Silver Medical Devices and Medical Equipment Design · 2024
Roboangio Interventional Robotic System
by Wenyong Ren and Weinan Yang - Abrobo
- A' Design Award 2024 Silver Winner in Medical Devices and Medical Equipment Design
- Awarded April 15, 2024
- CLIENT: Abrobo - Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Biomedical Robot Co.,Ltd.
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 243,334
- Verification code CEBB0FCCD5 · Verify this award
About Roboangio Interventional Robotic System
Roboangio is an interventional robotic system used in vascular interventional surgery. The system delivers and manipulates guidewires and catheters remotely. A master-slave control solution allows physicians to stay away from the radiation environment while keeping complete control. An adjustable gantry attaches to a surgical table when needed and is removed when not in use. The control console has two operating rods that reproduce the feel of traditional practice, so existing surgical skills remain useful. Shielding uses lead panels and lead glass.
The Roboangio Interventional Robotic System by Abrobo Product and Design Center represents a distinguished achievement within the evolving tradition of medical technology design, where functional requirements and aesthetic considerations converge to create instruments that serve both clinical efficacy and psychological reassurance. This integrated system, comprising a sophisticated robotic intervention unit paired with an ergonomically conceived operator station, demonstrates the contemporary movement toward humanizing complex medical apparatus through thoughtful form language and restrained material expression. The design team appears to have engaged deeply with questions of visual harmony within clinical environments, selecting a refined palette of whites and grays that suggests cleanliness, precision, and technological advancement while avoiding the cold sterility sometimes associated with medical machinery. The sweeping organic curvature of the primary robotic housing evokes natural aerodynamic forms, perhaps deliberately softening the psychological impact of robotic intervention through familiar visual metaphors drawn from nature and transportation design. Technical accomplishment manifests in the seamless integration of complex mechanical systems within housing that maintains visual coherence and compositional elegance. The articulating arm assembly demonstrates sophisticated engineering concealed within forms that communicate capability without intimidation. The companion control station extends this design philosophy through its protective enclosure geometry, creating a defined workspace that simultaneously shields operators from radiation exposure while maintaining visual connection to the procedural environment. One observes careful attention to interface hierarchy, with primary display and secondary tablet positioned for optimal ergonomic access. The system invites contemplation of how contemporary designers navigate the intersection of advanced technology and human psychological comfort, suggesting that the most successful medical instruments may be those that inspire confidence through visual refinement as much as through technical capability. How might such thoughtful design philosophy influence both practitioner experience and patient perception of care quality?
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The Roboangio is a new interventional robotic system intended for use in the remote delivery and manipulation of guidewires and catheters during vascular interventional surgeries. With the design of a master-slave control solution, it enables physicians to stay away from radiation environment while preserving complete control. The design brings ease to physicians and safety to patients through a combination of intuitive interaction and robotic precision.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Robotic Drive: 1430mm length X 365mm width X 305mm height, Control Console: 540mm length X 250mm width X 220mm height, Shielded Workstation: 1140mm length X 845mm width X 1410mm height, Adjustable Gantry: 1060mm length x 305mm width x 660mm height, Transit Trolley: 1014mm length x 817mm width x 1020mm height
- Tags
- Robotics, Surgery, Vascular, Endovascular, Intervention, Radiation, Angiography, Medical Device
- Production Technology
- Electromechanical Integration, Control Algorithms, Radiation-shielded Lead Panel and Lead Glass, Biocompatible Injection-molded Plastics, Precision Machined Aluminium, Ethylene Oxide Sterilization
- Design Challenge
- For project of this kind, challenges existed in almost all aspects. During the creative process, one of the hardest parts is to objectively receive voices from various perspectives and still hold onto a clear vision of how to empower interventional surgery with robotic technology. Through persistent efforts, this project has overcame obstacles involved multi-disciplinary electromechanical integration, complex control algorithms as well as aseptic manufacturing techniques.
- Project Duration
- Development of this project began in March 2021. Clinical trial of the product concluded in June 2023. Released to public in October 2023. Designed in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
- Operation Flow
- The design team believes that its successful application relies on how well the technology can fit into existing surgical environments and techniques. The adjustable gantry can be easily attach to a surgical table when needed and removed when it is not. The control console has two operating rods that reproduce the feel of traditional practices, so physicians can use their well-honed skills when performing interventional surgery with robotic technology.
- Research
- Research for this project went through many stages. Following the process of developing a medical device for approval by the NMPA is critical to this project. This involved a series of strategic R&D activities proceeding from Inputs, Outputs, Validation to Verification. Data was analyzed through experiments of MVP, formative and summative tests as well as clinical trials. Our design team worked with clinical experts, ensuring that needs were well received and effectively carried to the design.
- Inspiration
- The incidence of vascular diseases is on the rise globally. However, to treat vascular diseases via interventional surgeries, a physician faced massive radiation exposure and manual errors. Numerous patients could not access an effective treatment. The design team cooperated with clinical experts to gain original insights, through which this system was invented to change the traditional approach.
- Image Credits
- Weinan Yang, Ruiming Wu, Yunong Zeng, Zhihao Hu, Zanzhong Xia, Hangye Xu, Roboangio, 2024.
- Patents
- Patent No: CN113749774B, CN115245387B, CN114191096B, CN114521971B, CN114469354B, CN113633389B, CN113729965B, CN113749782B, CN113749779B, CN113796965B, CN114391962B, CN114191079A, CN114391950A, CN114391965A, CN307987004S, CN307907111S, CN307672296S, CN307947684S, CN307907110S, CN307683213S