Experts developed a world-class orthopedic surgery robot

Recently, Professor Tian Wei from Beijing Jishuitan Hospital as the leading expert, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing Tian Zhihang medical technology tripartite joint research and development of the orthopedic robot "DNT" officially listed. This is also the only robotic system in the world that can perform full segmental spine surgery. Since then, orthopedic surgery in China will accelerate to an intelligent and precise era. Robot as an assistant to challenge the "restricted area" In 2015, with the help of "DNT", Professor Tian Wei from Beijing Ji Shui Tan Hospital and his team successfully challenged the "restricted area" in the field of spinal surgery in the world - completing the upper cervical deformity known as the "life center" The surgery, a 43-year-old man with a severe atlantoaxial congenital malformation associated with skull base depression, had successful surgery with an error of less than 1 millimeter. What shocked the global medical community is that it is the world's first robotic-assisted cervical surgery. Spinal surgery has long been a "hard bones" in orthopedic surgery in the global medical arena. "The more the body goes up, the finer the spine, the more demanding the operation is and the more complicated and dangerous the operation is," said Xing Yuzhu, the board secretary of Tianzhi Airways. Prior to this, other globally approved orthopedic robots are only able to assist in the completion of the orthopedic surgery below the thoracolumbar. It is precisely because of the high technical difficulty and risk, the 43-year-old male patient has been seeking treatment without a door. Today, "DNT" through the intelligent technology, access to the high stability of the "hand" and high-precision "eye" to sub-millimeter-class operating accuracy, far ahead of similar products around the world. "Medical Enterprise" co-orthopedic "master" Given the complexity of life-saving surgery to the robot, the average patient may be unimaginable. But more than a decade ago, doctors at Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, the nation's top orthopedic medical force, found this urgent need in clinical treatment. With the support of national science and technology projects, top doctors from Beijing Jishuitan Hospital and engineering experts from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics started the exploration of independent innovation of orthopedic robots in China. Later, Tian Zhi Hang, a high-tech company that could help "technology" into "product", joined the research and development and industrialization team of Chinese orthopedic robots. The "medical enterprises" came together. Since then, such a strange scene often appears: In the orthopedic surgery laboratory, wearing surgical gown next to the doctor, there will be several engineering and technical personnel aside to learn or equipment and technical guidance. In each clinical trial, the orthopedic robot must "race" with the best doctors to see if it can outperform the top doctors in terms of the number of X-rays used, the operating time, the operating accuracy, the number of needle adjustments and so on. Policy Innovation Accelerates Frontier Technology "Landing" It does not have a huge torso, but it has a pair of flexible robots that can rotate in many dimensions. November 16 this year, the powerful "DNT" officially won the State Food and Drug Administration issued a medical device registration card, got the key to the official listing of the "pass." During clinical trials, "DNT" the previous generation of products in more than 10 hospitals in the country, with a total of more than 2000 cases of surgery. The joy of success, did not let Tian Zhihang team forget the hardships of entrepreneurship. Due to the extremely long return period of the medical equipment industry, after the establishment of the company in 2005, "zero income" for five consecutive years will greatly affect the introduction of talents if there is a continuous lack of funds, research and development. At the crucial moment, government support played an irreplaceable role. In 2010, on behalf of Zhongguancun Development Group, the Beijing municipal government invested 20 million yuan in government-owned equity investment in Tian Zhi Hang to support the innovation and development of enterprises. A year later, the company ushered in the first batch of orders, hematopoietic capacity gradually increased. Today, Sky Airways has set up orthopedic robotic minimally invasive surgery centers in several hospitals and successfully landed on the New Third Board.