This Startup Lets Doctors Collaborate On A Surgery Remotely Through Augmented Reality
Hachach-Haram is applying augmented reality to provide remote consultation to doctors around the world with limited resources. “We needed to find a way for technology to democratize access to surgery and really crowdsource all that knowledge into one place where we can all benefit from it,” she says.
With Proximie, a sensor overlays images of the consulting surgeon’s hand onto a video of the patient via, say, an iPad, to guide doctors through surgery in real time. For example, they can see where to make an incision.
Hachach-Haram is not the first to use augmented reality in the operating room. U.S.-based Medsights Tech develops augmented reality software for oncologists. In January 2017, Dutch giant Philips announced a similar tool for spinal and cranial surgery.
Since its launch last year, Proximie grabbed headlines when a doctor in Beirut led surgeons in Gaza through reconstructive surgery.
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