8K Super Hi-Vision Camera Deployed in Advanced Clinical Trial of Surgery

with Telementoring, Transmitting Laparoscopic Surgery Images

An MKC-820NP medical 8K Super Hi-Vision camera jointly developed by Ikegami Tsushinki Co., Ltd. and the NHK Foundation has been used in a clinical trial of surgery with telementoring, transmitting highly detailed images from a laparoscopic surgery system.

This test was conducted by National Cancer Center Hospital in cooperation with the NHK Foundation. The objective was to confirm whether it is clinically useful to provide telementoring by transmitting and receiving images in real time with a laparoscopic surgery system using 8K Super Hi-Vision technology. The clinical trial is believed to be a world-first for colorectal cancer investigation.

The MKC-820NP camera used in the clinical trial combines Ikegami’s extensive medical imaging skills together with the 8K Super Hi-Vision technology which the company has cultivated over many decades broadcast business. It also integrates the NHK Foundation’s experience and knowledge in 8K medical camera development and related clinical procedures. The MKC-820NP used in this study is a second-generation model with less than one seventh the volume and one third the mass of the earlier version. The second version also introduces compatibility with commercially available scope holders.

Based on the results obtained from clinical trials, Ikegami Tsushinki will continue to refine the MKC-820NP camera system, including further improvements of specific relevance to the surgical field.

These advances are a continuation of the company’s aspiration to create products and systems that benefit society through technological development in the field of imaging.

*For details of this clinical trial, please refer to the National Cancer Center website.
https://www.ncc.go.jp/jp/information/pr_release/2024/0507_1/index.html