Precision OS, universities partner for VR orthopedic surgery training

Precision OS has partnered with 10 North Americanuniversities and medical institutions to bring their high-fidelity Virtual Reality(VR) orthopedic surgery training platform into the surgical classroom.

The Precision OS platform simulates operating room experiences, from the virtual tools used to the patient anatomy. This is reinforced with user-specific metric feedback collectively to empower surgeon trainees to reach peak performance through repeated practice and personalized learning. Residents can practice a procedure under a variety of changing conditions, to ensure they are prepared with the skills needed to navigate potential complications in real surgery. Conditions such as arthritis and age can change the standard of procedure for surgeries involving implants. While it is not a guarantee that a resident will be exposed to such surgical experiences in a traditional training program, with VR it is.

The platform offers surgeon trainees the opportunity to gainmore operating room experience than they typically would in a traditionalmedical residency. From minor complications to critical mistakes, residents canexperience surgery up close by putting on a headset.

During and following a procedure, residents are providedwith detailed performance metrics so they can assess their surgical skills inreal-time and identify areas of improvement. This immediate feedbackfacilitates tangible performance improvements and increases surgical precisionquickly.

Several hundred surgeon trainees at 10 medical institutions in the United States and Canada will now get to experience this technology first hand in their residency programs.

Precision OS will be used for orthopedic surgery training at:

The Precision OS team are also collaborating with Dr. JohnCostouros, MD FACS, an orthopedic surgeon and assistant professor at StanfordUniversity, to trial virtual reality for training soon-to-be graduatingsurgeons.

This will be the first time that this quality ofhigh-fidelity and immersive VR technology will be used for such intensivesurgical training.

“The next generation of surgeons will have to learn advancedskills and decision-making with limited time for their training. Virtualreality offers an impactful way to create value by improving surgical skill andreducing errors. Precision OS will deliver value to all stakeholders inhealthcare: educators, industry, hospitals, insurers, and patients. The timingof such a technology could not be more perfect!” said Dr. Jon J.P. Warner, founderof the Boston Shoulder Institute, New England Shoulder and Elbow Society, TheCodman Shoulder Society, and a past president of American Shoulder and ElbowSurgeons.

Last year, PrecisionOS secured $2.3M in funding led by AO Invest, the venture capital arm of Swissorthopedic education and research organization, the AO Foundation. The companyhas also been nominated for the Technology Impact Awards and was asemi-finalist at the Orthopedic Research Society.