The First Autonomous Stereotactic Neurosurgical Navigation Robot
NaoTrac, the Stereotactic Neurosurgical Navigation Robot, merges high-precision technology and surgeons’ experience to improve accuracy and result by streamlining surgical procedures and improving the learning curve equipped with Al, Machine Vision, and Robot-Assisted Surgery. Surgical navigation with non-contact registration, pre-operating planning preparation, and choosing the surgery pathway with a 3D vision for precise anatomical location. The unique autonomous procedure allows the surgeon to plan and let NaoTrac act as his assistant.
*NaoTrac has achieved CE Mark certification and was approved by Taiwan FDA. It is not been cleared by FDA.
The Competitive Benefits and Features
Robotic-active Instrument Recognition
Compatible with standard surgical instruments.
Autonomous surface matching and locating
Reduce the pre-operating workflow and save operating time
High accuracy of 3D medical image merging
Merges CT/MR data with 3D image to achieve high accurate surgical pathway.
NaoTrac Robotic Technology
NaoTrac is the first Autonomous Neurosurgical Navigation Robot, which was developed by the Brain Navi team. The main goal of innovating NaoTrac is to assist the surgeon in having an alternative neurosurgery assistant for high precision. NaoTrac received more than 18 patents in technology, innovation awards, and currently has completed more than 70 clinical cases.
ROBOTIC
Autonomous Navigation Robot
Robot-assisted Surgery
- The robot’s arm automatically inserts the tools to the exact pre-defined position of the lesion with robotic precision, while the surgeon is still in control
INTELLIGENT
3D Vision Merging High-tech
Algorithm Software
- NaoTrac automatically matches the patient's face with the 3D DICOM model to the CT/ MRI medical image to save substantial time
- It registers the patient's physical anatomic location increasing registration accuracy to less than 0.5mm, increasing the precision of the surgery.
- No need to measure manually surgical instruments manually
AUTOMATIC
Surface Matching Facial Recognition & Instrument Recognition
Machine Vision
- Accurately register the spatial information of a regular surgical instrument attached to the robot arm automatically
- The machine vision also locates the patient and auto-registers the patient's facial landmark under 100,000 points of the coordinate system to enhance the accuracy of the surgery
NaoTrac Robotic Technology
NaoTrac is the first Autonomous Neurosurgical Navigation Robot, which was developed by the Brain Navi team. The main goal of innovating NaoTrac is to assist the surgeon in having an alternative neurosurgery assistant for high precision. NaoTrac received more than 18 patents in technology, innovation awards, and currently in clinical trials.
ROBOTIC
Robot-assisted Surgery
INTELLIGENT
Algorithm Software
AUTOMATIC
Machine Vision
"For the first time in 40 years, I crossed my arms during the procedure. "
Professor Dr. Shinn Zong Lin
Machine Vision
AI Technology
Robotic Arm
NaoTrac’s core technology, SMART( Surface Mapping Auto-registration Technology) platform, is an improvement to the market. It eases the inaccuracies or limitation of current solution, like the movement through a physical connection from tracking target to stationary devices. In addition, NaoTrac is a C-arm / O-arm free solution, providing further accessibility and better user experience while proceeding with surgical navigation.
The SMART (Surface Mapping auto-registration Technology) platform is the exclusive patented technology of Brain Navi Biotechnology. It merges machine vision, robotic technology, and AI Technology to achieve “real-time imaging”, “precise surgery” and “minimal invasive outcome” during surgery. We are targeting to the world’s top ten cancer early treatments as the research and development direction.
Pilot study of a new type of machine vision-assisted stereotactic neurosurgery for EVD placement
(Medical Journal Published via Acta Neurochirurgica)
Hualien Tzu-Chi Medical Center published a abstract about the EVD placement result on the Europe well-known journal: Acta Neurochirurgica. The result of this report demonstrate that the SMART Technology that embedded on NaoTrac is feasible and fast. The average time spent on the patient registration was 1423.8 seconds. The mean target deviation was 1.68mm, and the mean angular deviation was 1.99 degree, all within the accepted tolerance for minimal tissue damage.
Certifications
NaoTrac is a CE-certificated surgical navigation robot and also approved by Taiwan FDA. It is planned to submit the FDA 510(K) soon in 2024.
Neurosurgeon Expert Feedback
“Using NaoTrac to perform EVD reduces anesthesia time, but it also improves the patient’s well-being through less invasive interventions. Most importantly, it has increased the degree of accuracy of the surgery to 1mm to 2mm,” said Shinn-Zong Lin, M.D. PhD., Superintendent of Hualien Tzu-Chi Medical Center. Ph.D. Dr. Lin also mentioned that “In the fields of immunotherapy, cell transplant, microchip implantation, etc., a high degree of accuracy is required. Therefore, NaoTrac not only executes EVD or tumor resection, but it also has the potential to collaborate with further fields.”
Neurosurgeon Expert Feedback
NaoTrac-Assisted in Prone Position
Illuminating Prone Position Advantages with Neurosurgical Navigation Robot.
NaoTrac-Assisted the ICH Treatment
NaoTrac-Assisted the ICH Treatment in China Medical University in Taiwan, the ICH treatment for the stroke patient to get quick recovery.
NaoTrac-Assisted Stem Cell Implantation
NaoTrac-Assisted Stem Cell Implantation: A New Hope for Spinocerebellar Ataxia Patients. The NaoTrac performed the Stem-Cell Implantation in the prone position.
The First Experience in NaoTrac
The Interview with Ph.D. Dr. Shin-Zong Lin, the superintendent of Hualien Tzu-Chi Medical Center, as he shares his first-hand experience with NaoTrac.
Events
First Installation of NaoTrac in An-Nan Hospital
The Brain Tumor Biopsy surgery was performed at An-Nan Hospital in Taiwan, marking the first installation of its kind in the southern region of the country.
2022 NaoTrac Workshop
In order to increase awareness of NaoTrac among neurosurgeons, we organized a workshop and extended invitations to prominent neurosurgeons in Taiwan.
Live Surgery in Brain Tumor Biopsy
To open the doors for international investors and potential key opinion leaders (KOLs), Brain Navi collaborated with Hualien Tzu-Chi Medical Center to demonstrate a live brain tumor biopsy procedure via broadcasting in 2022.
First-in-Human Trial Documentary in 2018
The first-in-human trial was conducted in 2018 by Dr. Chiu and Dr. Lin from Hualien Tzu-Chi Medical Center. Following the initial surgery, no further complications or adverse effects were observed in the subsequent 15 trials.
Where to Find NaoTrac
- Taiwan
Patient devotion
Brain Navi robotic surgery helps enhance preoperative accuracy and rapid recovery for patients.
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