First 500-Kilometer 5G Remote Pediatric Surgical Single-Port Robot Surgery in China
TapTechNews August 27th news, on the morning of August 24th, a domestic first 5G remote surgery of pediatric surgical single-port surgical robot spanning 500 kilometers was successfully completed under the cooperation of the Women and Children's Medical Center of Guangzhou Medical University and Liuzhou Hospital of Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center (referred to as Guangfu'er Liuzhou Hospital).
According to the introduction of Beijing Surgerii Robot Co., Ltd., the Surgerii single-port surgical robot that took the lead in this surgery is a single-port surgical robot independently developed and produced by the Chinese team. This single-port surgical robot has 4 snake-shaped surgical arms, further combining the flexibility of the human hand and the minimally invasive advantage of the laparoscopic system, and can complete more accurate operations in a narrow space.
The patient who received this remote surgical treatment is a 4-year-old child. Due to suffering from chronic appendicitis, he has long been troubled by infection and abdominal pain. If not handled in time, it will continue to worsen, and in severe cases, it may form perforation and even endanger life.
At exactly 10 a.m. on August 24th, after the surgical team of Guangfu'er Liuzhou Hospital completed the preoperative preparations, Professor Wen Zhe from the Pediatric Surgery Celebrity Doctor Workstation of Professor Xia Huimin started to perform the surgery in front of the single-port surgical robot console at the Zengcheng District of the Women and Children's Medical Center of Guangzhou Medical University.
During the surgery, Professor Wen Zhe, on the single-port surgical robot console of the Zengcheng District of the Women and Children's Medical Center of Guangzhou Medical University, through the 3D display and the main controller, saw the situation in the patient's abdominal cavity in real time, controlled the surgical robot's mechanical arm to complete operations such as establishing a passage, separating adhesions, clearing abscesses and removing the appendix. With the cooperation of pediatric surgery experts such as Professor He Qiuming and Director Ouyang Yu in Liuzhou, Guangxi, the surgery was successfully completed, and the entire surgical process was stable and orderly, and the vital signs of the child remained stable throughout.
TapTechNews learned that Surgerii Robot is a medical device enterprise dedicated to independently researching, developing, producing and commercializing minimally invasive laparoscopic surgical robot systems and supporting products. Its first core product, the single-port endoscopic surgical robot, has obtained the listing approval of the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), becoming the first endoscopic single-port surgical system in China and being allowed to be applied in urological and gynecological laparoscopic surgical operations.