sábado, 22 de junio de 2013

Google glass in the OR

It is not a big surprise that in this global world somewhere someone thought about introducing a pair of google glasses in the OR



 The good news is that this has happened around the corner: the "someone" has been a small company in murcia, south spain, and the "somewhere" has been at clinica cemtro.

An implant of  autologous chondrocyte cells to a 49 year-old male patient suffering a knee problem (a cartilage defect) has been streamed in real time.

The solution as it is can be of value to  train young surgeons as well as for a better recording of the operation for QA. 
My first impresion of the idea is good though there is still plenty of margin for improvement.

The  overlay on the image of additional information, such as  computer generate feedback to the surgeon, seems to be happening  very soon.

However, critics have expressed concerns that the Google Glass technology could lead to invasions of privacy.







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