As the number of surgeries assisted by the surgical robot systems has been increasing, the SCC entered into a contract for a joint comprehensive study with Medicaroid Corporation (production & sales) and Sysmex Corporation (sole distribution). This enables several clinical divisions including Div. of Colon and Rectal Surgery to launch on the clinical study developing practical functions of the surgical robot “hinotoriTM.” They are studying to see whether it will be practically possible to make a surgery autonomous (i.e., sectionally automated) by analyzing the image data obtained from endoscopy and the operational log of the robot during the surgeries. Study on the possibility of making a surgery autonomous with “hinotoriTM” has not been done before, which makes this clinical study the world’s first one. It is highly expected that once the movements of “hinotoriTM” are safely fixed through this clinical study, a big step forward will be made toward a practical use of the surgical robot system for supporting surgeons during surgeries and making a robotic telesurgery possible in the future.
