Clinical application of an intelligent oropharyngeal swab robot: implication for the COVID-19 pandemic

Shao-Qiang Li; Wen-Liang Guo; Hao Liu; Tao Wang; Yuan-Yuan Zhou; Tao Yu; Chong-Yang Wang; Yong-Ming Yang; Nan-Shan Zhong; Nuo-Fu Zhang; Shi-Yue Li

doi:10.1183/13993003.01912-2020

Clinical application of an intelligent oropharyngeal swab robot: implication for the COVID-19 pandemic

Eur Respir J. 2020 Aug 20;56(2):2001912. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01912-2020. Print 2020 Aug.

Authors

Shao-Qiang Li^{1

2}, Wen-Liang Guo^{1

2}, Hao Liu^{3

2}, Tao Wang¹, Yuan-Yuan Zhou³, Tao Yu³, Chong-Yang Wang³, Yong-Ming Yang³, Nan-Shan Zhong¹, Nuo-Fu Zhang^{1

4}, Shi-Yue Li^{5

4}

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
² These authors contributed equally to this manuscript.
³ State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Institutes for Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Minimally Invasive Surgical Robot, Shenyang, China.
⁴ Nuo-Fu Zhang or Shi-Yue Li contributed equally to this article as lead authors and supervised the work.
⁵ State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China lishiyue@188.com.

Abstract

Clinical application of the safety and effectiveness of an intelligent oropharyngeal-swab robot, and its implication for the COVID-19 pandemic https://bit.ly/2BUsV55

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
China
Clinical Laboratory Techniques / instrumentation*
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Female
Hospitals, University
Humans
Male
Mass Screening / organization & administration
Oropharynx / virology*
Pandemics / prevention & control
Pandemics / statistics & numerical data*
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Robotics*