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Artificial intelligence

An AI healthcare revolution

Advances in artificial intelligence power personalised healthcare technology — in real time. 

For millions of people around the world, managing a complex and challenging health condition can be a struggle. Not only do diseases like cancer, hypertension, and diabetes exact heavy personal tolls, they also contribute to soaring global healthcare costs. But it doesn’t have to stay this way.

Through developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics, healthcare technology is advancing chronic disease management by empowering clinicians to personalise medicine like never before. These technologies provide revelatory insights into individual patients, in real time.

5 ways AI is transforming healthcare  

Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool that can increase the speed, efficiency, and effectiveness of global health systems. By analysing large amounts of data in real time, AI can help improve clinical and nonclinical decision making; reduce medical variability; and optimise staffing. Here are five ways our AI-enabled solutions are accelerating the digital transformation of healthcare technology.

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Technology that adapts to your lifestyle 

Think how easy it is to order an item on Amazon. You click a few buttons and a package arrives the next day. Patients expect healthcare to deliver similar benefits that technology brings to other parts of their lives. That’s why we’re accelerating the development of life-transforming technologies that can help patients manage their conditions. By harnessing the power of AI, data analytics, and sensors, our healthcare technologies are helping clinicians create individualised treatment plans to achieve better outcomes for more people in more places. From the world’s first hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system to robotic-assisted surgery, these devices are ushering in a new era in patient care. 

It’s not sci-fi, it’s AI

Artificial intelligence plays a major role in our daily lives. It does everything from dictate content in our social media feeds to enable digital assistants like Siri and Alexa. And now, AI is becoming an integral part of healthcare because of advances in computing and sensing technologies, the expansion of available data, and the creation of better algorithms. As we continue to unlock the continuous data our devices and therapies generate, AI and machine learning are increasingly important tools at Medtronic. We're adding innovative AI technologies(opens new window) to our research and design capabilities to push the boundaries of innovation. Already, AI plays a pivotal role in the company's robotic-assisted surgery platforms, colonoscopy and endoscopy systems, and insulin pumps. We launched the first FDA cleared “smart” insulin pen that integrates glucose sensor data, putting the power of AI to work for patients with type 1 diabetes who rely on multiple daily injections. The future of healthcare has arrived. 

The Medtronic AI Compass

Since 1949, Medtronic has been engineering the extraordinary. Our journey of innovation continues with advances in the application of AI. While these technologies have great potential to improve patient care and further our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life, we also recognise that AI-enabled technologies raise new and important considerations. Explore our guiding principles on the ethical use of artificial intelligence in healthcare technology to benefit users, including patients and healthcare providers.

How a Medtronic “Genius” is fighting cancer

GI Genius screen Colorectal cancer is highly treatable if it’s detected early(opens new window). But that’s the problem; it’s not always easy to catch. Enter the GI Genius™ intelligent endoscopy module, the first computer-aided detection system using AI to identify colorectal polyps during a colonoscopy. The system works by scanning every visual frame of the procedure in real time and alerting physicians to the presence of lesions — including small, flat polyps that can easily go undetected by the human eye.  In other words, it helps detect the undetected. To increase access to the screening technology for people in underserved communities(opens new window), the Medtronic Health Equity Assistance Program is working with the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Amazon Web Services to donate 150 of these modules to endoscopy centers to assist with the early detection and diagnosis of colorectal cancer which disproportionately affects Black adults.¹ And with Genius Academy(opens new window), physicians can easily access detailed information about how AI is transforming diagnosis and treatment.

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Big data closes gaps in diabetes care

For patients with type 1 diabetes, a “one size fits all” approach to treatment doesn’t really work given the highly variable way people metabolise food. For years, clinicians struggled to personalise treatments to avoid the extreme sugar highs and lows associated with diabetes. Then Medtronic launched the world’s first hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system, a game-changing technology that puts people first by delivering insulin based on continuous glucose monitoring. It is one of our smart devices capable of analysing continuous streams of data and quickly making necessary adjustments to deliver personalised care. 

So how do our devices “know” how the body will react to certain therapies? By combining computer models and real-world data, our engineers are building virtual representations, or “digital twins,” of some devices to predict how they will respond in the human body under various circumstances. 

Artificial intelligence is giving clinicians more time to spend on what matters most — delivering the best possible care. We believe it is the key to unlocking a new level of personalised medicine in the 21st century.”

–Bob White, Executive Vice President and President, Medical Surgical Portfolio at Medtronic

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By measuring things like blood oxygen saturation, respiration, and heart rate, sensors can help clinicians understand how the body is functioning at any given time. Sensing technology and solutions with machine pattern recognition, such as continuous glucose monitoring and cardiac pacing, can promote rapid and accurate readings, which aid in early detection. In some of our implantable devices, sensors are used without human intervention, collecting data to adjust performance to each patient's needs. For example, our smallest pacemaker² — the world's smallest, in fact — features sensing algorithms to detect irregular cardiac rhythms. 

Technology fuels personalised medicine

No two patients are ever the same, even if they have the same illness. Everyone deserves personalised treatment. Artificial intelligence, sensing technology, and data analytics can help clinicians deliver personalised care while improving patient outcomes. 

American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts & Figures for African American/Black People 2022-2024.  
Nippoldt D, Whiting J. Micra Transcatheter Pacing System Device Volume Characterization Comparison. November 2014. Medtronic data on file.

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An AI healthcare revolution

Advances in artificial intelligence power personalised healthcare technology — in real time.

5 ways AI is transforming healthcare

Technology that adapts to your lifestyle

It’s not sci-fi, it’s AI

The Medtronic AI Compass

How a Medtronic “Genius” is fighting cancer

Big data closes gaps in diabetes care

Artificial intelligence is giving clinicians more time to spend on what matters most — delivering the best possible care. We believe it is the key to unlocking a new level of personalised medicine in the 21st century.”

Real-time response

Technology fuels personalised medicine

Advances in robotic-assisted surgery

The healing power of electricity

Our bold ambition

Powering the future of personalised healthcare

Connected healthcare, anywhere

Improving people’s lives with groundbreaking tech