In China, AI guides robot during heart surgery for first time
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In China, doctors at the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army used artificial intelligence to guide a robot during a heart operation on September 5.
The team performed a catheter closure on a 48-year-old patient with a congenital heart defect, a minimally invasive procedure that corrects heart abnormalities without open-heart surgery. The robot used ultrasound technology and operated autonomously, scanning heart tissue and locating the defect with submillimeter precision.
Unlike existing surgical robots, this system did not require constant remote control by a human surgeon. Hospital officials believe this technology will improve surgical accuracy and make advanced heart procedures more widely available. They also suggest the AI system could assist in emergency triage on battlefields and speed up diagnostic imaging for trauma patients, expanding its potential uses beyond the operating room.
