Of the 500 surgeries performed at UCSD, headsets from Apple’s Vision Pro are changing the activities during surgeries. Surgeons have experimented with the use of Vision Pro in more than 20 minimally invasive surgical operations. From Time, UCSD’s Santiago Horgan, director of the Center of Future Surgery, discussed Vision Pro’s use in surgeries.
Horgan observes that headsets could perform better than conventional correlated robotic surgery instruments. While expensive for consumers, due to the incorporation of costly Advanced Image Processing Technology. The Vision Pro proves to be cheap to hospitals. It offers an efficient and technically appealing method to surgery teams all over the country.
Conventionally, during laparoscopic surgeries, surgeons rely on peripheral displays for observing actual camera inputs. However, in Vision Pro’s there is no need for the two screens as seen in Vision Smart. Surgery can now observe the CT scans and vital signs within the headset which helps them become more attentive.
The purpose of this device is to enable surgeons to keep comfortable positions during surgeries in a bid to avoid much strain. Google Glass and HoloLens profiles did not match Vision Pro’s OLED display features. Horgan also discovered that the kind of visuals shown by the headset is even better as compared to his expectations.
Currently, UCSD staff involves doctors and nurses who use that headset and no single patient declined the encounter. Further, UCSD considers the utilization of the Vision Pro for creating 3D image radiology. More medical uses of the Vision Pro are planned.
