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MEDICA 2024: How KUKA robots support orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery
More and more clinics and doctors are relying on state-of-the-art, robot-based medical technology. Brand new innovations can be seen at MEDICA 2024 in Düsseldorf from November 11 to 14. In line with the MEDICA motto “Where healthcare is going”, KUKA will be presenting pioneering partner applications based on the LBR Med. This year's focus is on the orthopedic and neurosurgical sectors.
83,000 visitors, around 5,300 exhibitors from almost 70 nations – last year's MEDICA medical technology trade fair in Düsseldorf once again showed why it is considered the industry leader worldwide. A lively international exchange is also expected for 2024. The KUKA team welcomes visitors in Hall 10 at Stand A22. There, the Augsburg-based automation expert will be presenting medical applications based on the seven-axis, sensitiveLBR Med, which is the world's first robot-based component to be certified for integration into medical products.
At the KUKA booth in Hall 10, Booth A22, medical robotics will become tangible at MEDICA 2024 - for example with the sensitive LBR Med.
KUKA's LBR Med to try out
Visitors to the KUKA stand at MEDICA can get hands-on and immerse themselves in the world of medical technology at the Medical Feature Cell, which offers various modes and scenarios. Dr. Andreas Keibel, Business Development Manager Medical Robotics at KUKA, explains: "We are using this universal demo cell to showcase various high-end features of our LBR Med that are in demand from our customers in the medical sector. A few examples are teaching by demonstration, force control during a path, manual guidance in 6D (translation, orientation change), telemanipulation, collision avoidance, real-time object tracking and much more – visitors to the trade fair can experience for themselves what this means in detail."
Central innovation: collision avoidance feature
The central innovation is the collision avoidance feature. Visitors to the trade fair can test it for themselves in a fun way: using a standard game console controller, the robot arm can be steered through an obstacle course via telemanipulation. The software's collision avoidance model ensures that the obstacles cannot be hit. Also new: with the help of a navigation camera, visitors can have the robot automatically follow a puppet while it is moved by hand. KUKA is not planning to launch a medical product on the market,butwith the LBR Med is merely providing a certified component for integration into a medical system.
KUKA's Medical Feature Cell is coming to this year's MEDICA with some new, interactive functions.
“ROBIN” supports interventions in orthopedic surgery
This year's KUKA stand at MEDICA will once again feature two partner companies from the medical technology sector: one of them is Orthokey from Italy with its„ROBIN“application. This is an innovative, collaborative robotic solution for orthopedic surgery, which is designed as open platform that can use various implants from different manufacturers. The technology supports a wide range of orthopedic procedures, including robotic total knee implantation.
The innovative robotic solution “ROBIN”, which was developed for orthopaedic surgery, comes from Italy.
An outstanding feature of “ROBIN” is the real-time tracking of patient and robot position, which generates virtual boundaries for precise bone resections and thus improves accuracy and safety during surgery. It also increases the reproducibility of procedures and enables surgeons to optimize alignment and kinematics. "ROBIN" can be easily integrated into the operating room and requires only a minimal learning curve, without the need for pre-operative imaging.
Highest accuracy in neurosurgical procedures with “RONNA G6”
The second KUKA partner, RONNA Medical, is coming to Düsseldorf from Croatia to present its “RONNA G6” application. The system based on the LBR Med was specially developed for stereotactic cranial neurosurgery. According to RONNA Medical it not only has an accuracy in the submillimeter range, but is also characterized by its ergonomic design and intuitive user interface. The solution also includes automatic patient localization and registration as well as surgery planning and control software.
Neurosurgical interventions are possible with the “RONNA G6” application from Croatia.
RONNA Medical developed the system to support surgeons in various minimally invasive neurosurgical procedures, including stereotactic brain biopsies, external ventricular drainage (EVD) and brain tumor surgery. “RONNA G6” incorporates advanced safety features such as a continuous activation switch, a force-sensitive robotic arm, system state indicators, emergency stops and a safety controller designed to protect patients, surgeons and OR staff. The application's proprietary camera ensures the extremely important precision of the interventions.
