On May 18, 2024, on the eve of World Spine Health Day, Medtronic officially announced the successful launch of its fully upgraded Mazor X™ Spine Surgery Robot Integrated Platform in China, and showcased its AiBLE™ digital intelligence orthopedic integrated solution that integrates cutting-edge digital intelligence integrated platform, a variety of advanced intelligent devices and internal implants, once again demonstrating Medtronic's determination and practice to help accelerate the development of digital intelligence in China's orthopedic field with innovative products and solutions.
At the event site, focusing on topics such as the pain points of orthopedic surgery, the latest trend of digital and intelligent development, and the value of smart equipment, representatives from the industry, clinical and other parties carried out active discussions, in order to provide new ideas and guidance for promoting the development of orthopedic intelligent equipment, and jointly promote the close integration and coordinated development of industry, academia, research and medicine.
Medtronic AiBLE™ Digital Intelligence Orthopedic Ecological Solution Xingyao was released
Full-dimensional upgrade, orthopedic surgical robot benchmark to the next level
With the aging of the population and the change of lifestyle, the incidence of orthopedic diseases in China is increasing year by year. According to data from Frost & Sullivan, there are more than 200 million patients with spinal diseases in China, but because there are many important soft tissues such as nerves, blood vessels and muscles around the spine, which affect the whole body, spine surgery is recognized as a "dance on the tip of a knife" in the industry.
In recent years, thanks to the popularization of clinical use of smart devices and the extensive application of digital technology, the application rate of robot-assisted surgery represented by surgical robots has increased significantly. However, due to the complexity of spine surgery, the imbalance of medical resources in China, and the differentiation of surgical capabilities of grassroots doctors, there are still a large number of clinical surgical needs that need to be met urgently compared with the needs of patients. How to meet the clinical needs for fine preoperative planning, precise intraoperative operation, and safe and high-quality surgical efficacy drives orthopedic surgical robots to be more minimally invasive and efficient, and continue to upgrade and iterate.
As an innovative "pioneer" in the field of spine surgery robots, Medtronic's Mazor X™ Spine Surgery Intelligent Navigation Robot has continued to lead the industry's technological development since its launch in China in 2021, accumulating a large amount of clinical data and experience, and now basically covers all complex spine surgeries. The Mazor X™ Eagle Spine Surgery Robot Integrated Platform, which was officially launched this time, is a full-dimensional upgrade based on the original foundation, with three characteristics: global foresight, full accuracy, and full-dimensional visibility, especially the ability to process bony structures and soft tissues at the same time during surgery.
Mazor X™ 鹰领脊柱外科机器人一体化平台
Equipped with Medtronic's advanced navigational visualization high-speed dynamic grinding and drilling system, the Mazor X™ system can reduce the operating error caused by cone rotation during surgery, making nail placement more efficient and safer, improving surgical efficiency with 100% accuracy[1], and enabling visual cutting of bony structures. In addition, the Mazor X™ Eagle System has newly integrated visual intervertebral space processing and interbody fusion operation modules, which truly realize the step-by-step visualization of the whole process of spine surgery, and achieve more minimally invasive and less soft tissue destruction surgical results.
The future has come, deepen the integration and innovation ecology of digital and intelligent orthopedics
In recent years, a number of favorable policies for surgical robots and intelligent equipment have been introduced, which has injected strong impetus into the innovation and development of this track. In the face of the growing demand for individualized medicine in China and the urgent need to improve the quality and efficiency of the medical system, how to carry out digital and intelligent applications and meet the development of hospital specialties and the needs of patients at the same time is the direction of thinking and exploration from all walks of life in the industry.
In 2023, Medtronic took the lead in launching the industry's unique "AiBLE™ Digital Intelligence Ecology" concept, which takes the organic integration of various smart devices, the digital intelligence integration platform empowered by big data links and AI as the core, actively builds a platform for industry-university-research-medical cooperation, and in-depth cooperation with clinical experts, medical institutions, and industry partners in the industry to build a full-dimensional ecosystem from products to services, to industry-university-research-medical and industry cooperation.
The industry leaders at the scene all recognized that "ecology" will be the core of empowering the development of orthopedics in China, among which the popularization of intelligent equipment represented by surgical robots in clinical application is bound to bring more diversified value to the new era of minimally invasive surgery. On the one hand, through the assistance of intelligent equipment, young doctors can be better trained, shorten the learning curve, and improve clinical skills and surgical operation level faster. On the other hand, the introduction of digital intelligence integration solutions will help simplify and standardize complex surgeries, improve the level of treatment and medical accessibility, and help carry out more in-depth clinical research, promote the implementation and transformation of innovative achievements, and provide more intelligent and efficient medical services.
The AiBLE™ digital intelligence orthopedic integrated solution released at the event not only integrates the Mazor X™ Eagle Spine Surgery Robot with internal implants, surgical tools, intelligent equipment, etc., but also aims to create a multi-dimensional, innovative and composite ecology of industry-university-research-medical collaboration, and jointly develop cutting-edge technologies such as intelligent collaboration in the operating room, big data analysis of special diseases, artificial intelligence-assisted diagnosis, and medical informatization, so as to fully empower the development of orthopedics to digitalization and intelligence and promote industrial upgrading.
Rooted in China for 35 years, Medtronic has provided professional surgical education and training for clinics, as well as cutting-edge surgical technology exchange opportunities, based on Mazor's "X Academy" and two innovation centers in Chengdu and Shanghai, which have comprehensively improved the clinical application level of spinal robot-assisted surgical technology. At the same time, Medtronic actively integrates into the local ecosystem, based on Medtronic Kanghui Changzhou Science and Technology Park, and is committed to stimulating more new quality innovation and service capabilities through extensive and in-depth cooperation, and bringing local solutions to Chinese patients.
"This year marks the 35th year of Medtronic in China, and we have always been closely connected to the needs of Chinese patients and doctors, and we are committed to bringing more integrated and intelligent medical innovation solutions to Chinese patients." Yu Jing, Vice President of Medtronic and General Manager of China Orthopedics and Neurosurgery Business, said, "Digital intelligence is an intrinsic requirement and an important focus to promote the high-quality development of orthopedics in China. Medtronic will continue to deepen local demand, join hands with industry, academia, research and medical forces to give full play to the innovative and leading role of AiBLE™ digital intelligence ecology in the medical field, and promote the leapfrog development of the orthopedic field, the optimization and upgrading of the industrial chain, and the overall leap in productivity. ”
Resources:
1. Alluri, R. K., Avrumova, F., Sivaganesan, A., Vaishnav, A. S., Lebl, D. R., & Qureshi, S. A. (2021). Overview of robotic technology in spine surgery. HSS Journal®: The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery, 17(3), 308–316. https://doi.org/10.1177/15563316211026647