Medical robots, which are robots used in hospitals and clinics for medical treatment or auxiliary medical treatment; are intelligent service robots that can prepare operation plans alone, determine action programs based on actual conditions, and then turn the actions into movements of operating mechanisms.
Depending on the use, medical robots can be divided into hospital delivery robots, mobile patient robots, clinical medical robots, rehabilitation robots, nursing robots, medical teaching robots, etc.
Hospital delivery robots
Hospital delivery robot with mobile robot is a kind of unmanned automated handling system powered by battery and fully autonomous navigation.
Traditional hospital logistics is the transmission of various items in the hospital is basically completed by patients, medical staff or full-time delivery team, the lack of clear distinction between human flow lines and logistics flow lines, human and logistics crossover situation is more serious, often leading to the phenomenon of human logistics chaos, the potential for cross-infection of various types of personnel and the phenomenon of contamination, damage, loss of items.
It is for various reasons, in the past two years, logistics machine talents gradually began to emerge in some large hospitals.
Intelligent delivery robots are mainly responsible for delivering medicines and meals into the isolation area, as well as collecting uniforms and medical waste. Through the intelligent scheduling of the "brain" control center, they can realize the functions of opening and closing doors, taking elevators, avoiding obstacles and charging independently, without the need for human operation.
The robot cabinets are equipped with UV disinfection lights to keep the boxes and items safe at all times. The robot also has a remote real-time voice and video communication function, and can communicate directly with nurses or patients in isolation wards through the dispatch system. The medicine delivery robot can replace nurses to deliver meals, cases and labs, etc.
Mobile patient robots
Mobile patient robots are a type of assistive robots that help nurses move or transport paralyzed and mobility-impaired patients. Currently, the demand for such robots for medical use is weakest, and
Clinical medical robots
Robots for clinical medical use include surgical robots, diagnostic and therapeutic robots that can perform precise surgery or diagnosis, such as Japan's WAPRU-4 thoracic tumor diagnostic robot; the U.S. surgical robot "Da Vinci System" and other medical robots are the top priority.
The first robot-assisted surgery was performed in 1985, when an industrial robot was used to stabilize the patient's head and facilitate neurosurgical drilling and insertion of tissue sampling needles into designated locations.
The industry is best known for the "da Vinci" robot, whose success is due in part to its approval by the FDA to enter the clinic; domestic Tianzhihang has also obtained a medical device registration license for surgical robots issued by the State Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), becoming the only international orthopedic system capable of carrying out traumatic orthopedic surgery and spinal surgery. orthopedic robotic system capable of performing traumatic orthopedics and spine surgery.
Rehabilitation Robot
Rehabilitation robots are mainly robots for people with disabilities, which can help them regain their independent living ability, such as the Prab Command system in the United States.
Rehabilitation robots are a combination of industrial robots and medical robots, and their research covers many fields such as rehabilitation medicine, biomechanics, mechanics, mechanical mechanics, electronics, materials science, computer science and robotics, etc. They have become a hot spot in the international robotics field. At present, the research of rehabilitation robots is mainly focused on several aspects such as rehabilitation robots, hospital robot systems, intelligent wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs and rehabilitation treatment robots; it not only promotes the development of rehabilitation medicine, but also drives the development of new technologies and theories in related fields.
Nursing robots
Nursing robots not only have the ability to see, hear and smell, but also can carry people on their backs and take care of the elderly. In terms of functional design, they fully consider the characteristics and needs of the elderly and bedridden people with disabilities, achieving a high degree of integration of humanization and intelligence.
Medical teaching robot
Medical teaching robots are ideal teaching aids, such as a teaching robot called "Noel" developed in the United States, which can simulate a pregnant woman about to give birth, and can even talk and scream. By simulating a real birth, it can help improve the surgical cooperation and response of obstetricians and gynecologists.
There are many types of medical robots in China, including rehabilitation robots, assistive robots, surgical robots, non-therapeutic service robots and other robots. Among them, rehabilitation robots account for the main proportion, with a ratio of 42%, followed by assistive robots with 17%, surgical robots with 16%, and non-therapeutic service robots with 8%.
In terms of the distribution of medical robot enterprises, China's medical robot enterprises are mainly distributed in Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Jiangsu and other cities, with the number of enterprises reaching more than half of the total, mainly because the first-tier cities have a complete industrial chain and rich market channels in the field of medical equipment.
