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Augmedics hits 10,000 mark for Xvision spine surgeries

April 22, 2025 By Chris Newmarker

Augmedics announced today that it has treated 10,000 patients with its Xvision augmented reality spine surgery system. “Since inception, Augmedics has been a company of firsts — the first FDA-cleared AR navigation system for surgery, the first augmented reality spine surgeries in U.S., the first AR clinical accuracy studies,” Augmedics CEO Paul Ziegler said in […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Health Technology, Orthopedics, Software / IT, Spine, Surgical Tagged With: augmedics, augmented reality

Smith+Nephew uses simulation technologies to boost its medical education

September 21, 2022 By Sean Whooley

Smith+Nephew (NYSE:SNN) announced today that it is expanding its medical education curriculum with advanced simulation technologies. London-based Smith+Nephew offers new training through its academy center of excellence. Professionals can access orthopedic, robotics and sports medicine procedural skills-training using virtual and augmented reality, haptics and 3D interactive gaming. Stephen Mitchell is a consultant trauma & orthopedic […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Digital Health, Featured, Health Technology, News Well, Software / IT Tagged With: augmented reality, Smith+Nephew

Zimmer Biomet, Surgical Planning Associates partner on total hip replacement

September 1, 2022 By Sean Whooley

Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) announced today that it signed an exclusive, multi-year co-marketing agreement with Surgical Planning. Warsaw, Indiana-based ZB’s agreement with Surgical Planning Associates around the commercialization of its HipInsight. HipInsight is the first FDA-cleared, mixed-reality navigation system for total hip replacement. It is customized for Zimmer Biomet’s hip implant portfolio, according to a news […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Health Technology, News Well, Orthopedics, Software / IT, Surgical Tagged With: augmented reality, Surgical Planning Associates, Zimmer Biomet

OpticSurg launches AR system to connect frontline workers with remote clinicians

August 26, 2021 By Jim Hammerand

OpticSurg has released an augmented reality telecollaboration system, Vision Beyond, to connect frontline health care workers with consulting clinicians in real-time. A provider working in person with a patient can share their first-person perspective through the Vision Beyond software platform using off-the-shelf augmented reality smart glasses, which beam what they’re seeing to web-enabled devices like […]

Filed Under: Digital Health, Featured, Hospital Care Tagged With: augmented reality, OpticSurg

Augmedics raises $36M in oversubscribed Series C

March 30, 2021 By Sean Whooley

Augmented reality-based imaging company Augmedics announced that it raised $36 million in an oversubscribed Series C financing round. Having closed a $21 million Series B round eight months ago, Chicago-based Augmedics has raised $63 million to date, according to a news release. The company plans to use the funds to continue commercialization efforts, develop the […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Funding Roundup, Health Technology, Imaging, Software / IT, Spine, Surgical Tagged With: augmedics, augmented reality

DJO invests in Insight Medical Systems and its augmented reality for ortho surgery

March 30, 2021 By Chris Newmarker

Colfax Corp.’s DJO has made a strategic investment in Insight Medical Systems and its Augmented Reality Visualization and Information System (ARVIS) for orthopedic surgeries. DJO did not disclose the size of its investment in its news release. But Insight Medical Systems recently reported to the SEC on March 19 that it raised nearly $8 million […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Funding Roundup, News Well, Orthopedics, Software / IT, Surgical Tagged With: augmented reality, Colfax Corp., DJO Global, Insight Medical Systems

Mayo Clinic performs first shoulder arthroplasty with Wright Medical mixed reality tech

July 16, 2020 By Chris Newmarker

Wright Medical (NSDQ:WMGI) today announced the first shoulder arthroplasty procedure performed using its Blueprint mixed reality technology. Dr. Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo performed the procedure at Mayo Clinic’s Rochester, Minn. campus, with the Blueprint software providing a 3-D holographic view of the pre-operative plan. “This procedure is an important milestone for shoulder arthroplasty and marks a major step […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health Technology, Orthopedics, Software / IT, Surgical Tagged With: augmented reality, Mayo Clinic, mixed reality, Wright Medical

How augmented reality could guide facial reconstruction surgeries

August 28, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

A Japanese research team has created an augmented reality (AR) system that allows them to create 3D simulations of facial reconstructive procedure results, projecting the images over a patient’s face during surgery. Researchers at Osaka Medical College in Japan reported that they have developed and tested the AR system for evaluating improvements of the body […]

Filed Under: Research & Development, Surgical Tagged With: augmented reality, MedTech, Osaka Medical College

Philips sees image-guided therapy transforming healthcare: Here’s how

April 3, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

Officials at medtech giant Royal Philips see image-guided therapy as key when it comes to health practitioners providing care that is both efficient and effective. The Dutch multinational’s work in the field provides a great example of how the ever-growing need for cost-effective healthcare around the world is driving the strategies of medical device companies. […]

Filed Under: Imaging, Surgical Tagged With: augmented reality, Imaging, Philips, value-based healthcare, X-rays

Touch Surgery simulations are even more amazing: Here’s how

January 6, 2017 By Chris Newmarker

Touch Surgery, which already boasts a community of 1.5 million using its mobile surgical simulations, is upping its game when it comes to making the platform even more immersive. Touch on Friday announced a partnership with DAQRI to add augmented reality capabilities to the simulations using  DAQRI smart glasses. Here’s a sample from Touch Surgery […]

Filed Under: Digital Health, News Well, Surgical Tagged With: augmented reality, CES 2017, DAQRI, MedTech, simulations, surgery, Touch Surgery

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