Virtually Scrubbing in to the OR from Anywhere in the World (MDDI Online)
Dr. Nadine Hachach-Haram, founder and CEO of Proximie, which offers software that employs augmented reality and artificial intelligence to enable remote participation in operating rooms.
Proximie, a plug-and play hardware-agnostic platform, uses augmented reality (AR) to allow remote collaboration.
“What I recognized as a surgeon who has spent a lot of time both in the operating room and [in] working with a lot of the medical device companies was we are often hindered by our physical presence,” said Dr. Nadine Hachach-Haram, founder and CEO of Proximie, in an interview with MD+DI. Finding a way to get around that was the impetus for developing Proximie. The software uses augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) to enable the user to see into and participate in an operating room that could be continents away.
“You could be sitting anywhere with your laptop or your phone, and you'll be able to see the operating room [with Proximie],” Hachach-Haram said, noting that up to four views into the room are possible. “Those four feeds can include scopes, x-ray machines, echo, ultrasound, ...
