To be used in endoscopic surgery, domestically produced da Vinci surgical robot has been approved by the National Medical Products Administration for surgery | surgery | domestically produced
The reporter learned from Fosun Pharmaceuticals today that its affiliated company, Intuitive Fosun, has obtained approval from the National Medical Products Administration for its "Thoracic and Abdominal Endoscopic Surgery Control System", which can be applied in laparoscopic surgeries such as urology, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, and thoracic surgery. This system is the Chinese version of the da Vinci surgical robot and will bring good news to the vast number of patients in China.
As a global leader in medical surgical robots, Intuitive Medical and Fosun Pharma jointly invested in China to establish Intuitive Fosun. This Sino foreign joint venture has settled in Shanghai and is building a regional innovation center that integrates research and development, production, and service, creating a localized precision medical leading enterprise and driving the development of the industry upstream and downstream.
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The da Vinci surgical robot is an advanced robot platform consisting of a surgeon's console, a bedside robotic arm system, and an imaging system. It can perform complex surgical procedures through minimally invasive methods. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of da Vinci surgical robots for general surgery, thoracic surgery, urology, obstetrics and gynecology, head and neck surgery, and cardiac surgery in adults and children.
According to Pan Xiaofeng, CEO of Intuitive Fosun, the da Vinci surgical robot is currently a widely used laparoscopic surgical robot worldwide. It has three major characteristics: a three-dimensional high-definition field of view, a rotatable wrist surgical instrument, and intuitive motion control. It can automatically filter out tremors and other hand movements of surgeons and convert them into more precise movements. Its bending and rotation exceed the limit of human hands, making robot assisted surgery a reality.
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"Since the entry of da Vinci surgical robots into China, localization has always been one of the company's core strategies." Pan Xiaofeng said that in August last year, the construction of the medical robot manufacturing and research and development center, which is the headquarters and industrialization base project of Intuitive Fosun, began with an investment of over 700 million yuan, aiming to achieve "Made in China, Joint Research and Development, and Global Sales". This project will create a surgical robot ecosystem consisting of technology, training, services, support, and solutions, accelerating the development of the domestic medical industry and benefiting more Chinese patients.
While carrying out localization layout, this joint venture is also participating in surgical talent training, sharing surgical robot operation technology with medical practitioners, jointly exploring precision medical theory and practice, and helping more Chinese surgeons master the world's leading robot assisted hand surgery technology.
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At the end of 2021, Intuitive Fosun established a comprehensive innovation training base in Shanghai, which can train thousands of robot assisted surgical surgeons annually. In 2022, Intuitive Fosun launched medical devices such as the da Vinci bipolar vascular closure system and the da Vinci linear cutting stapler, further improving the surgical robot ecosystem.