surgery

UCL Transforms Modern Surgical Training with ARuVR and HTC VIVE

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Clinicians and surgeons taking UCL’s Advanced Minimally-Invasive Surgery (AMIS), MSc programme are undergoing practical-based, innovative, and remote training to gain cutting-edge knowledge and skills in this specialised field. In the past, teaching complex technologies and techniques for best-in-class medical procedures required live surgery environments, to maximise engagement and retention. Source: UCL Transforms Modern Surgical Training … Read more

Voice-Controlled Augmented Reality Headset Assists Successful Surgery

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A voice-enabled augmented reality headset aided a successful shoulder surgery at Scripps Clinic in California, a first in the region. The three-dimensional holographic view of the surgical plan projected on the patient and adjusted by voice commands improves the surgeon’s precision and the result of the surgery and could become a common element in all … Read more

Incremed is putting the AR in healthcare

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Building on the skills of its interdisciplinary, Zurich-based team specialised in medical augmented reality (AR) software development, and its collaborations with international medical staff and the medical technology (medtech) industry, Incremed produces technological products that are based on real clinical needs. Source: Incremed is putting the AR in healthcare

The Application of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Oral Surgery

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Over the years, scientists and experts in the dental health industry have searched for ways to better the practice and achieve more precise results. Thankfully, it has been discovered that we are closer to achieving this goal with the application of virtual reality and augmented reality. Here are some of the ways virtual reality and … Read more

Virtual reality training at Lakeland immerses surgical technology students into 3-D operating room

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The surgical technology program at Lakeland Community College recently acquired new software intending to give students a feel for what it’s like to work in an operating room. According to the program, PeriopSim and PeriopSimVR use lifelike imagery and gaming technology to immerse students in a 3-D world. The simulation apps work by students donning … Read more

How VR Technology Can Be of Help to Surgeons

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The healthcare industry requires constant development and innovation. One of the notable cases at the intersection of medicine and IT is the use of software with VR and AR by doctors to cope with their professional tasks. These technologies have acquired particular relevance over the past year. We’ll share how robots teach doctors, assist in … Read more

Virtual and Augmented Reality in Cardiac Surgery – PubMed

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Virtual and augmented reality can be defined as a threedimensional real-world simulation allowing the user to directly interact with it. Throughout the years, virtual reality has gained great popularity in medicine and is currently being adopted for a wide range of purposes. Due to its dynamic anatomical nature, permanent drive towards decreasing invasiveness, and strive … Read more

FDA clears augmented reality smartglasses for guiding knee replacement surgeries

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Built into a pair of glasses, the newly FDA-cleared Knee+ system uses a camera to help judge the alignment of instruments and the knee joint itself within the surgeon’s field of view, without requiring them to change their surgical technique.Instead, the French developer relies on a series of braces labeled with QR codes that can be read … Read more

La start-up libanaise, Proximie, lève 38 millions de dollars

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Proximie, une startup spécialisée dans la numérisation de la chirurgie fondée par Nadine Hachach Haram, une Libanaise chirurgienne de formation, vient de lever 38 millions en série B auprès des investisseurs internationaux F-Prime Capital, Questa Capital, Eight Roads, Maverick Ventures.La startup avait déjà levé plus de 11 millions en série A, notamment auprès des fonds … Read more

Activ Surgical raises $45M to develop software suite

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Activ Surgical, a Boston-based software developer for robotic surgery, raised $45 million in Series B funding. The funding will support the commercial availability of its ActivInsights software suite, which includes an augmented reality-based overlay that displays tissue perfusion in real time without the use of traditional dyes. Source: Activ Surgical raises $45M to develop software … Read more