Open innovations for medicine
Changing medicine under the influence of new technologies
experts discussed at the Open Innovations Forum
The introduction of new technologies can radically change the healthcare system in the very near future. Robots the size of a molecule delivering a drug precisely to the focus of the disease, systems that allow surgical manipulations through natural openings in the human body, doctors who monitor the patient's condition every minute through mobile devices – all this exists today. Experts spoke about how to bring innovations to the mass market at the Open Innovation Talks "Robotics in Medicine" and the round table "Treatment at a distance: new opportunities for telemedicine", held within the framework of the III International Forum of Innovative Development "Open Innovations".
The main topic of "Robotization in medicine" was the discussion of trends at the intersection of technologies and new models of medical services. The event was attended by Luis Jovtis, founder and chief architect of ValueBioTech system, Dmitry Pushkar, Professor, Head of the Department of Urology of Moscow Medical and Dental University, Lawrence Ho, Professor, Deputy Dean of the Yun Loo Lin Medical School of the National University of Singapore, Senior Consultant of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology of the Medical Faculty of the National University Hospital; Alexey Shabunin, MD, Chief Physician of the Moscow State Medical Institution "Botkin City Clinical Hospital of the Moscow Department of Health"; Moshe Shoam, Scientific Director and Co-founder of Mazor Robotics, Avi Aliman, Founder and Business Development Director of ValueBioTech. The discussion was moderated by Albert Efimov, Head of the robotics center of the Skolkovo Foundation.
At the round table "Treatment at a distance: new opportunities of telemedicine", experts spoke about the development of distance medicine and the latest achievements in the field of communication and visualization. The event was attended by Alexander Avshalumov, founder of the Cybernetic Medicine Group of Companies, Christopher Vasden, Executive Director of the Center for Development and Innovation. Sorenson, Executive Director of the Center for Medical Innovation; Kirill Kaem, Vice President, Executive Director of the Biomedical Technologies Cluster of the Skolkovo Foundation, Nick Scholes, Executive Consultant on e-health in Europe, the Middle East and Africa Hitachi Data Systems, Gunther Schreier, Senior Research and Thematic Coordinator of the Department of Auxiliary Information Technologies and Security of the Austrian Institute technologies, Alexander Gromov, Director of the Scientific and Practical Center of Medical Radiology of the Moscow Department of Health, Chief Specialist in Radiation Diagnostics of the Moscow Department of Health. The discussion was moderated by Ralph Simon, CEO, Founder of Mobilium Global, Founder, Honorary Chairman of the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MFF Mobile), Ambassador of the Association of Manufacturers of Cellular Telecommunications Systems (CTIA).
"Now about a thousand medical robots are sold annually, while sales of military robots amount to tens of thousands per year. But in terms of revenue and turnover, it is the medical market that is in the first place today. This is a high-margin and rapidly growing industry, open to important venture investments," Albert Efimov, head of the robotics center of the Skolkovo Foundation, said at the opening of Open Innovation Talks.
Various robots are already used in various fields of surgery (cardiovascular, microsurgery, orthopedics, etc.), in rehabilitation, and are also used as implants. According to expert estimates, the market volume of robotic medicine by 2017 may amount to about $4 billion. Robotization allows you to increase the accuracy of operations, make them minimally invasive. The participants of the event noted that surgery will soon be able to become almost completely "natural" – for access to internal organs, it will be possible not to violate the outer shells of the body, but to use existing openings. A small amount of intervention will reduce both the patient's treatment time and the costs of the healthcare system.
One of the most promising areas of medical development, according to the research of the Open Innovations Forum "Where the technological Market is moving: Prospects for Russia", is the use of nanorobots the size of a molecule for targeted drug delivery. Nanorobots have the functions of movement, processing and transmitting information, the ability to find the source of the disease and deliver the necessary substances there.
The project to create a robotic medical system is currently being implemented in Skolkovo.
"2 thousand medical robots are currently used in the USA, and only 20 in Russia. Thousands of patients are waiting for such operations. We are at the beginning of the journey, but robotic surgery is gradually becoming more popular than conventional. Robots already allow you to accurately locate, for example, a tumor – a doctor does not need to palpate a diseased organ. But it must be taken into account that, for example, a robot cannot plan an operation," says Dmitry Pushkar, professor, head of the Department of Urology at Moscow Medical and Dental University.
The robotization of medicine is now constrained by the high cost of automatic systems and consumables. Not every clinic can afford such a project. The development of remote medicine technologies is cheaper, and at the same time opens up no less prospects. The volume of this market in Russia is already about 160 billion rubles a year.
"Telemedicine allows the patient to be in constant contact with the doctor using familiar mobile devices. Doctors, receiving data, will be able not only to adjust the patient's treatment in a timely manner, but also to integrate information from all possible sources, analyze it and create development models," explains Gunther Schreier, senior research and thematic coordinator of the Department of Auxiliary Information Technologies and Security at the Austrian Institute of Technology.
Working with big data will also help the development of medicine in general, since about 70-80% of the information in hospitals is not structured now. It remains only to overcome the professional conservatism of doctors, create unified standards of telemedicine and thus launch innovations in healthcare itself.
The full text of the report "Where the technology market is moving: prospects for Russia" is available on the Forum's website.
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