Tag: augmented reality
Augmedics reveals 3,000 patient milestone for xvision spine system
Augmedics has announced that it has now treated more than 3,000 patients with its augmented reality (AR) xvision spine system. The news comes just...
Surglasses receives FDA 510(k) clearance for Caduceus S AR spine navigation...
Surglasses has announced that its Caduceus S augmented reality (AR) spine navigation system has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration...
AR has the potential to improve workflow for minimally invasive transforaminal...
Augmented reality (AR) has the ability to improve the surgical workflow during minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) procedures, new research, published in...
Augmented reality technology has a “bright future” in spine surgery
Alexander Satin, a spine surgeon at the Texas Back Institute (Frisco, USA), speaks to Spinal News International about the reasons why he uses augmented...
Neo Medical closes US$20.6M financing round
Neo Medical has announced the closure of a US$20.6M financing round, the proceeds of which will be used to support the accelerated commercial deployment, with...
UC San Diego Health ‘first in region’ to utilise augmented reality...
Spine surgeons at UC San Diego Health (San Diego, USA) have begun using augmented reality (AR) headsets that give them 'X-ray vision' during procedures...
Study suggests augmented reality could be widely applied in spinal surgery
Microscope-based augmented reality (AR) can be applied successfully to various kinds of spinal procedures, and improves anatomical orientation during surgery, as well as offering...
FDA approves xvision augmented reality spine surgery system
Augmedics has announced that it has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its xvision Spine system (XVS), an augmented reality...
HoloSurgical announces first surgical procedure utilising ARAI system
A successful first-in-human surgical procedure utilising ARAI, an augmented reality and artificial intelligence based surgical navigation system (HoloSurgical) has been carried out.
The ARAI is...
Wearable devices utilising augmented reality will “disrupt the surgical landscape”
With the introduction of new wearables designed for intraoperative use, such as the Hololens (Microsoft) head-up display, there has been considerable interest in bringing...
Augmented reality surgical navigation technology enables high accuracy pedicle screw placement
A recent study reports that new technology utilising augmented reality surgical navigation can be clinically used to place pedicle screws, enabling both high accuracy...
World-first Microsoft HoloLens augmented-reality discectomy takes place in USA
Novarad’s OpenSight augmented reality system has been used in what the company believes may be the first surgical use of Microsoft’s HoloLens. An automated...
First clinical cases performed using Philips’ augmented-reality surgical navigation system
Philips' new augmented reality system has been used in clinical practice for the first time at the Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden.
“This new technology allows...
First clinical use of Philips’ augmented-reality surgical navigation system takes place
The first clinical cases using a new surgical navigation system have been successfully treated at Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden.
The technology uses high-resolution optical...
Philips announces new augmented-reality surgical navigation system
Philips has announced the development of an augmented-reality surgical navigation technology, designed to help surgeons perform image-guided open and minimally-invasive spine surgery.
The technology uses...