A mobile hybrid operating room with autonomous driving technology is unveiled

A mobile hybrid operating room with autonomous driving technology is unveiled

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National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Hospital recently introduced a versatile device that can perform a variety of surgical procedures. Called the Mobile Hybrid Operating Room, the system was inspired by autonomous driving technology. The state-of-the-art machine combines intraoperative 3D imaging and positioning guidance functions, and thanks to its mobility, any ordinary operating room can be turned into a hybrid operating room. Let’s hear from the hospital.

Tsai Chien-ho
Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Hospital surgeon
It is a CT scanner that can produce 3D images. It can perform orthopedic, neurological, thoracic, cardiovascular, and even facial plastic surgical procedures, all of which require very sophisticated imaging – which this machine can produce.

Feng Shang-wen
Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Hospital orthopedist
We are now able to use this hybrid operating room which combines the ARTIS pheno angiography system with navigation, to achieve precise nail placement for some more difficult fractures like in the pelvis, or some of the more challenging spinal surgeries.

The machine’s autonomous driving technology can also alleviate the shortage of medical staff. The half-ton equipment can be operated with a remote control, with much improved surgical accuracy and efficiency.

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號稱醫療界"特斯拉" 行動複合手術室靈活移動支援

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國立陽明交通大學附設醫院，最新引進〝行動複合手術室〞，機器設計靈感是當今最熱門的機器自動駕駛技術，結合術中3D影像與定位導引功能，可靈活移動到任何需要的手術室，讓普通手術室瞬間升級成複合手術室等級。

[[陽明交通大學宜蘭醫院外科部主任蔡建和]]
“它就是一個電腦斷層，它可以做出那種立體3D的影像，就像骨科、神經外科、胸腔外科、心臟血管外科，甚至顏面整形外科，這些都需要很精細的影像學來做輔助。”

[[陽明交通大學宜蘭醫院骨科醫師馮尚文]]
“我們開始在一些比較困難的骨折，比如說骨盆，或者是一些比較困難的脊椎手術，都可以用這個複合手術室的飛龍跟導航結合，做到精準打釘。

機器的自動駕駛技術大幅緩解了醫護人力短缺與工作壓力，用遙控器就可以操作半噸重的設備；手術中系統可以根據患者身形與姿勢，利用電動遙控進行影像導引，降低醫療團隊暴露在輻射的劑量並縮短手術時間，進一步提升手術的精準度與效率。

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