Medical Robotics
Medical robotics is redefining precision in healthcare. These systems enhance human capability by combining fine‑tuned mechanics, high‑resolution sensing, and responsive haptic feedback—allowing surgeons, clinicians, and rehabilitation specialists to work with accuracy that goes beyond physical limitations.
At ScioSense, we develop the semiconductor chips that make this level of precision possible. Our technology sits at the center of advanced sensing systems, enabling medical robots to interpret biological and mechanical signals with exceptional speed and sensitivity. Because we focus entirely on optimized chip solutions for sensor applications, manufacturers can build safer, more intuitive, and more reliable robotic platforms.
Ultimately, our sensors help shape the next generation of medical robotics—delivering medical‑grade robustness, ultra‑low power consumption, and timing accuracy down to the picosecond.
When our chips form the core of a system’s sensing architecture, healthcare providers gain tools that raise the standard of care and improve patient outcomes.
Robotic Surgery
Robotic surgical platforms require extreme precision and real‑time feedback to support minimally invasive procedures in critical clinical settings.
Haptic Feedback & Tissue Sensing: Capacitance to Digital Converters (CDCs) enable highly sensitive “digital skin” in robotic instruments, allowing surgeons to feel the difference between tissue types and apply precise force.
Precision Alignment: Time to Digital Converters (TDCs) deliver picosecond timing for laser-guided and optical ranging systems, ensuring sub-millimeter instrument positioning.
Sterile Environment Monitoring: Temperature and Humidity Sensors monitor the surgical micro-climate, keeping sensitive optics and electronics within validated safety ranges.
Rehabilitation Devices
Rehab robots must be highly adaptive, providing guided assistance that evolves as a patient regains their strength and mobility.
Assist-as-Needed Force Control: Resistance to Digital Converters interface with strain gauges to measure a patient’s physical input at high resolution, enabling real-time adjustment of resistance or support.
Fluid & Joint Pressure Monitoring: Capacitance to Digital Converters (CDCs) monitor hydraulic or pneumatic levels in advanced rehab systems, ensuring smooth and consistent motion.
System Longevity: Low Frequency Wake-up Receivers keep mobile rehab units in a low-power standby mode, activating instantly when a session begins to extend battery life.
Robotic Prosthetics
Advanced prosthetics must be lightweight, responsive, and intuitive to function as a natural extension of the user.
- Intent Detection: Capacitance to Digital Converters (CDCs) detect subtle muscle activity or proximity at the residual limb, translating user intent into smooth, real-time motion.
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Thermal Comfort & Skin Safety: Temperature and Humidity Sensors monitor conditions inside the socket, to prevent heat build-up, moisture, and skin irritation.
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Efficient Power Management: Using ScioSense’s ultra-low-power architectures, prosthetic controllers enable continuous, high-fidelity sensing throughout the day on a single charge, ensuring reliable everyday use.
Design requirements / challenges
Products
Design requirements / challenges:
- Picosecond Timing Precision: Using Time‑to‑Digital Converters (TDCs) to deliver the spatial accuracy required for surgical laser alignment and sub‑millimeter instrument positioning.
- Medical‑Grade Robustness: Ensuring sensor performance and long‑term stability in sterile, high‑risk environments with exposure to humidity, disinfectants, and temperature extremes.
- High‑Fidelity Biometric Sensing: Using high‑resolution Capacitance‑to‑Digital architectures with advanced noise suppression to capture subtle muscle‑movement signals (HMI) while minimizing EMI from clinical equipment.
- Ultra‑Low‑Power Operation: Leveraging nano‑amp sensing and wake‑up mechanisms to maximize battery life in prosthetics and exoskeleton systems, supporting extended patient mobility.
- Real‑Time Haptic Feedback: Delivering sub‑millisecond response loops to provide surgeons and patients with precise, intuitive tactile feedback in robotic interfaces.
