Surgi-plan.com: Empowering the Medical Imaging Software Industry through an Innovative Third-party Value-added Service Platform
At the recent annual academic conference of the Brachytherapy and Intelligent Radiotherapy Branch of the Chinese Society for Nuclear Science and Technology,Surgi-plan.com(hereinafter referred to as"Surgi-plan") releasedThird-Party Medical Imaging Software Application Value-Added Service Platform“Surgi-plan.com”Beta version, launched concurrentlyTarget Delineation and Radiotherapy Planning Channel (Public Beta)，It sparked strong interest among online and offline medical experts and medical imaging manufacturers, creating a minor climax at the conference.
Surgi-plan.com On-site Launch Status
Surgi-plan.com, established in 2004, is currently registered in the Zhongguancun High-Tech Park in Beijing. The company is committed to building a third-party innovative empowerment ecosystem cloud platform, with medical imaging software, artificial intelligence applications, and value-added services as its core values, leveraging advanced internet cloud technology and robust IT integration capabilities. The company comprises senior advisors who are authoritative experts from various disciplines providing end-user application experience support; a senior R&D team responsible for building and maintaining the online service platform; a content editing team well-versed in clinical healthcare scenarios; a marketing team proficient in promotion and operations; and a service team with in-depth business expertise.
Surgi-plan.com, unveiled at the event, was launched by Surgi-plan.com after years of market research and technology integration. What kind of platform is it? Why has it drawn the attention of conference attendees? What problems can its emergence address? With these questions in mind, VCBeat interviewedSurgi-plan.com Chief Technology Officer David Yu.
Surgi-plan.com CTO David Yu Delivers Online Keynote at the Main Venue of the Conference
According to David Yu, China currently performs over 10 billion medical imaging examinations annually, with patient imaging data growing at a rate of 30% per year, and the annual number of surgeries exceeding 10 million. Driven by rising public health awareness and an aging population, the medical imaging software market is poised for sustained rapid growth.
The clinical value of medical imaging software has been widely recognized, yet information asymmetry persists between software vendors and hospital physicians. Users face relatively limited channels for accessing software products, and their usage scenarios are also somewhat constrained.
David Yu further explained that most healthcare institutions operate solely on internal local area networks, with physicians’ workstations unable to connect directly to the internet. Users typically rely on their personal computers, iPads, and smartphones to access online information about the latest product applications. Conventional search engines often fail to retrieve the most up-to-date and comprehensive product and industry information; even when physicians identify software of interest, they rarely have opportunities to gain hands-on experience. This situation somewhat limits software accessibility and ease of use for physicians, posing a practical barrier to hospital physicians’ purchasing decisions.
On the other hand, software developers’ product services also face challenges in commercial implementation. Currently, most manufacturers offer free trial services to hospitals; however, the procurement process is influenced by numerous uncertainties, including hospital budgets, decision-making cycles, and bidding procedures. Furthermore, most software developers rely on traditional sales channels such as research collaborations, bundling with hardware equipment, and participating in government informatization procurement projects. This results in intense marketing competition, relatively limited promotional strategies, and suboptimal user coverage.
Furthermore, there are issues such as low efficiency in product iteration; difficulties in ensuring quality control for after-sales product training due to varying user proficiency levels; and challenges in maintaining user product loyalty.
To address the persistent industry bottlenecks mentioned above, Surgi-plan.com has been launched following years of industry insights and technological iterations by Beijing Surgi-plan Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Surgi-plan.com is an industry-leading third-party innovation platform dedicated to medical imaging software applications and value-added services. It is committed to showcasing globally recognized, clinically validated medical imaging software products through comprehensive internet-based displays, while providing online consultation and free trial experiences for users.
This platform is designed to provide clinicians, medical researchers at colleges and universities, health examination institutions, physician groups, and private chain clinics with access to analysis and planning software based on patient imaging data across multiple specialties, along with the latest clinical application insights from both domestic and international sources. By leveraging these software tools, physicians can achieve precise diagnosis and treatment, empower clinical decision-making with artificial intelligence technology, and formulate more rational preoperative plans and postoperative assessments, thereby facilitating the digitalization and standardization of diagnostic and therapeutic workflows for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS).
Surgi-plan.com Official Website and WeChat Official Account
Unlike platforms that merely display product information, Surgi-plan.com offers robust user management and commercial monetization modules, including user interaction features (such as demo requests and free trials), online software licensing, and one-click access to value-added services. Meanwhile, the platform places greater emphasis on the academic value of clinical application-oriented discussions. By collaborating with multiple multidisciplinary industry associations to co-host a variety of online and offline events, it further enhances its authority and academic standing.
“Our platform’s mission and vision are to enable more developers’ software to enter the market at the earliest opportunity, extending to end-user application scenarios and addressing a wide range of unmet needs. This allows physicians to access cutting-edge software tools and value-added services at low cost, ultimately benefiting patients indirectly,” added David Yu.
For physiciansUsers can access Surgi-plan.com and its WeChat Official Account (“Minimally Invasive Surgery Starts with Planning”) anytime, anywhere via their mobile devices (such as laptops, tablets, or smartphones) to learn more about software products and application information. This breaks the temporal and spatial constraints of intranet environments and eliminates the restriction of binding software to dedicated devices and terminals. After filtering, comparing, and trying out the software, users can download, purchase, activate, and use it online. Moreover, once activated, the software can be used offline, significantly enhancing the accessibility and convenience of product applications.
Meanwhile, the platform is about to launch"Pay-per-case" Software Application Model, with its core value lying in enabling on-demand configuration for users. It helps physicians achieve cost-effective precision diagnosis, formulate personalized surgical plans, and optimize individualized patient outcomes. For surgeons, the platform’s software tools facilitate a digital workflow for minimally invasive surgery, allowing for more intuitive sharing of know-how with colleagues. Ultimately, it provides healthcare professionals with more economical, convenient, and versatile application scenarios for medical imaging software.
User Software Download and Activation Process
For software developersSurgi-plan.com, in collaboration with globally recognized providers of software licensing and encryption management technologies, has developed a patent-protected cloud-based platform for encrypted license management. This platform helps prevent software piracy and other unauthorized use. The integrated cloud-based licensing and encryption system provided by the platform not only enables seamless protection of software intellectual property (IP), but also allows developers to fully control activation code distribution and product pricing, ensuring real-time management and distribution of software licenses as well as absolute control over market pricing.
To address concerns regarding product training among software developers and users, Surgi-plan.com offers services such as online tutorials, scheduled online training sessions, and on-site training to meet the diverse needs of users at varying proficiency levels. Furthermore, as the user base continues to grow, AI-driven analytics services provided through customized data dashboards for each developer will serve as more objective decision-making tools and powerful marketing assets for software vendors.
After years of dedicated efforts, Surgi-plan.com has gradually completed the development of its information presentation and knowledge framework, promotion and dissemination system, product encryption management system, licensing and sales system, and big data operational analytics system, centered on the accessibility, autonomy, and cost-effectiveness of its software, achieving phased results—the platform currently has650+HomeManufacturers are moving in batch by batch,4,300+Product listings span five key domains: medical imaging analysis, surgical planning, artificial intelligence, 3D printing and navigation, and robotics. These offerings cover the entire clinical diagnosis and treatment workflow, from early screening, diagnostic analysis, and preoperative planning to postoperative assessment, as well as image-guided surgical navigation and surgical robots. The platform has seen steady growth in both registered users and onboarded software developers.
Surgi-plan.com is still in its early stages. According to David Yu, the company currently places greater emphasis on content operations following the platform’s launch, aiming to connect with users through value-driven engagement. By curating the latest industry news, application experiences, and academically oriented insights, the company helps software developers promptly deliver their newest applications to end-users for real-world testing and authentic feedback. This enables rapid iteration of product features to better align with market demands.
Moving forward, the company will further refine the iterative research and development of its various application systems, while applying for additional IP patents to build a technological moat and completing the filing of platform-related operational qualifications. It aims to attract more medical imaging software vendors to join Surgi-plan.com and plans to launch additional online licensing models, such as “pay-per-use,” at an appropriate time. Reportedly, the company is preparing to seek strategic resource-oriented financing to intensify industry promotion both online and offline and enhance user awareness.