Patient data is now regularly accessed during surgeries to help physicians make decisions, but doing so either requires leaving the sterile environment or having an assistant pushing buttons on the computer on the doc’s behalf. There have been a number of systems developed that track hand motion to allow touch-free interaction with clinical computers (example), but now Tobii Technologies, a Swedish company that makes eye trackers, and ESINOMED, a German firm that makes clinical displays, partnered to create their own touch-free controller specifically designed for surgeons.
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