Medical robots are gradually moving from single point applications to full scene integration, deeply integrating into the entire chain of diagnosis, treatment, surgery, medication dispensing, packaging and transportation, and promoting the intelligent transformation and upgrading of modern hospitals. Recently, reporters visited the first "Robot+Medical" application demonstration unit in Beijing - the Tongzhou campus of Beijing Anzhen Hospital affiliated with Capital Medical University, and "visited" more than 20 robots currently in use. Observations and interviews have found that medical robots can not only improve efficiency and ensure safety, but also help promote remote healthcare and advance the sinking of high-quality medical resources. Pharmacy Robot: The first intelligent pharmacy in China that integrates storage, dispensing, and dispensing in the outpatient building. There are no traditional pharmacies offering a wide variety of drugs, nor are there busy figures of pharmacists running back and forth or bending over to retrieve medication. I saw rows of iron frames with QR codes arranged in a compact manner, with a height close to the roof. There were more than 1350 standard compartments with traceable barcodes, which could store nearly 100000 boxes of drugs. The space utilization rate was much higher than that of traditional pharmacies. Four dispensing robots, two large storage robots, and four small transfer robots smoothly shuttle between the shelves, with robotic arms lifting and retrieving boxes, exploring and retrieving medication in one go. These 10 domestically produced collaborative robots operate 24/7 and can relay the entire process of drug storage, replenishment, and delivery. The labor cost of the pharmacy has been reduced by one-third compared to the traditional model. ”According to Lin Yang, director of the pharmacy department at Beijing Anzhen Hospital, nowadays, 95% of patients can complete their medication collection within 5 minutes after reporting through self-service machines or mobile phones, significantly reducing the phenomenon of waiting in line. Next door, the intelligent upgrade of the inpatient pharmacy has also achieved remarkable results. The first integrated intelligent device in the country can complete the discharge medication dispensing of a single patient in as fast as 4-10 seconds, and then manually scan the traceability code to complete verification and recording. For the injection dispensing function in the ward, the reporter saw that the injection dispensing robot system can automatically disassemble those medication needs that have both zero and whole needs. When a medical order for "32 injections" appears on the screen, the upper robotic arm of the system uses suction cups to take out 3 whole boxes of drugs, while the lower clip type injection chamber drops two loose needles to accurately complete the combination dispensing. In addition to the pharmacy, there is also a core pharmaceutical service unit in the hospital that ordinary patients are less familiar with - the intravenous medication dispensing center. Here, medical robots also play a crucial role, elevating safety and efficiency to new heights. Lin Yang calculated the account for the reporter: Skilled pharmacists can prepare 60 to 80 doses of various intravenous medications per hour, but the efficiency decreases with working hours and is also prone to occupational injuries such as tenosynovitis. The fully automatic intelligent intravenous medication dispensing system, through the cooperation of three robotic arms, can automatically complete operations such as labeling, medication retrieval, needle retrieval, disinfection, and liquid dispensing. It can stably dispense up to 180 doses per hour, with an efficiency more than twice that of manual labor. In terms of the construction and promotion of smart pharmacies, Lin Yang suggests that hospitals in various regions can plan in advance before the construction of new or old hospitals, and make personalized designs based on the area and service needs of the hospital, promoting the mechanization of warehouse supply, drug dispensing and other links. The goal of intelligent pharmacies is not only to upgrade processes and improve efficiency, but also to liberate pharmacists from repetitive physical labor, allowing pharmaceutical talents to return to professional standards and focus their main energy on prescription review, drug verification, medication guidance, and other work, providing patients with more detailed and caring humanistic services. ”She said. Surgical robots: Fine execution partners. If pharmaceutical robots improve service efficiency, then surgical robots are expanding the coverage of medical services and providing new possibilities for remote medical implementation. In the catheterization room of Tongzhou Branch of Anzhen Hospital in Beijing, a domestically produced coronary artery intervention surgical robot "stands" at the operating table to assist patients with myocardial ischemia, angina pectoris, and myocardial infarction in performing interventional surgery. The operating room assistant and nursing staff are delivering consumables and monitoring the patient on the side. The chief surgeon behind the scenes, in the adjacent control room, commands the robot's robotic arm to move forward, backward, and rotate by controlling the handle and push rod. From the patient's coronary artery opening, a guide wire with a diameter of only 0.014 inches is sent along the winding blood vessel to the narrowed area, and then balloon dilation and stent implantation are completed in sequence. Zeng Yong, Executive Director of the Coronary Heart Disease Center at Beijing Anzhen Hospital, introduced that the core components of this domestically produced coronary artery intervention surgical robot include a high-precision robotic arm, a force feedback sensing system, and a master-slave control chip. Dozens of completed clinical applications have shown that the robot assisted surgery is safe and effective, and patients' postoperative recovery is normal. However, any technology develops gradually, and iterative upgrades require time. ”Zeng Yong admitted that surgical robots cannot completely replace doctors at present. In the future, robots will need to be continuously upgraded in terms of device appearance, tactile feedback, and control sensitivity to better meet clinical needs. It is reported that Fuwai Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Luhe Hospital affiliated with Capital Medical University, as well as multiple hospitals in Shanghai, Shenyang, Liaoning and other places, are also simultaneously conducting research and application exploration of similar interventional robots. The soul of surgical robots lies in their remote-controlled robotic arms. Therefore, when we take a long-term perspective, we will find that its most transformative value lies in promoting telemedicine and enabling high-quality medical resources to transcend geographical limitations. In 2023 and 2024, the General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (301 Hospital) and the team of Ge Junbo, an academician of the CAS Member, used to rely on surgical robots and 5G technology to complete remote robot assisted cardiac intervention surgery for patients in Xinjiang. Zeng Yong believes that in the future, in county-level hospitals, remote mountainous areas, and islands, as long as grassroots hospitals have hardware equipment, communication support, and doctor assistance, experts from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen can remotely perform surgeries for patients thousands of miles away, which will help solve the problem of uneven distribution of medical resources. Transport packaging robot: a defense line for service safety and medical safety, sometimes hidden in places that patients cannot see. While pharmacies and surgical robots are active on the front line of diagnosis and treatment, another team of robots is silently guarding the hospital's "behind the scenes battlefield" - the disinfection supply center, assisting staff in building a strong medical safety line. This is the core checkpoint for hospital infection prevention and control, responsible for the recycling, cleaning, disinfection, sterilization, and distribution of medical devices reused throughout the hospital. ”Entering the disinfection supply center of Beijing Anzhen Hospital, head nurse Wang Jin introduced. The reporter saw that for cleaned surgical scissors, hemostatic forceps, tweezers and other instruments, after automatic sorting and manual inspection, the packaging and transportation processes have been led by robots. The automatic packaging robot is composed of multiple robotic arms, which easily "grasp" the blue surgical bag fabric, and flexibly and standardly complete a series of actions such as double-layer packaging, sealing, and labeling. Under standardized operation, the shape of the "freshly baked" equipment package is regular and the elasticity is consistent. Wang Jin introduced that this robot operates 24 hours a day without interruption and can complete two to three hundred equipment packages per day, saving 4-6 manpower. The staff received the sterilized instrument package and completed the instrument storage by scanning the traceability code. When applying for use, the handheld terminal device will display the inventory quantity and sterilization expiration date of various instruments in real time, and prioritize the prompt of items with near expiration dates, achieving a "first in, first out" management efficiency far exceeding manual inventory, making aseptic management more intelligent. In terms of transportation, there are two automatic guided robots shuttling back and forth between the contaminated area and the clean area, delivering instruments to designated locations according to instructions. They replace traditional manual carts, which can minimize direct contact between personnel and help reduce the risk of cross infection, "said Wang Jin. The equipment packages that need to be delivered to the clinical department will be transported into the rail logistics car. This type of box car will follow the well connected tracks laid on the roof, courtyard, and other places to deliver equipment, drugs, consumables, specimens, and other materials to the operating room, ward, pharmacy, and other areas in a timely manner. It is reported that the operating room has achieved one-to-one binding of instrument packages and patient information, and will gradually cover all clinical departments in the hospital in the future. Once an in-hospital infection occurs, the full process information of medical devices can be quickly traced, providing strong support for medical safety. After a day of "visiting" observation, medical robots are gradually becoming an important infrastructure for the operation of modern hospitals, from the quick and easy medication retrieval that patients can feel, to the precise operation on the operating table, and to the behind the scenes guarantee of disinfection supply. They are not simply replacing human labor, but promoting more efficient, safe, and inclusive medical services by restructuring processes and optimizing models. Guo Yanhong, Deputy Director of the National Health Commission, stated that during the 14th Five Year Plan period, China's independently developed innovative medical devices such as surgical robots have effectively improved the accuracy of diagnosis and treatment, reduced patient trauma and pain, and empowered the high-quality development of the healthcare industry with medical equipment. With the deep integration of "robot+medical", a batch of replicable and promotable smart hospital construction models will accelerate their formation, continuously promoting the high-quality development of China's medical and health industry, and allowing more people to share the health dividends brought by technological progress. (New Society)