In recent years, we can also see robots frequently appearing in our daily life. There are food delivery robots in restaurants, service robots in hotels, and sweeping robots at home. Of course, we cannot ignore the "medical robots" that have shined in the epidemic. Empowered by AI, they are becoming a hot topic in the robot market. A new force.
Recently, Hefei Hebin Intelligent Robot Co., Ltd. completed the Pre-A round of financing. This round of financing was led by Sequoia China Seed Fund, and Linear Capital, the leading investor of the angel round, continued to increase its support.
Hebin Intelligent was established in 2020. The company integrates core technologies such as aerospace-level force-controlled robots and telepresence, multi-modal perception and edge artificial intelligence, and is committed to the development of intelligent remote ultrasonic robots/autonomous ultrasonic scanning robots for Support remote ultrasound diagnosis, ultrasound-assisted scanning and auxiliary diagnosis, automatic standardized collection of ultrasound images, promote the separation mode of ultrasound scanning and diagnosis, realize a variety of new business forms of smart ultrasound applications, and fundamentally alleviate the gap and imbalance of ultrasound medical resources. Improve the medical conditions for the common people.
Ultrasound examination, as the most important medical imaging examination item, has the advantages of low cost, no radiation, and wide clinical application, and has maintained a high growth rate in recent years. According to the data of the National Health and Medical Commission, the number of ultrasound equipment in my country is about 220,000, covering medical institutions at all levels, supporting up to 2 billion ultrasound examinations per year. However, there are currently more than 120,000 registered ultrasound doctors in the country, and there is still a gap 150,000, the overall ultrasound doctor-patient ratio is only 0.26/10,000 visits, and the shortage of primary ultrasound doctors is particularly serious.
Compared with other medical imaging methods, ultrasound has a wider range of application scenarios, but ultrasound examination relies more on the experience and techniques of doctors to ensure the acquisition of images with diagnostic value, and training a qualified ultrasound doctor also requires a lot of cases and time. More intelligent products and innovative system solutions are needed to fundamentally solve the shortage of ultrasound doctors in a short period of time.
Hebin intelligent robot builds the automatic acquisition technology of images in the field of ultrasound through the method of robot, artificial intelligence and platform, and promotes the separation mode of ultrasound scanning and diagnosis.
In terms of implementation, the company draws on the "progressive" automatic driving engineering model, that is, first on the road - then upgrade mode, to realize the product route of the ultrasonic robot first remote - then automatic, and first realize the doctor's remote operation of the robotic arm for ultrasonic scanning and Diagnosis, to improve the current situation of lack of professional ultrasound doctors at the grassroots level in the short term; at the same time, through a large number of dynamic ultrasound image data mining and self-supervised learning, an advanced ultrasound scanning diagnostic assistance system is realized, and real-time assistance to junior doctors to perform fast and effective ultrasound examinations; Finally, through the acquisition and learning of real and professional ultrasound data, the "automatic driving" ability of the robotic arm will be improved, allowing the robotic arm to operate the ultrasound examination autonomously.
With the development of social economy and the implementation of the "Healthy China" strategy, the improvement of residents' consumption ability and health awareness, the acceleration of population aging and the upgrading of medical service consumption structure, the medical and health industry has become a national pillar strategic industry. The market size It is also expanding. According to the "Healthy China 2030" Planning Outline, the scale of my country's health service industry will reach more than 16 trillion yuan in 2030.
However, under such a huge market prospect, medical robots still have many difficulties that have not been overcome.
From the cycle point of view, the development of medical robots is still in the early stage. Not only is the research and development cycle long, but there will also be various problems in the actual implementation. Therefore, the overall application rate is not high, and a large-scale industry has not yet formed; at the technical level , There are still many core technical problems that have not been resolved. For example, some machine designs in fine operation will still affect the accuracy rate, the human-computer interaction mode is not yet mature, and the existing medical methods are not fully covered.
But an obvious trend is that when medical care meets artificial intelligence, the future trend of the digital economy in the medical field becomes clear. Using the power of advanced computing to help the medical industry transform and upgrade from informatization to precision medicine, relying on rich industry experience and advanced technology research and development capabilities, provide more targeted solutions for the medical industry and accelerate the construction of "Digital China".
Article source: New Industry Insights