AI system
- System
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Modus V Synaptive robotic digital microscope with Neuro-Navigation AI (image fusion, fiber-tract display, surgical simulation, trajectory warnings)
- Model
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Not assessed
- Release
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Exact release not established.
- Application developer
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Synaptive Medical Inc. (Toronto)
- Role
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Not assessed
- Configuration
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The deployment used the Modus V system.
- Inputs and outputs
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Not assessed
- Autonomy
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Not assessed
- Workflow
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A large (4 cm) hemorrhagic-stroke clot compressing motor and language areas in a patient still able to cooperate with awake surgery. A hospital that owns the Modus V Synaptive robot with navigation software and a team trained to run it. Pre-operative fusion of MRI, DTI, CT and DSA and a simulated approach that avoids fiber tracts. Local anesthesia and intensive-care anesthesiology able to keep the patient awake and stable for function testing.
- Human oversight
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Not assessed
- Relation to AI
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The sources attribute three things to the robot's AI. It fused MRI, DTI, CT and DSA into one 3D image showing fiber tracts and clot. It allowed a rehearsal so the skull opening and path avoided the tracts. It gave green-amber-red warnings during surgery when the instrument strayed from the planned path. Clot removal, hemostasis and the awake function tests were done by the surgical and anesthesia teams. No source compares this with conventional surgery for this patient. None says what in the system is machine learning rather than image processing, so the counterfactual is unproven. One sentence in two reports calls the patient Mr. Vinh; all otherwise call him Mr. Hải.
- AI contribution
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The sources attribute three things to the robot's AI. It fused MRI, DTI, CT and DSA into one 3D image showing fiber tracts and clot. It allowed a rehearsal so the skull opening and path avoided the tracts. It gave green-amber-red warnings during surgery when the instrument strayed from the planned path. Clot removal, hemostasis and the awake function tests were done by the surgical and anesthesia teams. No source compares this with conventional surgery for this patient. None says what in the system is machine learning rather than image processing, so the counterfactual is unproven. One sentence in two reports calls the patient Mr. Vinh; all otherwise call him Mr. Hải.
Benefits
- Outcome identifiers
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Not assessed
- Benefit
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About 40 ml of clot came out in just over 30 minutes
- Category
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Improved Physical Health
- Status
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Not assessed
- Beneficiary groups
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People.
- Beneficiaries
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Not assessed
- Reach
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Not assessed
- Distribution and access
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Not assessed
- Duration
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Not assessed
- Expected?
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Yes
- Costs and harms
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Not assessed
Measurement
- Studies
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Not assessed
- Study design
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Not assessed
- Measurement
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Not assessed
- Setting and sample
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Not assessed
- Measures
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About 40 ml of clot came out in just over 30 minutes
- Comparison
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Assumed alternative: conventional (traditional) brain surgery under general anesthesia
- Results
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Assumed comparison. Reference: nếu mổ theo phương pháp truyền thống, nguy cơ di chứng cao (high risk of sequelae with the traditional method). Result: khi được mổ lấy máu tụ tỉnh thức bằng robot AI, ông có thể song ca cùng bác sĩ ngay khi đang mổ (awake robot-assisted clot removal while talking and singing).
- Additional value from AI
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Not assessed
- Limitations
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Not assessed
- Denominators
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Not assessed
- Materials for replication
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Not assessed
Money
- Kind of value
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Not assessed
- Amount
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Not assessed
- Currency and prices
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Not assessed
- Period and unit
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Not assessed
- Realization
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Not assessed
- Recipients and payers
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Not assessed
- Gross or net
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Not assessed
- Included costs
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Not assessed
- Comparison
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Not assessed
- Method
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Not assessed
- Return and payback
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Not assessed
People and places
- Participants
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Developer: Synaptive Medical Inc. (Toronto). Operator: Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City.
- Jurisdictions
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Benefit: Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam. Developer: 
Canada. Operator: Vietnam. - Ownership and control
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Not assessed
- Dependencies
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Not assessed
- Cross-border connections
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Not assessed
- Geopolitical implications
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Not assessed
Follow-up
- Conditions for replication
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Surgery within hours of arrival. The surgeon notes about two million brain cells are lost per minute after a stroke. The surgeon follows the rehearsed trajectory and heeds the robot's warnings. Awake testing during clot removal so any tract injury is noticed immediately.
- Replication attempts
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Not assessed
- Later findings
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No report on the patient after discharge on day six was found in the cited sources.
- Availability
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Not assessed
- Institutional decision
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Not assessed
- Grounds
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Not assessed
- Action and result
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Not assessed
- Success criterion
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Not assessed
Evidence
- Source numbers
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AIBD-0119-source-0001–0005
- Citations
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Numbered references below.
- Language
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Not assessed
- Source relationships
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Independent, Operator, Developer
- Original evidence
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Not assessed
- Access and versions
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Not assessed
- Supported findings
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Not assessed
- Evidence links
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Not assessed
- Evidence strength
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Not assessed
- Missing evidence
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Not assessed
Grades
- Assessed benefits
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People.
- Depth
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People: 3.
- Reasons
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People: The surgeons said that without urgent surgery he faced hemiplegia, speech loss, blurred vision or death. After the guided awake operation CT showed no residual clot. His movement, vision and cognition were normal and he went home on day six. The life-saving element belongs to the operation as a whole. The robot's own contribution was preserving function.
- Observed or intended
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Not assessed
- Rubric
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Not assessed
- Assessor and date
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Not assessed
- Alternative assessments
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Not assessed
- Fill
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Independently reported
Entry details
- Kind
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Not assessed
- Related entries
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Not assessed
- Field
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Healthcare (neurosurgery). Haemorrhagic stroke surgery.
- Purpose
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Tam Anh launched the Modus V Synaptive robot in May 2023 for brain tumor, hemorrhagic stroke and other neurosurgery. It shows fiber tracts on fused images, allows 3D rehearsal and warns when the instrument leaves the planned path. This use was that purpose.
- Dates
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Date basis unassessed: 2023 (precision unassessed). Updated: 21 October 2026.
- Stage
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Not assessed
- Version
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SHA-256: e603a114bf59…
References
- Other identifiers
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oecd_aim: 2023-08-14-9862.
- Category mappings
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Not assessed
- Brief
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Not assessed
- Revisions
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5 revisions. Latest: 21 October 2026.
Sources
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News report Independent author
VietNamNet (2023). Người bệnh hát trong lúc được robot AI mổ não. VietNamNet, Sức khỏe.
Nếu không mổ khẩn cấp, người bệnh đối mặt liệt nửa người, nói khó, nhìn mờ, thậm chí tử vong.
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News report Independent author
Ngân D. / Báo Đầu Tư (2023). Tin mới về y tế ngày 14/8: Người bệnh hát trong lúc được robot AI mổ não. Báo Đầu Tư.
Ông Hải (58 tuổi) bị đột quỵ xuất huyết não đã hơn 24 giờ, được mổ lấy máu tụ tỉnh thức bằng robot AI
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Press release Deployer
Tam Anh General Hospital (2023). Người bệnh hát trong lúc được robot AI mổ não. Hospital case news (deployer's account).
kết quả chụp CT 768 lát cắt cho thấy không còn máu tụ trong não, vận động, thị giác và nhận thức của người bệnh hoàn toàn bình thường
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Press release Deployer
Tam Anh General Hospital (2023). Ra mắt robot mổ não duy nhất Việt Nam tại BVĐK Tâm Anh TP.HCM. Hospital news (system launch).
Robot có thể giúp bác sĩ thấy rõ các bó sợi thần kinh, các mô não lành xung quanh khối u, vùng tổn thương não
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Press release Developer
Synaptive Medical (2020). Synaptive Medical Announces Product Update to Flagship Surgical Technology, Modus V. Company press release, Toronto.
a fully automated robotic digital microscope designed to assist surgeons in the operating room