Medical Design Briefs - November 2022 - 11

AI-Supported Robotic Diagnostic Treatment System
for Vertigo
M. Haluk Ozkul
Tarik Ozkul
Burhan Ozmen
SYG Medical, Istanbul, Turkey
B
PPV type vertigo affects 8 percent
of the population, and every
year 1.6 percent of the population
visits an emergency room
for BPPV attacks. The misdiagnosis
rate of BPPV in the ER is reported as
74-81 percent. Every year, 5.5 million patients
visit the ER in the United States, and
the cost of BPPV to the healthcare system is
$4.4 billion annually. According to statistics,
BPPV patients visit the hospital seven times,
and getting a cure takes 70 months on average.
BPPV is one of the illnesses that reduce
quality of life significantly.
BPPV is the only type of vertigo that is
cured only by maneuvers. It is caused by
loose crystals inside the vestibular (balance)
organ. The diagnosis is done by
watching involuntary
movements
of the eye called
nystagmus. But the
loose crystals can
appear in any one
of the six vestibular
canals, and
each canal causes
a different type of
nystagmus.
Because of these
conditions, the nys -
tagmus move ments
can be quite complicated,
and diagnosis
can be quite
An AI-enhanced precision maneuvering system is designed to assist physicians in
diagnosing and treating BPPV patients in a single session.
difficult. This is proven by the 74-81 percent
misdiagnosis rate reported in ER. The treatment
is done by maneuvering the patient in
3D space in such a way that loose crystals are
deposited in a harmless location in the vestibular
organ.
The Robotic Maneuvering System
(RMS) is a precision maneuvering system
enhanced by AI, which is designed to assist
physicians in diagnosing and treating
BPPV patients in a single session. In a recent
official clinical trial published on
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