Medical robotics: Intelligent assistance systems

Every successful product starts with a good idea. But before you can decide whether a good idea really has the potential to become a successful product, we need to ask a few key questions: What are the use cases of the medical robot and what are the main risks that will be arise in practical application? Let us partner up to pinpoint the requirements that matter most. Let us bring the system’s real-world users on board at the earliest opportunity. And let us help you with 

• Use cases and key requirements
• Risk assessment support
• Technical feasibility study
• Conceptual/ technical system design
• System architecture
• Initial usability studies
• Prototyping

Increasingly complex systems, safety-relevant, elaborate control algorithms, human-robot interaction, and connectivity – robotics development certainly presents a labyrinth of challenges. Rise to these challenges with our support in the way of

Software

• Control systems
• Robotics algorithms, control, teleoperation, sensors
• Embedded and real-time systems
• Image processing and artificial intelligence
• Functional safety
• Cyber security, remote maintenance
• Simulation systems, VR/AR, simulation environment for training
• Support for service operations

Usability

• Human-robot interaction
• Collaborative operating concepts
• User interfaces, dialogue systems
• Usability engineering (IEC62366)
• Design

Hardware

• Electronic components development, e.g. for motor control

Mechanics

• Design and dimensioning of mechanical precision parts
• Drives, sensors, housing, supporting structure
• Prototyping
• Production-ready design

Verification

• Static analyses
• Test specifications
• Test implementation

The journey from the initial idea for a robotic system to a final, approved product throws up numerous challenges along the way. If you can orchestrate quality assurance, risk management, and standards-compliant documentation so they all harmonize well, you will be able to tame the complexity of requirements and dependencies. And we are here to help you do that with our specialized technical skills and also with our deep insight into regulatory affairs, including

• EN ISO 13485:2016 QM system
• IEC 62366-1:2015+COR1:2015+A1:2020 usability engineering
• ISO 14971:2019 risk management
• IEC 62304:2006+A1:2015 software lifecycle
• MDR:2017, FDA, IVDR regulatory affairs
• DIN EN 60601- 1:2013 medical electrical equipment safety
• IEC 80001 security
• IEC 61508 safety

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