China’s medical AI breaks ground as surgical robot wins EU approval, model tops benchmark

China's medical AI achieved two milestones: Shanghai MicroPort MedBot's Toumai Remote surgical robot received EU CE mark approval, and Baichuan-M4 clinical AI topped OpenAI's HealthBench benchmark. The Toumai robot, which enables remote laparoscopic surgeries using 5G, is the first remote surgical robot to gain EU clearance and has been deployed in over 60 markets.

China’s medical AI breaks ground as surgical robot wins EU approval, model tops benchmark Medbot’s teleoperated robot gains EU clearance as Baichuan-M4 clinical AI outshines global rivals in OpenAI’s HealthBench Medical AI from China https://www.scmp.com/native/tech/topics/technological-game-changers/article/3357539/how-ai-integration-real-world-tasks-enhances-healthcare-and-education?module=inline&pgtype=article has reached new milestones, with a teleoperated surgical robot gaining access to the European Union market and a clinical-grade model topping a major healthcare benchmark developed by OpenAI. Shanghai MicroPort MedBot said its Toumai Remote robot, which allowed surgeons to remotely conduct laparoscopic surgeries, had received the “CE mark” from the European Union, a mandatory requirement to enter the market, according to its Hong Kong stock exchange filing on Monday. The company said it was “the first remote surgical robot to obtain the CE mark”. The qualification indicated that a product met the requirements set out in EU rules allowing it to be “moved and marketed freely in the EU” regardless of where it was manufactured, according to the EU website. According to MedBot, the Toumai robot consisted of three main components – a surgeon console, a patient cart and a vision cart. By integrating the latest 5G technology, it enabled remote procedures in urology, general surgery, thoracic surgery, and gynaecology. Before the EU approval, the system was used in the UK, completing the country’s first robotic telesurgery, according to a BBC report in March. It enabled a London surgeon to remotely perform a prostate removal on a cancer patient in Gibraltar, some 2,400 kilometres 1,490 miles away, according to the report. Shanghai-based MedBot had delivered over 300 Toumai units across more than 60 markets worldwide, according to a post on its WeChat account on Monday.