The CICE (International Center for Endoscopic Surgery) in Clermont-Ferrand, France, an internationally renowned endoscopic training center and the first in …
Surgery
Virtual reality helps reduce patient anxiety and need for sedatives during hand surgery
As an anesthesiologist, Adeel Faruki, MD, MBA, works with patients to manage not just pain, but also anxiety. It can be a particular concern for patients …
HapticVR Technology as a Means to Facilitate Better Surgical Training
A recent peer-reviewed study published in the Annals of Medicine and Surgery details the benefits of applying HapticVR technology to surgical training. In the …
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Seeing the light: New applications for light curable adhesives in medtech
Peter Swanson, managing director of adhesives specialist Intertronics, discusses some of the latest formulations of UV curing adhesives used for assembling …
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A death knell for cadavers
If “video killed the radio star” and Zoom squelched the commute, it seems certain that virtual reality and three-dimensional imaging will be the death knell for …