Carina™ Robotic Assisted Surgery platform development: Ronovo Surgical©
Our client asked:
Ronovo Surgical © asked Sagentia Medical to work collaboratively with its internal R&D team to ready its concept for detailed design and take the first iteration of the platform into product development. Carina™ is designed to enable more laparoscopic procedures to be done robotically, and it targets the clinical needs of patients being treated by laparoscopic surgery in China.
The project story:
Our involvement in the programme started with a design review to identify risks and areas for attention. We took the concept to a system architecture suitable for subsequent detailed design, with identification of all key components, usability analysis and industrial design.
Key challenges included: enabling the maximum range of procedures by optimising arm geometries; keeping the arms compact enough to allow easy OR staff interaction; devising control system hardware and software architectures to minimise latency; and controlling unit cost.
We took the following approach throughout the program:
- Rigorous but pragmatic system architecture development
- Informing the architecture with user insights, usability and workflow studies
- Targeting COGS across the system, using our knowledge of design for manufacture and local supply chains
- Rapid pace, compressing duration without unduly increasing risk
Results: deliverables and outcomes
Our work enabled the Ronovo Surgical © team to continue the development into a second iteration of the Carina™ system for human clinical testing. Ronovo Surgical© unveiled Carina™ in December 2022 and received NMPA approval in China for Carina™ in 2025.
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