Chinese PLA General Hospital’s Sixth Medical Center completed the world’s first AI ultrasound-robot-guided congenital-heart defect closure procedure.

The Sixth Medical Center of the Chinese PLA General Hospital completed an interventional congenital-heart defect closure procedure on the morning of September 5. The procedure was guided by an artificial-intelligence ultrasound robot.

A technology novelty search conducted by an authoritative institution identified the operation as the world’s first clinical application of this type of intelligent technology. The source framed the milestone specifically around AI ultrasound-robot guidance in congenital-heart-disease interventional closure.

The procedure was described as progress in applying intelligent imaging robots to minimally invasive interventions for structural heart disease. The report did not identify the patient, congenital-defect subtype, implanted closure device, procedure duration, robot developer, or AI model used.

No clinical-outcome measurements, comparative trial results, regulatory status, complication data, or broader deployment plan were disclosed. The report establishes completion of the procedure and the stated novelty-search finding, rather than evidence from a larger clinical study.