The first robot manufactured in Catalonia is already operating on patients at the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona. In 2024, it is expected to obtain registration from the European authorities and the next step will be to make the leap to the United States.

The operations carried out so far have been successfully completed and the manufacturing of more robotic units has already begun at the company’s plant in El Prat de Llobregat.

The objective of the project, as stated by Jaume Amat, CEO of Rob Surgical, is clear: “democratize and universalize precision surgery”. With this statement he exposes the desire to make precision surgery available to medium or small hospitals, such as regional hospitals in Catalonia.

Rob Surgical’s proposal is to make a robot that is much lower in cost and does not require such a large investment for the centers. Thus, other centers will be able to access digital surgery without having to make a large investment and patients will be able to be treated without having to travel to the capital’s large hospitals.

“This reduces the cost per operation to more than half of what each intervention with a current robot currently costs,” says Jaume Amat. It also highlights the advantage of the design of this surgical robot: it allows for more intensive use and very easy transportation, in such a way that operations could be performed in a center and the next day moved to another location, optimizing its performance.

Medicine and surgery are undergoing a paradigm shift in which they seek to complete interventions by making the minimum incision. For this reason, precision robotic surgery is now the most valued and the solution that makes the most sense. Rob Surgical’s Bitrack robot aims to universalize precision surgery, offering a hybrid surgery system and an open platform that facilitates its compatibility.

These are the technological innovations included in the Bitrack system:

Robotic system

Rob Surgical’s Bitrack system is an open robotic platform, compatible with the systems, monitors, cameras and trocars that the hospital already has.

In addition, it allows hybrid surgery. That is, the robot is used only when necessary and changes to traditional surgery when necessary.

Artificial intelligence

The Bitrack system is equipped with artificial intelligence functions that allow the surgical robot to remain constantly evolving. These functions include intelligent laparoscopy, navigation system, respiratory movement and compensation system.

Single-use instruments

One of the great advantages of the Bitrack system is its single-use instruments. They save cleaning costs and are compatible with the same trocars.

Diagnostic imaging

Imaging diagnosis is combined in real time with data analysis and learning functions so that the artificial intelligence system can improve the safety and performance of the robot.

Vision and virtual reality system

Bitrack is an open platform supporting innovative visualization systems. The 3D vision system allows surgeons to work with a visualization very close to reality.

Data system

Surgical data are collected during surgery. This information is very useful in relation to information services, commercial KPIs and clinical KPIs.

These innovative functionalities translate into multiple benefits for patients, surgeons and hospitals. You can learn about them in more detail by clicking here.