my country independently develops 5G remote high-precision ophthalmic surgery robot

This is a special eye surgery 600 kilometers apart. The "patient" is at the Sun Yat-sen University Zhongshan Eye Center in Guangzhou, while the doctor is far away at the Hainan Eye Hospital in Haikou. He stares at the screen and operates the console skillfully. On July 25, the Sun Yat-sen University Zhongshan Eye Center announced that the "remote high-precision ophthalmic surgery robot" jointly developed by the center's professor Lin Haotian and a number of medical, research and production institutions carried out the world's first 5G remote micron-level ophthalmic surgery at the Hainan Eye Hospital at the end of June this year.

One month after the operation, the results of this cross-sea remote surgery were safe and stable. Professor Lin Haotian introduced the 5G remote micron-level ophthalmic surgery. Photo provided by the interviewee. Lin Haotian said that with the help of 5G communication and ultra-high-definition microscopic stereoscopic imaging technology, ophthalmologists can obtain low-latency ultra-high-definition remote microscopic surgery images in real time, so as to grasp the depth and movement trajectory of intraocular instruments. Ophthalmic robot 5G remote surgery can break through the limitations of hands and eyes, improve medical accessibility, enhance the value of medical service capabilities in remote areas, and allow robots to assist in doctor skill training.

In recent years, with the support of the multidisciplinary cross-innovation platform of Sun Yat-sen University, the team of Professor Lin Haotian from the Sun Yat-sen Eye Center of Sun Yat-sen University and the team of Professor Huang Kai from the School of Computer Science of Sun Yat-sen University have formed a medical and engineering cross-innovation team, and have worked with medical device companies to independently develop a "5G remote micron-level ophthalmic surgery robot" to achieve cross-land and cross-sea micron-level ophthalmic surgery connecting the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Hainan Province. "This is a remote surgery with strong stability and low latency." Huang Kai said that the robot can replace manual operation, filter out manual tremors and jitters, and remotely achieve high-precision surgical operations across time and space through 5G.

Professor Huang Kai introduced the research results. Photo provided by the interviewee. Currently, the operation is in the animal experiment stage and is planned to be used in clinical practice from the second half of this year to the first half of next year. The project team will further promote the implementation and application of 5G remote micron-level ophthalmic surgical robots, combine digital telemedicine, independent innovative surgical robot technology with new digital therapy medical and health service systems, and promote the radiation of domestic high-quality medical resources to a wider range of areas with insufficient medical resources. Staff demonstrated on site.

Editor: Huang Fei