MobiHealthNews

Osso VR gets $2 million to train surgeons in virtual operating rooms

Osso VR, a startup looking to disrupt the surgical device training space with virtual reality, has raised $2 million in seed funding in a round led by Signalfire, with participation from Anorak ...
Futurism

Surgeons Use Apple VR Headset During Spinal Operation

A surgery team in the UK successfully utilized the recently-released Apple Vision Pro to assist spinal surgery — a fascinating use case for the augmented reality (AR) headsets that goes far beyond ...
MobiHealthNews

AR, VR and specialized surgeons are advancing surgery and patient safety

Putting aside sci-fi projections of the ‘rise of the machines’ and romantic visions of near-humanised droids, here we look at the current and future applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and ...

VR could reduce anxiety for people undergoing medical procedures

Using virtual reality (VR) to explain what to expect ahead of a medical procedure could help patients better understand their ...
Becker's Hospital Review

MSU surgeon connects patients to VR for awake procedures

Jamie Clarkson, MD, a hand surgeon specialist at East Lansing-based Michigan State University Healthcare, is using virtual reality as part of his procedures, NPR affiliate WKAR reported April 12. Dr.
Healio

Virtual reality in eye care will expand, augment physicians’ abilities

The primary applications of virtual reality in ophthalmology include physician and patient education, diagnostic testing in ...
NBC New York

Meta's VR technology is helping to train surgeons and treat patients, though costs remain a hurdle

Surgeons are using Meta's Quest 2 to simulate procedures, allowing doctors to practice from home. Virtual reality technologies have gained adoption in the area of pain management. Medical schools are ...
KOIN 6

VR technology helps OHSU students, surgeons visualize pediatric heart defects

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Virtual reality headsets aren’t just for playing video games. At Oregon Health & Science University’s Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, doctors are using the technology to ...
Indiatimes

VR & AI reshape shoulder surgical training in Pune

PUNE: It is the beginning of a new era for orthopaedic surgeons who are looking at VR headsets and AI to plan their shoulder surgeries. Shoulder surgeries, which are on the rise, according to doctors, ...
New Atlas

Head zaps help surgeons transfer skills from VR to IRL

Researchers found that applying gentle, non-invasive electrical stimulation to the brain during virtual reality training helped budding surgeons to more easily transfer the skills they’d learned to a ...
DrBicuspid

The future is now: Part 1 -- VR is poised to revolutionize dentistry

This is a two-part series exploring the potential and real applications for virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) within dentistry. Part 1 focuses on use in dental ...