Johnson & Johnson Receives FDA Clearance for Monarch Quest Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy System

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# Approval Details

Monarch is on the marketThe First Robot-Assisted Bronchoscopy System, providing the ability to access the airway minimally invasively and perform visual inspections, assisting clinicians in biopsying suspicious lung nodules, and helping achieve early definitive diagnosis in lung cancer cases, allowing patients to receive treatment as soon as possible.

According to the company, the Monarch Quest platform is based on stability and precision, adoptingUnique intrathecal endoscope design and continuous vision technology。

Compared with traditional intermittent imaging (e.g., images can only be observed when the operation is paused), continuous visual technology provides uninterrupted image feedback, allowing doctors to maintain visualization during the procedure.See changes in the surgical site in real time, without the need to pause operations to capture images.

# Bronchoscopy Robot Monarch™ Platform

Monarch™ Platform byDoctor Workstation, Robotic Arm Cart, Control Handle, and Instrument AccessoriesComposition. On November 6, 2023, Johnson & Johnson Medical Technologies announced its MONARCH^® Electronic Bronchoscope Navigation Control SystemApproved for marketing in China。

Product Features

• Robotic Arm：The Monarch™ platform has two robotic arms, where the proximal arm drives the rotatable sheath and the distal arm controls the bronchoscope. The sheath can rotate up to 130° in any direction, and the bronchoscope can independently advance and rotate up to 180°.

  
• Integrated Innovation Technology:AppliedMultimodal Fusion Navigation of Optical Recognition, Dynamic Electromagnetic Guidance, and Endoscope Movement with Game-style Joystick ControlSuch innovative technologies, and verify these signals with CT-based airway maps to determine the final range of the bronchoscope tip position in the lungs.
• Controller Flexibility:The controller hasHigh Flexibility and Human-Centered Design，Allow operators to choose different operating postures and positions based on surgical needs and personal preferences.Helps improve the efficiency and comfort of the surgery, while enabling the operator to better adapt to complex surgical environments.
  
• Integrated Camera:Real-time visualization can significantly improve the precision and safety of surgery. Images provided by the camera help doctors determine the position and orientation of surgical tools (such as probes, catheters, biopsy forceps, etc.) within the body, allowing for real-time adjustments to the angle, depth, or position of the tools to achieve optimal operational results.

• Further:Approximately48%The nodule is located in the outer one-third of the lung.Traditional biopsy tools may have difficulty reaching these nodules.