The development direction of endovascular interventional surgery robots

The development direction of endovascular interventional surgery robots – Cheersonic

The design of the endovascular interventional surgery robot should adapt to the commercialized endovascular devices, and at the same time, the redevelopment of the endovascular devices should also adapt to the characteristics of the robot. At present, all commercial endovascular devices are designed for manual operation, especially the release handle of the stent. With the advancement of the research and development of endovascular interventional surgery robots and the development of clinical applications, handles suitable for robot release will also emerge as the times require, and the approach of the two will make the operation more reasonable.

When manipulating the guide wire, catheter, etc. to move forward and backward, the human hand can feel the resistance, which will help the operator to judge the nature of the lesion or the problem. This is the so-called “hand feel”. In the research and development of endovascular interventional surgical robots, this “feel” is obtained through “force feedback”, which contributes to the sensitivity of the operation and the safety of the operation.

The operation of endovascular interventional surgery has certain regularity and repeatability. For example, the advancement of the guide wire is repeated by grasping, advancing, loosening, retreating, and grasping again. This enables semi-automatic operation of the robot after program editing.

The operation of endovascular interventional surgery is based on the visual feedback on the screen, including the guide wire under X-ray fluoroscopy, the running track of the catheter, the blood vessel images displayed by angiography, and the blood vessel images of preoperative CT. Technologies such as image recognition, image decomposition and fusion, and image tracking can effectively apply these visual information, and combined with surgical planning and robot motion programming, certain navigation functions can be achieved.

Although artificial intelligence based on self-learning ability is still far from practical surgical application, on the basis of navigation and semi-automation, the continuous improvement of vascular interventional robots has laid the foundation for fully automated vascular interventional surgery.

In short, the clinical demand for endovascular interventional surgery robots is very urgent, the volume of endovascular interventional surgery is growing rapidly, and the application prospects of endovascular interventional surgery robots are very broad. In the future, I believe that R&D teams in various countries can make breakthroughs to meet clinical needs.

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