Applications of augmented reality (AR) in the healthcare sector are gaining momentum. New advancements in AR technology is aimed at providing assistance to the healthcare professionals including nurses, surgeons, lab assistants, and physicians.
Applications of augmented reality (AR) in the healthcare sector are gaining momentum. New advancements in AR technology is aimed at providing assistance to the healthcare professionals including nurses, surgeons, lab assistants, and physicians. Companies operating in the healthcare sector have focused their attention on developing AR devices and technologies to help surgeons.
Surgeons relying on traditional AR glasses and X-rays do not get an extensive view, and cannot achieve the efficiency required. So, the development of AR devices for assisting in different types of surgeries will increase in the coming years. According to the report published by Allied Market Research, the global AR in healthcare market is estimated to reach to reach $4.23 billion by 2026. Following are some of the activities taking place across the world.
Launch of new products is one of the major strategies adopted by market players to widen their customer base and achieve more market share than before. Magic Leap launched Magic Leap 2 AR headset for the healthcare sector. Moreover, the company partnered with four companies operating in the healthcare industry. It joined hands with clinical data visualization company SentiAR, diagnostics company Heru, neurotechnology company SyncThink, and surgical software tool Brainlab.
The company highlighted that it focused on development of headsets for the industries that have habit of wearing something on eyes. These industries include healthcare and manufacturing. Surgeons in the healthcare industry need a comprehensive view of complex structures and the headset is aimed to cater to their needs.
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Determining the need to assist surgeons in conducting surgeries faster and more seamlessly than existing processes, market players are committed to offer advanced AR tools and the next generation of medical devices. Drill Surgeries, one of the startups focused on development of AR for surgeons, highlighted that it has been working with doctors, engineers, and scientists to develop devices for the surgeons of 21st century. Its advancements in AR devices outline the potential to offer educational information to surgeons for carrying out surgeries at lower cost, 50% lesser radiation, and faster than existing methods.
The innovative approach of the company has been observed by surgeons throughout the R&D process. The company developed new medical devices from scratch to replace AR glasses and ensured that the learning curve is the shortest for enabling ease in adoption. The company developed the products for improvement in intramedullary nailing surgeries. This is the type of surgery that is aimed to assist the welding process of broken bones. The development activities will continue in the coming years.