BEC GUIDOO - A Novel Robotic Assistant for Fast, Precise Needle Placement

We present the robotic intervention assistant BEC guidoo for fast, precise needle placement. Original applied research took place in the BMBF research campus M2OLIE, resulting in a viable proof-of-concept system. The technology was then licensed to BEC GmbH and developed into a mature, market-ready medical product. We present the development journey from experimental proof-of-concept to pre-production prototype to market-ready medical product. We will describe user studies and clinical trials that were undertaken, including initial trials on medical phantoms, as well as successful first-in-animal and first-in-human interventions.