{"id":84185,"date":"2018-10-29T16:02:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T23:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/fda-approves-first-microsoft-hololens-augmented-reality-system-for-surgical-use"},"modified":"2018-11-01T15:22:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T22:22:41","slug":"fda-approves-first-microsoft-hololens-augmented-reality-system-for-surgical-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/fda-approves-first-microsoft-hololens-augmented-reality-system-for-surgical-use","title":{"rendered":"FDA approves first Microsoft HoloLens augmented reality system for surgical use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/fda-approves-first-microsoft-hololens-augmented-reality-system-for-surgical-use.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The FDA has recently given 510(k) clearance to the OpenSight Augmented Reality System, the first augmented reality (AR) medical solution for Microsoft HoloLens cleared for use in pre-operative surgical planning.<\/p>\n<p>The technology projects 2D, 3D and 4D images of patients interactively by overlaying them onto the patient\u2019s body, according to a Novarad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20181024005714\/en\/Novarad%E2%80%99s-OpenSight-Augmented-Reality-System-Solution-Microsoft\">press release<\/a> published Oct. 24.<\/p>\n<p>OpenSight specifically utilizes the Microsoft HoloLens headset that allows simultaneous visualization of the 3D patient images in AR and the actual patient and their real-world surroundings. The technique may decrease operative times and improve surgical planning and the understanding of anatomic relationships.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthimaging.com\/topics\/advanced-visualization\/fda-approves-augmented-reality-system-microsoft-hololens\">https:\/\/www.healthimaging.com\/topics\/advanced-visualization\/...t-hololens<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FDA has recently given 510(k) clearance to the OpenSight Augmented Reality System, the first augmented reality (AR) medical solution for Microsoft HoloLens cleared for use in pre-operative surgical planning. The technology projects 2D, 3D and 4D images of patients interactively by overlaying them onto the patient\u2019s body, according to a Novarad press release published [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1498,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-augmented-reality","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84345,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84185\/revisions\/84345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}