NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Johnson & Johnson has announced a collaboration with the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi to launch a global program aimed at developing an open surgical intelligence network.
The initiative will make Abu Dhabi the first node in a global infrastructure designed to accelerate artificial intelligence innovation across the surgical experience. The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi regulates the health care sector in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The collaboration will integrate Johnson & Johnson’s Polyphonic open digital ecosystem with Abu Dhabi’s health system and technology partners, including Amazon Web Services and NVIDIA. Johnson & Johnson said the effort is expected to deploy the Polyphonic Surgery application into Abu Dhabi’s intelligent health system and connect operating rooms across the emirate to a surgical intelligence platform.
Through Polyphonic, relevant procedures will contribute high-fidelity video and multimodal data that can be curated, labeled and incorporated into a governed infrastructure. The system is designed to support responsible AI development and connect insights generated before, during and after surgery.
“Working with the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi and their integrated health ecosystem has helped us to accelerate the pathway of building the first node of a global surgical network,” said Shan Jegatheeswaran, Global President, Polyphonic, MedTech, J&J.
Johnson & Johnson said the initiative builds on its collaborations with AWS and NVIDIA and is part of its broader work to advance surgery across open, laparoscopic and robotic procedures. The company said the effort brings together surgical expertise with an open ecosystem architecture intended to support future surgical technology development.
“Today marks an important step forward for the global community to advance innovation for surgical teams and in service of patients,” said Hani Abouhalka, Company Group Chair, Surgery, MedTech, Johnson & Johnson. “No single company, hospital, or developer can do this alone. We must bring together innovative health systems, technology leaders, clinicians and researchers with a drive to start now and serve the world.”
