PrecisionOS präsentiert auf dem Global Spine Congress im November den allerersten Leichen-losen Kurs für komplexe Wirbelsäuleneingriffe.

Zeigt, dass die Zukunft des Trainings in der virtuellen Realität liegt

PARIS – Oct. 13, 2021 – PrecisionOS wird mit dem zusammenarbeiten Globaler Wirbelsäulenkongress den allerersten Leichenlosen Virtual Reality (VR)-Chirurgiekurs(e) für Wirbelsäuleneingriffe mitzuveranstalten. Der Kongress, der dieses Jahr vom 3. bis 6. November in Paris stattfindet, zieht mehr als 2.000 Chirurgen aus der ganzen Welt an und ist damit eines der umfassendsten Wirbelsäulentreffen.

Das VR-Training mit Oculus Quest-Headsets behandelt Wirbelsäulenverfahren und ermöglicht es den Teilnehmern, während des Kurses zusammenzuarbeiten, ihre Gedanken und Ideen auszutauschen und anderen beim Ausprobieren der angebotenen Trainingsverfahren zuzusehen.

“The Global Spine Congress felt PrecisionOS’ demonstration would offer surgeons a unique opportunity to see how modern technology optimizes training for both practicing surgeons and students and provides a more thorough educational experience,” said Dr. Karsten Wiechert, Co-Chair of the precourse at Global Spine Congress. “We decided to partner with PrecisionOS, a company that is pioneering global VR training, to make this highly innovative session available at our annual meeting. Interventional techniques on the lumbar spine present a specific educational challenge since usually the result of the needle placement can only be seen by conventional imaging. PrecisonOS overcomes this, adding an entirely new level of three- dimensional feedback and therefore improves the learning experience tremendously.”

PrecisionOS has been published by several peer reviewed papers on the efficacy of their virtual reality software. The company’s technology was also scientifically validated in a recent randomized controlled trial published in the Zeitschrift für Knochen- und Gelenkchirurgie Am. Die Studie zeigte, wie PrecisionOS älteren chirurgischen Ärzten hilft, chirurgische Fähigkeiten 570% schneller zu erlernen als herkömmliche Trainingsansätze, die ihre Fähigkeiten um 150% verbesserten.

“Our VR training software permits deliberate and purposeful practice allowing practitioners to learn and understand when they make mistakes that might arise during real surgery,” explains Danny Goel, M.D., surgeon and CEO, PrecisionOS. “Surgeons at the Congress will be able to train on spinal procedures using our advanced simulation platform instead of cadavers, which are becoming harder to source and obtain.”

PrecisionOS continues to push the boundaries by supplying immersive virtual reality training modules for orthopedic surgeons for multiple medical device companies, professional societies and major medical institutions worldwide. The company’s modules permit individual decision making, which allows the surgeon to try different approaches to the procedure. It also gives surgeons performance and technical feedback until they are totally comfortable performing the procedure instead of just having them do rote practice, a critical differentiation from competitive solutions.

Über PrecisionOS

PrecisionOS was founded in partnership with clinical orthopedic surgeon educators and an expert group of XR (virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality) senior software developers to create training for orthopedic surgeons. The company’s immersive simulations are scientifically validated, peer-reviewed and published in leading medical research journals. Participants engage in a realistic operating environment, alone or in collaboration with other trainees anywhere in the world, test their knowledge and desire to try alternate approaches, receive instructive feedback and repeat procedures until achieving proficiency.

PrecisionOS hat seinen Sitz in Vancouver, BC, und unterhält Kooperationen mit mehr als 40 großen medizinischen Einrichtungen in den USA und Kanada. Die Software wurde in mehr als 35 Ländern und 500 Städten weltweit eingesetzt.