Sinovation Medical and MGI Tech Join Forces to Launch MGIUS-R3, the World’s Most Advanced Remote Ultrasound Diagnostic System

On April 11, 2018, the highly anticipated annual event in the medical industry—the 79th China International Medical Equipment (Spring) Fair and the 26th China International Medical Equipment Design and Manufacturing Technology (Spring) Exhibition—was held as scheduled at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai.

11:00 AM,Shenzhen Huasheng Medical Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Huasheng Medical”) and Shenzhen MGI Tech Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “MGI Tech”) have officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement.

On-Site of the Strategic Cooperation Signing Ceremony between Huasheng Medical and MGI Tech

VCBeat (WeChat ID: vcbeat)Reporters learned on-site that the collaboration between Huasheng Medical and MGI Tech aims to jointly develop a remote ultrasound diagnostic system—the MGIUS-R3. MGI Tech is responsible for the overall system planning and product implementation, while Huasheng Medical is in charge of the ultrasound module within the system.

Recently, the MGIUS-R3 Remote Ultrasound Diagnostic System won the German iF Design Award, known as the “Oscar” of the design world, thanks to its groundbreaking features and exquisite design.

Globally, medical resources, particularly physicians, are becoming increasingly scarce. In remote areas such as high-altitude regions, battlefields, borderlands, islands, disaster zones, and on the high seas, the shortage of medical resources is even more acute. The emergence of telemedicine has broken down temporal and spatial barriers between doctors and patients, eliminating the need for them to be physically present in the same location. This has significantly reduced the time and financial costs for patients seeking medical care, improved the work efficiency of medical specialists, and enabled remote support for regions with insufficient medical resources.

In telemedicine applications, real-time remote control scenarios—such as remote ultrasound examinations and remote surgery—are challenging to implement due to stringent low-latency requirements. Specifically, in medical ultrasound examinations, the sonographer’s hand movements, image transmission, haptic feedback, parameter adjustments, and communication between the physician and patient must all achieve a high degree of synchronization and comprehensive immersion.

“Enable sonographers to experience remote ultrasound diagnostic systems as if they were using a conventional, readily available ultrasound device!” This is not only a critical pain point in remote ultrasound application scenarios but also a longstanding challenge that has plagued the ultrasound industry for years.

To address this challenge, MGI Tech joined hands with Huasheng Medical and other enterprises to develop the MGIUS-R3 remote ultrasound diagnostic system.

The MGIUS-R3 Remote Ultrasound Diagnostic System breaks through the limitations of traditional ultrasound platforms, opening a new door to interactive experiences for users:A high-precision 6-degree-of-freedom robotic arm, a high-sensitivity haptic feedback system, and an expert-assisted diagnostic system with millisecond-level response and real-time diagnostic capabilities enable specialists to provide effective care remotely. This not only meets the medical needs of patients in remote areas but also significantly reduces the workload of clinicians and nurses.

The advent of the MGIUS-R3 remote ultrasound diagnostic system heralds the entry of ultrasound imaging into the “Intelligent Era.” The future of intelligent healthcare lies in embedding greater expert wisdom and more of the experts’ “heart” into medical devices.

In addition, the MGIUS-R3 will leverage Huawei Wireless X Lab’s latest 4.5G/5G network technology, as a strategic partner of MGI Tech, to provide signal and data connectivity for remote ultrasound robots.

On the one hand, the high bandwidth of 4.5G/5G networks can provide tens of Mbps for real-time transmission of on-site audio-video and ultrasound images; on the other hand, the low latency of 4.5G/5G networks enables force feedback signals from the patient’s body surface to be transmitted to the physician’s haptic device within just a few milliseconds.

Thus, although doctors and patients are far apart, they seem to be right before each other’s eyes. Furthermore, ultrasound images can be transmitted to the cloud for real-time analysis, thereby assisting physicians in diagnosis.

Representatives from Huasheng Medical and MGI Tech Pose for a Group Photo

This represents a typical model of cross-industry complementary collaboration; however, the MGIUS-R3 is merely the beginning of the strategic partnership between Huasheng Medical and MGI Tech. In the future, both parties will further expand their cooperation in the integration of artificial intelligence, life sciences, and big data.

“Big data in the life sciences will drive a major leap forward in medicine and make “precision medicine” possible. The integration of life sciences with big data is set to lead the next wave of significant technological advancement, creating shared growth opportunities for MGI Tech and Huasheng Medical.”

Meanwhile, MGI Tech stated that the company has been committed to establishing an open collaborative system based on the central dogma of life, gradually advancing from the digitization of nucleic acids to the digitization of small molecules, cells, tissues, and individual-level information. The company aims to achieve comprehensive coverage of individual information by realizing life digitization through the research and development and integration of other instruments and equipment.

MGI Tech Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the BGI Group, provides a comprehensive suite of life digitization equipment covering real-time, panoramic, and full-lifecycle applications. It delivers advanced equipment, technical support, and solutions to meet critical needs in areas vital to national welfare and people's livelihoods, such as precision medicine and precision agriculture.

Leveraging an integrated, platform-wide innovation and development model, MGI Tech has established a presence across the entire industry chain, including sequencing, biochemical testing, and medical imaging. With subsidiaries in Australia, Europe, the Americas, Southeast Asia, and other regions, the company has formed a global manufacturing, marketing, and service network.

MGI Tech is committed to building a comprehensive digital future for life sciences, leading the field with innovative power.

Shenzhen Huasheng Medical Technology Co., Ltd. is an industry-leading provider of medical ultrasound solutions focused on niche segments, and it completed its listing on the National Equities Exchange and Quotations (NEEQ) on September 29, 2017.

Huasheng Medical boasts a top-tier ultrasound R&D team dedicated to advancing the “intelligence, connectivity, and specialization” of ultrasound equipment. By leveraging Internet-plus technologies, it enables real-time big data acquisition, efficient cloud-based transmission, real-time remote visualization, and convenient mobile terminal access.

The remote ultrasound device developed by Huasheng Medical has become the first intelligent medical diagnostic equipment equipped with an IoT communication chip. It has overcome the traditional limitations of time and space in the use of medical products, effectively expanding the application scope and efficiency of medical devices. This advancement more effectively supports the diagnosis and treatment models and directions advocated by national healthcare reforms, including medical consortia, tiered diagnosis and treatment, and remote consultations.