Aug's medics’ groundbreaking x vision Spine system (XVS) is the first augmented reality (AR) navigation system to be used in surgery. X vision Spine allows surgeons to visualize their patients’ 3D spinal anatomy during surgery as if they had “x-ray vision,” helping them to accurately navigate Instruments and implants while looking directly at the patient, rather than a remote screen. The XVS consists of a transparent near-eye-display headset and all elements of a traditional navigation system. It accurately determines the position of surgical tools, in real-time, and superimposes them on the patient’s CT data. The navigation data is then projected onto the surgeon’s retina using the headset, allowing him or her to simultaneously look at the patient and see the navigation data without averting their eyes to a remote screen during the procedure. The system is designed to revolutionize how surgery is done by giving the surgeon better control and visualization, which may lead to easier, faster and safer surgeries.
X vision System Highlights
• ACCURACY
• SURGEON CONTROL
• 3D ANATOMY VISUALIZATION
• WEARABLE GUIDANCE TECH
• MINIMAL OR FOOTPRINT
• ECONOMICAL INVESTMENT
The x vision system has demonstrated a 98.9% overall percutaneous Implant placement accuracy, eliminates the attention shift of referring to a separate screen, and adds these features to potentially decreasing the radiation exposure demonstrated through traditional fluoroscopy-based procedures. An additional published study yielded non-inferiority results over published freehand studies.
With Aug medics, the future of surgery is in sight. The Chicago-based company aims to improve healthcare by augmenting surgery with cutting edge technologies that solve unmet clinical needs and instill technological confidence in the surgical workflow. Its pioneering x vision system, the first augmented reality navigation technology to be used in surgery, allows surgeons to see the patient’s anatomy through skin and tissue as if they have “x-ray vision,” allowing them to more accurately navigate Instruments and implants during procedures.
Originally based in Yokohama, Israel, Aug medics has since expanded into the United States, and its latest innovation, x vision, has already helped guide surgeons in hundreds of procedures. After the first surgical procedure took place on June 8, 2020, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, founder and CEO, Nissan, had this to say about his invention: “This first case is just the beginning of a revolutionary change to the way surgery is performed by providing surgeons with more control, giving them the information they need, directly within their working field of sight, to instill technological confidence in the surgical workflow, and to help surgeons perform as safely and effectively as possible.” Elimelech also noted the “New era” in spinal surgery that x vision marked, as the first augmented reality system to be used in surgery.
Perhaps the most advantageous feature of Aug medics’ x vision, is its safety and efficiency compared to traditional spinal surgeries that use the freehand technique. Studies show that nearly a third of spinal surgeries result in misplacement of screws and/or additional complications due to human errors, and in our modern era, a third is way too high. Luckily, x vision has proven its ability to minimize all the risks involved in standard surgeries. Its cutting edge navigation system allows for massive reductions in operating times and in percutaneous mistakes, and increases surgical accuracy.
The x vision augmented reality system has revolutionized surgery by encouraging clearer visualizations for surgeons, and safer, quicker, surgeries. This biomedical engineering masterpiece has successfully guided hundreds of surgeons in the United States alone, and continues to medically, technologically, and innovative, pave the way.
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