Source: MedRobot

# Upgrade Hugo RAS "Soft Power"

Digital Surgery is a company specializing in digital surgical solutions. It was acquired by Medtronic in February 2020. Based on technologies such as computer vision, AI algorithms, and augmented reality, it provides surgeons with a surgical training platform based on clinical video data analysis.

The Addition of Digital SurgeryAccelerated Medtronic's development in the field of data analysis and visualization,Contributes to the design of software solutions on the Hugo RAS platform.

Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak once stated that Medtronic's surgical robotics division has been focused on developing four key technologies, includingVisualization and surgical navigation, surgical instruments and implants, data analysis, and robotic platforms, these technologies involve Medtronic's applications in the fields of open surgery, laparoscopic, and robotic surgery.

Digital Surgery's Touch Surgery, a digital surgical training platform, is able to use AI algorithms to automatically identify and analyze surgical procedures.Covering hundreds of surgical videos.

This live streaming feature update can create an immersive learning environment with the advantage of actual presence.

The company's goal is to enable surgeons to acquire professional skills, targeting surgeons, interns, and operating room managers.Can initiate or participate in live broadcasts to access high-quality frontline surgical education resources.

According to Medtronic, the live streaming feature coversAbdomenLaparoscopic cholecystectomy, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, and robot-assisted hysterectomy, among other procedures.

• Upload surgical videos within minutes, and Touch Surgery will anonymize them to ensure privacy.

• Subsequently, its developed AutoPhase™ platform will complete the process within 72 hours.Automatically Return Surgical Process Analysis Results, capable of performing phase-time analysis on specific surgical procedures selected by the user.

• Users can add content annotations to surgical videos and access them on their phones.

Touch SurgeryIt is the first artificial intelligence-driven surgical video and analytics platform, representing a significant leap forward in the field of digital surgery.

# AR Technology Development ——Go Surgery 

In addition to actively promoting surgical simulation and surgical workflow training through AI algorithms,Digital Surgery is also committed to the application of augmented reality technology in surgical operations, launchingGo Surgery。

 Go Surgery, AR Surgical Training Platform

Hundreds of video tutorials for surgical procedures have been developed and have successfully completed testing in hospitals in the UK and the US.

Digital Surgery Announced a Mixed Reality Partnership with Microsoft in 2018 (MMRP). By becoming part of MMRP, Digital Surgery was able to successfully utilize the Microsoft HoloLens headset to implement mixed reality in surgical applications.

# International Giants Layout AI

• Intuitive Medical acquired Orpheus Medica, an Israeli company providing clinical video management and analysis.

  The platform provides the ability to acquire and share clinical videos and images from multiple sources, enabling surgeons and hospital staff to capture and share clinical videos and images, which helps analyze the surgical methods of doctors. Its video system can come from cameras, external monitors, and the da Vinci system.

• Johnson & Johnson DePuy Synthes Signs Cooperation Agreement with AI Medical Company Zebra Medical, to complement its work in artificial intelligence and image analysis. The results of this collaboration will be used for the VELYS digital surgery platform developed by DePuy Synthes.

In addition,March 18, 2024, Johnson & JohnsonAnnounced plans to collaborate with NVIDIA to accelerate and expand AI applications in surgical procedures.

March 19,Moon Surgical Announces Utilization of NVIDIA's Holoscan AI Computing Platform,Deploy AI-based real-time algorithms in operating rooms to immediately assist during surgeries.Benefits.

SurgSmart Product Usage Scenarios

Completed the independent development of 28 AI algorithms, with an average accuracy exceeding 90%, receiving positive feedback from more than 10 top-tier tertiary hospitals.In the capital market, Rui Innovation has also been favored and has completed several rounds of financing.

Currently, the company has built the world's largest surgical video library, covering more than 20,000 surgeries with a total accumulated duration of tens of thousands of hours.

Partial Core AI Capabilities

CompanyUnion West China, XieAnd top domestic medical institutions such as Guangzhou Medical University have conducted research on various artificial intelligence algorithms for surgical procedures. This involves multiple technical fields including Video Object Detection, Video Semantic Segmentation, Action Recognition, Depth Estimation, etc., and innovatively constructs using real surgical videos.The World's First AI Algorithm Model for Surgical Content Understanding —— SurgInsight (ShuYuan) Surgical Large Model, providing a paradigm solution for the continuous development of surgical procedures.

# Conclusion

Artificial intelligence technology canShorten the learning curve for doctors,The potential in the field of surgical education is limitless. AndMedtronic CEO Omar Ishrak once said, “Surgical robots help improve the outcomes of minimally invasive surgeries, and various forms of data such as image recognition and real-time video will undoubtedly enhance the capabilities of surgical robots.”

From the acquisition moves of giants like Medtronic and Intuitive Surgical, it is clear that using AI technology to continuously "upgrade" surgical robots is an inevitable trend.

It is foreseeable that in the future, surgical robots will not only continue to improve in terms of hardware capabilities, but their "soft power" will also make continuous progress. As more and more companies focus their efforts, perhaps in the near future, there will be more "AI intelligent brain" technologies emerging and deepening clinical applications.