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Medical Robotics in the Interventional Suite: Past, Present and Future
Rebecca Fahrig
Siemens Healthineers GmbH, Germany
Siemens Healthineers has built robotic medical systems for nearly 20 years. Starting with a robotic stand for x-ray angiography based on an industrial robot, we have continued to investigate the use and suitability of various robotic configurations for use in a medical environment. Prof. Dr. Rebecca Fahrig will provide insights into the past, present, and future of Healthineers' challenges in the development and commercialization of medical robotic systems, and especially the translation of industrial robots and robotic drive components into a medical healthcare delivery environment. Some unexpected side effects of robots in the interventional suite – such as how first fault safety generates a very annoying noise, or how to qualify robotic wheels for a blood-covered floor – will be described. Finally, a brief glimpse into future plans and challenges for the Siemens Healthineers Endovascular Robot program will be provided.
Transfer from Research to Product in Medical Robotics – an agile approach
Cyrill von Tiesenhausen
B.Braun New Ventures, Germany
Research and product development have typically different approaches to reach their goals. While research needs to be open-ended and explorative, medical product development is governed by requirements from usability and regulatory factors. Combining both approaches is a challenge and needs a well-balanced organization that includes an interdisciplinary team where engineers and clinicians are in a frequent exchange. If this is applied in short innovation cycles, it can produce increments to the product that can be applied in labs that again produce insights for the development. The result are the delivery of breakthrough discoveries from research that actually end up at the patient in the form of a medical product.
The age of surgical white light imaging is long behind us. Other wavelength ranges or modalities create new added value that goes beyond pure visual information. The future of robotic visualization is characterized by the superimposition of new information to help physicians continuously improve clinical outcomes. Combined with a robot, surgical visualization technologies offer completely new approaches and potential for providing users with the best possible support in their work. The talk will provide an overview of the market trends, requirements and general current technical approaches.
