AI-Powered Rehabilitation Medicine: Opportunities and Challenges of Technological Innovation

As one of the four major branches of medicine, rehabilitation medicine not only eliminates and alleviates functional impairments in patients with diseases and disabilities but also enhances their self-care abilities and quality of life. In its "Opinions on Accelerating the Development of Rehabilitation Medical Services," the National Health Commission explicitly states that high intelligence, advanced technology, and high quality should serve as key directions for the development of rehabilitation medical devices, aiming to reduce reliance on the number and experience of rehabilitation physicians.

Artificial intelligence has been widely adopted across various industries, and the rapid development of 5G and AI technologies is driving the technological upgrading of rehabilitation medicine.

On August 1, 2023, at 19:00, VCBeat and Anjielai Technology will jointly“AI-Enabled Rehabilitation Medicine: Opportunities and Challenges of Technological Innovation”as the theme, inviteZhao Haihong, Director of the Department of Neurological Rehabilitation at the Affiliated Rehabilitation Hospital of the National Research Center for Rehabilitation Technical Aids,Hou Xiangyu, Vice President of Operations at Angelai Technology; Huang Yi, CEO of Sibode Medical & Youzhongkang Rehabilitation Physicians Group, to hold a roundtable discussion and jointly explore new developments in AI+ rehabilitation medicine.

1. Exploring the Current Status and Development of AI + Rehabilitation

2. Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Rehabilitation Medical Devices

3. The Underlying Logic of Human-Computer Interaction and Active Rehabilitation

4. Outlook on the Future of Rehabilitation Medicine

Zhao Haihong

Director, Department of Neurological Rehabilitation, Affiliated Rehabilitation Hospital of the National Research Center for Rehabilitation Technical Aids

Master of Medicine, Associate Chief Physician; Vice Chairman of the Rehabilitation Medicine Professional Committee of the Beijing Association of Integrative Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine under the Chinese Medical Association; Member of the Pain Rehabilitation Medicine Professional Committee of the Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine; Member of the Critical Care Rehabilitation Medicine Professional Committee of the Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine. Visiting Scholar at the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University. Completed advanced training in the Department of Neurology at Peking Union Medical College Hospital and the Department of Neurological Rehabilitation at Beijing Bo’ai Hospital. With nearly three decades of experience in neurology and rehabilitation medicine, specializes in the rehabilitation assessment and treatment of hemiplegia, cerebral palsy, paraplegia, facial paralysis, dysphagia, cognitive and speech-language disorders, cervical and lumbar spine diseases, osteoarticular disorders, and post-fracture rehabilitation.

Huang Yi

CEO, Sibode Medical & Youzhongkang Rehabilitation Physicians Group

Graduated with a degree in Clinical Medicine; Guest Professor at Wuxi Taihu University; Founder of Sibode Rehabilitation Medical and Youzhongkang Rehabilitation Physicians Group. With over 20 years of experience in the rehabilitation healthcare industry, specializes in integrated solutions for rehabilitation medical institutions, possessing profound expertise in the planning, operation, management, construction, and development of rehabilitation medicine disciplines. Council Member of the Health and Talent Branch of the China Non-Public Medical Institutions Association; Committee Member of the Physician Group Branch of the China Non-Public Medical Institutions Association; Committee Member of the Rehabilitation Medicine Professional Committee of the China Non-Public Medical Institutions Association; Member Unit of the China Physician Group Alliance; Deputy Secretary-General of the Rehabilitation Medicine Professional Committee of the Jiangxi Province Socially-Run Medical Institutions Association; Committee Member of the Rehabilitation Medicine Professional Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Preventive Medicine Association; Executive Director of the Jiangsu Rehabilitation Assistive Devices Association; Council Member of the Nanjing Rehabilitation Medicine Association; Council Member of the Suzhou Rehabilitation Medicine Association.

Hou Xiangyu

Vice President of Operations, Angelai Technologies

Overseas master’s degree holder with over 10 years of operational management experience in the medical device and digital health sectors. Formerly served as General Manager, Greater China, for GE Healthcare’s Digital Solutions Business, and as Sales Director of the U+ Internet Products Division at Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare.

Anjela Technology (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd., established in December 2017, is a national high-tech enterprise founded by leading experts in robotics and biomedicine, along with a senior team specializing in rehabilitation medicine.

The company focuses on the field of intelligent rehabilitation, addressing critical clinical needs by developing innovative products such as single-lower-limb and ankle-foot rehabilitation training robots. It has mastered key technologies including intelligent autonomous gait learning, human-machine interaction, redundant sensor fusion, bone-muscle metabolic information sensing, and exoskeleton bionic design, and holds more than 140 related intellectual property rights.

The company is targeting the international rehabilitation market and actively expanding its global business operations, with an overseas division currently established in North America. Meanwhile, it is advancing in-depth collaborations with top-tier international research and clinical institutions to comprehensively enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of rehabilitation medical care, bringing disruptive innovation to the global rehabilitation industry.