ARTICLE SUMMARY:
Despite the widespread installation of surgical navigation systems across North America and Europe, 85% of surgeons don’t use them routinely, chiefly because they’re not easy to use. Augmedics aims to get more spine surgeons to use these systems with an augmented reality headset and processor that allows surgeons to look at the patient rather than a monitor across the room.
Over the 20 year or so history of surgical navigation systems—computer assisted visualization systems that allow surgeons to track their instruments on a view of the patient’s anatomy during surgery—they’ve demonstrated many benefits.
