Surgical Theater Debuts a New Approach to Patient Engagement Utilizing Augmented Reality with Magic Leap

The Evolution of Precision VR® LEAPS into Augmented Reality

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Apr 11, 2019, 12:05 ET

SAN DIEGO, April 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Leveraging our rich history of creating dynamic visualization experiences throughout the treatment continuum, Surgical Theater is proud to debut its first ever Augmented Reality that combines Precision VR® patient-specific models with the Magic Leap One spatial computing headset. Neurosurgeons who attend the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA may view patient-specific virtual reconstructions in Augmented Reality.

In the clinic, for the first time in Neurosurgery practices, patients and their surgeons can walk together inside the patient's specific anatomy augmented into their shared physical space. The shared 360˚AR approach to Neurosurgical consultations creates an experiential environment encouraging shared decision making and collaboration with the patient. Augmented Reality allows surgeons and all participants to maintain physical awareness and eye contact while walking through the 360˚ virtual model.

Ultimately, the combination of Surgical Theater's Precision VR® reconstructions and other data from the patient's chart viewed in Augmented Reality with the Magic Leap is limitless—seamless workflows, charting transparency, increased efficiency, and improved patient satisfaction may all become reality.

For the OR, Surgical Theater will also demonstrate SynchronizAR™, the first and only Synchronized augmented reality visualization platform for neurosurgery aligning patient specific Precision VR® reconstructions with the most advanced navigation and endoscope systems. Accelerating beyond simple hand-drawn outlines of pathology as seen with standard surgical navigations systems, SynchronizAR™ facilitates comprehensive mixed reality, offering surgeons live and synchronized augmentation including patient-specific vascular structures, pathology, and DTI white matter tracks aligned to the surgical optics.

"The evolution of Surgical Theater's technology into mixed reality allows us to leverage our core competencies in VR and AR—exceeding surgeon expectations and aligning with patient-centric value-based care," said Moty Avisar, CEO & Co-Founder of Surgical Theater. "In the OR, overlaying the 360˚ model onto the surgeons microscopic/endoscopic optics, enables them to see and therefore, preserve a hidden vessel or nerve that will be exposed during a tumor resection. In the clinic, our hospital partners have seen tremendous value in the ability for surgeons and patients to walk inside the 360˚ model—it has proven to achieve superior patient understanding, resulting in improved patient satisfaction."

Walter Jean, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery at George Washington University Hospital will provide an opportunity for attendees to participate in a virtual blackboard for practicing skull base approaches and advanced surgical techniques on patient-specific virtual models. Dr. Jean will hold two demo sessions—April 15^th at 9:00am and April 16^th at 4:00pm. Attendees interested in how virtual reality can be applied to skull base surgeries are encouraged to take advantage of these sessions.

Surgical Theater's Precision VR® is a novel visualization platform that allows patients and their surgeons to step into the patient's complex diagnosis and to walk together in a 360-degree, Virtual Reality reconstruction of the patient's anatomy. This shared walk through inside the pathology is proven to increase patient satisfaction, improve patient engagement and improve a hospital's financial performance.

Medical Institutions across the country, including George Washington University Hospital, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Stanford Medical Center, Houston Methodist, NYU, University Hospitals, Mt. Sinai and Hoag Hospital are utilizing Surgical Theater's Precision VR® in the clinic as well as in the operating room. Stop by booth #1619 at AANS for the experience.

About Surgical Theater

Surgical Theater, the market leader in virtual and augmented reality healthcare services, is the first to combine cutting-edge fighter jet flight simulation technology with a patient's own anatomy scans. Rendered from comprehensive combined modalities of CT, MRI as well as advanced post processing images such as DTI and BOLD, the 360° virtual reality fly-through is designed to allow surgeons to walk and fly-through a reconstruction of the patient's own anatomy and pathology. Surgeons literally walk in the space between the white matter tracks and the tumor, being fully immersed, gaining unprecedented situational awareness and clarity of assessment. By simply turning their head, the surgeon can further explore the anatomy and plan the craniotomy, surgical path, trajectory, corridor, and the entire surgical strategy. Find out more at www.SurgicalTheater.net and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SurgicalTheater

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