TEN BEST NEW SPINE TECHNOLOGIES FOR 2018 (Orthopedics This Week)
Augmedics
Winning Technology: xvision™
Inventors and Engineers: Nissan Elimelech, Stuart Wolf, Elazar Gerland, Nessi Benishti, Tsur Herman, Ziv Amitai, Ron Zaidman, Daniel Messinger, Natalie Starodubsky, Yaacov Rothschild, Asaf Asban, Nitzan Krasney, Dekel Matalon
Tami Harel, Nitzan Krasney, Chen Landoy-Eini, Nissan Elimelech, Robin Young, Dekel Matalon, Asaf Asban, and xvision™
xvision-spine system (XVS)™ is an augmented reality surgical navigation system that is designed to give surgeons a form of “X-ray vision.” Using extremely fast processing capabilities, the XVS system superimposes patient CT data, in real time, onto a heads-up display while also accurately determining the position of surgical tools real-time. The net effect is that surgeons can simultaneously look at their patient while also seeing the anatomy below and the position of instruments—without averting their eyes to a remote screen.
A recent study of using XVS in surgery found: “Overall screw placement accuracy was 96.7% and 94.6% when employing HGS and GS grading respectively. Insertion accuracy was non-inferior to MN pedicle insertion wh...
