How Augmented Reality Surgical Navigation Works

X-ray vision with no workflow interruption.

Augmented Reality Surgical Navigation is Changing Spine Surgery

Advanced visualization through skin and tissue. Navigation data in front of your eyes. Instruments, implants, and imaging of your choice. All while looking directly at the patient.

That’s not the future. It’s the present. AR navigation is being used daily in operating rooms across the country across a broad range of spine procedures:

  • Open, MIS, or percutaneous
  • Cervical (C3-C7), Thoracic, Lumbar, or Pelvis
  • Single- or multi-level
  • Degen, Trauma, Revision, Complex/Deformity
Safdar Khan performing a surgery with AR.

“This has dramatically changed the way we do surgery.

Wearing a specialized headset, even before making an incision, I can visually see the patient’s spine. We can now plan our surgical strategies with an element of accuracy that we never had before.”

Safdar N. Khan, MD
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Vice Chair of Surgical Innovation, UC Davis

History

The Benefits and Drawbacks of Legacy Navigation

Surgical navigation isn’t new. And it has a lot of benefits over freehand and fluoroscopy-based approaches. But there are also limitations.

two surgeons using xvision ar in the operating room

Proven Benefits of Surgical Navigation

  • Improved pedicle screw accuracy
  • Reduced radiation exposure to surgeon & OR staff
  • Facilitates minimally invasive approaches

Limitations of Legacy Navigation

  • Attention shift away from patient
  • Line of sight disruptions
  • Long learning curve
  • Large OR footprint
  • Often tied to specific systems
  • Requires facility with 3D intraoperative imaging

The Future Is in Sight: AR Navigation

All the benefits of legacy navigation, and so much more.

  • Eliminates attention shift
  • No line-of-sight challenges
  • Intuitive 3D user interface
  • Short learning curve
  • Open platform

With AR navigation, surgeons use their surgical skill and preferred workflow. It’s simply augmented.

Beyond The Screw

Improving Outcomes for Surgeons and Patients Alike

We’re on a mission to transform spine surgery. Because all surgeons and all patients deserve best-in-class accuracy, safety, and efficiency.

About Augmedics

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Meet xvision

The first and market-leading AR navigation system for surgery.

AR Resources

Dive into the data on augmented reality surgical navigation.