As the largest and highest-level international sports event held in China since the COVID-19 pandemic, the scientific prevention of the 24th Winter Olympics is one of the important tasks. To this end, Beijing has promoted the application of a number of technical achievements in the form of body temperature monitoring, environmental disinfection, pathogen detection and other links by organizing scientific and technological epidemic prevention technology research, expert demonstration, and on-site testing.
The surging news reporter learned that the life science and technology related equipment of Shenzhen Huada Intelligent Manufacturing Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Huada Intelligent Manufacturing", MGI), a subsidiary of Shenzhen Huada Group, has been put into use in Zhangjiakou Before the opening of the Winter Olympic Games. According to BGI, the automation equipment that appeared at the Zhangjiakou Competition Area of the Beijing Winter Olympics includes six sets of automatic MGISTP-7000 sub-cup processing system, three sets of MGISP-NE384 automatic nucleic acid extraction and purification instrument and two sets of MGISP-960 high-throughput automated sample preparation system.
Among them, the MGISTP-7000 sub-cup processing system can replace a series of complicated work such as manual scanning, information entry, opening lid, pipetting, closing the lid, etc.; mgISP-960 high-throughput automated sample preparation system has a throughput of 192 samples/80 minutes, which can meet the requirements of the Winter Olympics for the identification speed, flux and safety of virus detection; MGISP-NE384 uses magnetic rod transfer magnetic bead extraction technology to process nucleic acid extraction of 10,000 samples a day.
According to BGI Intelligent Manufacturing, after the sample enters the laboratory, it can automatically complete the sample opening, closing, entering bar code information, automatically extracting nucleic acids and completing the automatic PCR system configuration through the company's three major automation equipment, and finally output the test results through the PCR instrument, the whole process replaces the manual, which can greatly improve the efficiency of nucleic acid detection.
The relevant person in charge of BGI Intelligent Manufacturing said, "If these equipment are all put into use, it is expected that the maximum daily detection throughput can reach 45,000 copies, and the fastest result can be achieved in 4 hours, which can effectively meet the epidemic prevention needs of the 2 major events, 6 sub-events and 50 small events held in the subsequent competition area." ”
In fact, since the outbreak of the epidemic, the automation equipment independently developed by BGI Intelligent Manufacturing has covered more than 24 provincial-level administrative regions in the mainland and spread to more than 70 countries and regions around the world.
In addition, BGI's remote ultrasound robot also appeared at the Scene of the Winter Olympics. The Third Hospital of Peking University (hereinafter referred to as the "Third Hospital of Peking University") has undertaken the medical security task of the Winter Olympic Games, and the Olympic clinic of the hospital has now begun to operate. BGI said that patients in the closed-loop management area can complete ultrasound examination through the company's remote ultrasound robot diagnosis system, and doctors of the Third Hospital of Beijing Medical University can achieve "doctor-patient contact-free" diagnosis through this device.
The remote ultrasound robot diagnostic system is divided into doctor's end and patient end. According to reports, during the Olympic Games, the patient end is deployed in the closed-loop clinic, and the ultrasound doctor can complete remote scanning and real-time consultation communication outside the closed-loop area through the doctor's end imitation probe. It is reported that BGI's remote ultrasound robot connects the three hospitals of Beijing Medical University with the closed-loop medical security channel through 5G and high-speed broadband, and even during the closed-loop management period, the hospital can provide the same quality of medical services.
BGI intelligent manufacturing mainly focuses on the gene sequencer known as the "heavy instrument of the country". The company was founded in April 2016 and was independently split from the original sequencer segment of BGI Group. This sector originated in 2013, when BGI acquired the American Complete Genomics company, obtained the core patented technology, and then formed a sequencer research and development team to implement domestic technology transformation. Prior to this, gene sequencers were basically monopolized by international giants such as Illumina. The actual controller behind BGI Intelligent Manufacturing is Wang Jian, the founder of BGI Group, and BGI Gene (300676), a leading domestic gene sequencing company, is an affiliate of the same controller.