Melissa Donovan
Orlando Health surgeons and UCF engineering and computer science students and faculty have joined forces to bring AI software to assist in surgeries.
AIMS system (Artificial Intelligence for Medical Surgery system), was thought of when Dr. Alexis Sanchez, Director of Robotic Surgery at Orlando Health, and Laura Brattain, UCF biomedical engineer, realized something was missing in the operating room (OR) during robotic surgery. They wanted to create something to track essential surgical tools while operating.
“This collaboration is so important. It brings the best minds together: academic innovation paired with clinical experience for the ultimate goal of improving patient care,” Sanchez said in a press release.
AIMS system connects a camera feed to a computer in the OR, tracking the use of surgical tools to improve efficiency during the procedure. Brattain’s research as a biomedical engineer and College of Medicine Associate Professor at UCF focuses on creating AI solutions to improve healthcare.
“This is really a great example of how an integrated team working together makes an impact. This is only the starting point,” Brattain said. “What’s important is to build translational technology so we can see that technology making an impact. We don’t want technology to be developed and then collecting dust on the shelf.”
Six students from UCF’s College of Engineering and Computer Science had the opportunity to collaborate with Orlando Health on the AI software. Orlando Health is also a Pegasus Partner, meaning they are a part of a program that works to bring value to both organizations in the partnership through talent development, recruitment, research projects, collaborations and philanthropy.
“The relationship between Orlando Health and UCF has helped support collaborative projects like this one that Dr. Sanchez, Dr. Brattain and the students accomplished,” Daleen Penoyer, Senior Director of Corporate Research Partnerships, Orlando Health Strategic Innovations said. “We expect more projects like this to be developed between UCF and Orlando Health in the future and we’re excited for what’s to come.”
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