Trichy-based Dr G Viswanathan Hospital Launches MedBot Toumai Surgical Robot

The robotic system is designed to replicate the surgeon's hand movements through small incisions, enabling enhanced accuracy and safety while reducing patient trauma.

Dr G Viswanathan Hospital in Trichy has installed the MedBot Toumai, an advanced surgical Robot aimed at supporting precision-led complex surgical procedures.

Developed by MicroPort MedBot, the system includes a multi-arm robotic platform and high-definition visualisation to support the minimally invasive surgical workflow.

The robotic system is designed to replicate the surgeon's hand movements through small incisions, enabling enhanced accuracy and safety while reducing patient trauma.

The system features 360-degree rotational movement, high-definition 3D vision with up to 10x magnification, tremor filtration technology, and precise tissue dissection with improved hemostasis.

The hospital plans to deploy the system across a range of robotic-assisted procedures, including colectomy, hysterectomy, gastrectomy, nephrectomy, prostatectomy, thyroidectomy, esophagectomy, and lung lobectomy for cancer treatment.

The robotic system is intended to seamlessly integrate into clinical practice, to support enhanced precision, improved surgical control, and strengthen clinical outcomes in minimally invasive procedures.

Reportedly, the hospital is the first in Tamil Nadu to adopt this advanced robotic surgical system.

Commenting on the latest initiative, K. Govindaraj, Chairman of G. Viswanathan Hospitals, said, “The robotic system replicates the surgeon’s hand movements inside the patient’s body through tiny incisions, enabling minimally invasive surgery with greater accuracy and safety.”

In an earlier development, the government of Tamil Nadu inaugurated India’s first integrated government sector hybrid neurosurgery operating theatre at Kilpauk Medical College Hospital (KMCH), Chennai, to enable minimally invasive brain procedures.

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