Surgery

AR-assisted surgical systems support professionals in performing surgical procedures by providing interfaces to operating room medical devices, graphical overlay-based guidance, recording & archiving of procedures, live feeds to remote users, medical & dental records.

AR Technologies

AR-assisted surgical and operating theater-based systems use any technology for authoring, detection, recognition and rendering. Display options for AR-assisted surgery use cases that permit the professional to use both hands are highly preferred. The user interface for AR-assisted surgery can be speech recognition, gesture recognition or eye-gaze recognition.

Integration of AR-assisted surgery systems with patient record management technologies and systems is highly desirable.

Advanced surgery systems using Augmented Reality can support professionals performing a procedure in the field with remote expert interaction and feedback with integrated video conferencing and collaboration tools.

Benefits

• Rapid and consistent access by all professionals to most current records, instructions, policies or modules during the procedure
• Reduced risk of delays in surgery due to lack of familiarity with new or old conditions
• Reduced risk of errors in performing surgical procedures
• Reduced risk of contamination, and reduced time & effort for clean-up if AR device allows surgeons hands-free access to information without having to remove gloves to check instruments, data, etc.

Organizations

Health care organizations operating in hospitals, private clinics, and other health care facilities.

Users

Surgeons and dentists, health care providers, medical & dental, in- and outpatient care.

Example Scenarios

• Video consultations with remote professionals that permit the remote professional to annotate or highlight structures during surgery
• Display of patient vital signs in dashboard fashion
• Display of surgical checklists