant data."

"Automatic positioning is easy to understand. An important requirement of laparoscopic robots is the automatic positioning of the endoscope, which eliminates the need for operators to specifically hold the endoscope in conventional surgeries and can obtain more stable images.

"With automatic positioning, there will naturally be automatic navigation, automatic tracking, automatic adjustment and other related functions."

"Automatic imaging is also very important. The 30-fold magnification of high-definition 3D images not only displays the surgical field of view, but also facilitates doctors to accurately position tissues and operate instruments."

"Automated simulation uses the patient's examination data and medical images to simulate the surgical process before surgery through virtual reality technology."

"Automatic fibrillation is indispensable in terms of safety. It can filter out tremor movements of hands during microsurgery, filter out natural tremors of human hands, improve surgical accuracy, and prevent accidental movements."

"Automatic cutting uses an ultrasonic scalpel to accurately cut patient tissues and orthopedic implants, allowing for better completion of surgery."

"Automatic suturing can perfectly complete the suturing of soft tissues, such as skin, muscles, blood vessels and nerves."

"My God, isn't this the ultimate form of surgery?"

"All auxiliary work is completely completed by an automatic control robot controlled by a set of medical procedures. The surgeon only needs to devote himself to the operation."

"In the future, surgical operations will only require one surgeon, and no other personnel will be needed."

"The first and second assistants for retracting the hook and the nurse for delivering the equipment are all no longer needed."

After getting excited, Wei Kang couldn't help wiping off a cold sweat and shuddering a little.

"Am I really not going to get beaten like this?"

"If this continues, appendectomy can be done by surgical robots in the future."

"Do we still need so many medical staff?"

"Bad news, massive layoffs of medical staff!"

"The good news is that it's faster and easier for doctors to learn surgery."

"In the future, surgeons can cooperate with robots to complete more complex surgeries, while more skilled doctors can directly research and develop new surgical techniques."

Thinking of this, he felt a little better.

This is okay, and it seems that I won’t become the public enemy of medical care.

"Automatically completing simple surgeries and auxiliary functions can indeed be called semi-automated."

"Fortunately, it has not yet reached full automation and directly replaces human doctors. Otherwise, I would never dare to launch it and would have to shelve it."

"Look at the multifunctionality."

Wei Kang breathed a sigh of relief and continued to look down.

"No surgical robot can escape from the three major components of the brain, hands, and eyes. The optical tracking system is the eye, which completes preoperative scanning and closely tracks the patient and surgical tools during the operation. As for the multifunctional robotic arm, it is the hand to achieve precision.

for surgical positioning, navigation and operation, and then as a master console for the brain.”

"The doctor sits in front of the main console far away from the sterile area of ​​the surgery, looks at the high-definition screen showing the 3D image of the internal structure of the body, and simultaneously holds the two control handles up and down, left and right, and rotates forward and backward, and at the same time uses the built-in microphone to activate the auxiliary function by voice.

With constant switching of surgical tools, only one person can complete a surgical operation independently."

"Compared with the bloody scenes of traditional open surgery, there is almost no bleeding seen in robotic surgery, and some suction, suturing, and cutting operations are also completed by robots, which greatly liberates doctors' productivity."

"Needless to say, the brain function of the main console, intelligent surgical tracking, adjustment, and positioning are all trivial matters."

"The biggest surprise is that there is a standard surgical mode and surgical memory function for each individual surgery."

"Each doctor can open a separate account, record every action during his or her surgery, and then choose the smoothest and most successful surgery mode to save. When the next surgery is held, the robot can automatically adjust to that mode, perfectly cooperating with the doctor to complete the same operation.

Surgical operation.”

"At the same time, these standard models can also be used to assist doctors in learning new surgeries, which not only greatly improves learning efficiency, but also provides timely reminders if mistakes are made during practice to put them on the right track."

"It's so awesome. The threshold for simple first- and second-level surgeries has been lowered to the level of a medical operator. Mass production of junior doctors should not be a big problem in the future."

"Okay, the brain is awesome, let's see if the eyes are just as awesome."

"It's really awesome!"

"Advanced optical and infrared visual imaging technology, high-performance imaging system, realistic 3D display effect, surgical images are magnified 15-30 times, fully providing a true surgical field of view."

"All medical imaging data is converted into a real color 3D model through the computer. The surgeon can control the robotic arm and cut in from a 360-degree angle, as if he were personally there, to complete the most difficult surgery."

"Okay, okay, okay, doing this is the real surgical tool."

Wei Kang couldn't help but applaud the case.

Although he is not a surgeon, he also knows that the surgical field of view has a significant impact on surgical operations.

A poor surgical field of vision is like a blind man touching an elephant. Not only is it difficult to complete the operation smoothly, but the risks of the operation will also increase greatly.

In traditional open surgery, doctors have the habit of operating under direct vision, and can complete the operation through intuitive hand-eye coordination. With both hands working together, the operation can be very dexterous.

However, after laparoscopic surgery became popular, this natural hand-eye coordination of the human body was broken.

The doctor cannot see the patient's tissue and can only watch two-dimensional video to obtain the surgical field of view.

While watching, move the laparoscopic surgical tools with one hand.

This operation is quite anti-human and goes against people's natural intuition.

After all, from the moment they are born, everyone must use hand-eye coordination to complete various actions.

Moreover, human vision is three-dimensional, and it is not easy to break it after decades of living habits.

In addition, the display of the laparoscopic equipment is opposite to the actual movement direction, so it is difficult to adapt to it at first.

It's like if you are used to scrolling with the mouse of a Windows computer, it is difficult to use the mouse of a fruit computer.

These operation methods that are contrary to common sense will cause trouble to doctors.

It is very difficult to learn and even more difficult to use.

Not to mention that long rod-shaped surgical instruments amplify the physiological shaking of the doctor's hands.

Therefore, although laparoscopic surgery greatly reduces surgical trauma and is beneficial to patients' postoperative recovery, for doctors, the operation is much more difficult than open surgery.

Upgraded from normal mode to hard mode.

This also leads to the fact that there is a certain threshold for laparoscopic surgery, and it takes a lot of time and energy to train highly skilled doctors.

In short, it kills doctors and benefits patients.

Surgical robots are completely different.

Not only is the surgical field of view 3D imaging, it is also similar to an open surgical scene.

The doctor's operation is also completed through double handles, and the sense of direction is consistent with the real world.

The difference is naturally made up by the powerful computing power of the main console and the flexible movements of the robotic arm in 360 degrees without blind spots.

As long as the doctor sits comfortably in front of the main console, he will have a wide field of vision, move his hands flexibly within a small area, speak keywords, and summon different surgical tools and auxiliary equipment, so that he can smoothly complete an operation.

, even if you sit down for several hours, you will not feel tired at all.

It's equivalent to jumping directly from hard mode to easy mode.

Such technological development not only benefits patients, but also benefits doctors. It can be described as a win-win situation.

"Tsk, tsk, it is really suitable for my wife. Even if she is weak after giving birth, she will not be delayed from having surgery."

Wei Kang thought happily, and couldn't help but have an excited smile on his face.

However, he did not indulge in his imagination, but looked at the robot's design drawings with burning eyes.

"This is the most critical part of the robot."
To be continued...