The company Fundamental VR is behind a virtual reality application for surgeons. However, this device, which allows many practitioners to be trained, is gradually enriched with new procedures.
The idea of Fundamental Surgery is quite simple. It is about combining various experiences of virtual reality surgery with full haptic feedback . This haptic feedback is possible via a device in the form of a pencil. This one is able to simulate touch but also pressure. In reality, this gives the sensation of touch with precision body parts and other human organs, which have different textures and hardness.
Thus, this combination of haptic feedback and VR makes Fundamental Surgery one of the best current solutions in terms of training in surgery. You should also know that the start-up relies on the low-cost nature of the application, allowing inexpensive training . Also, as UploadVR explains in an article from October 2, 2019, Fundamental VR indicated that there was going to be something new for this app, dubbed a "flight simulation for surgeons".
According to Fundamental VR, there is talk of a new procedure available:the facettectomy , centered on the vertebrae and the decompression of the spinal nerve roots (spinal nerve). Thus, it will be possible for surgeons and other trainees to take a volume of bone material piece by piece, anywhere on the joint.
Still on the new side, Fundamental VR has implemented a rating system which will appear with the facettectomy procedure. Users will then be given a score as a percentage at each session. This will be relative to their ability to achieve the objectives of the procedure, and will give indications on their learning.
This is not the first time that virtual reality has been discussed in surgery. A few weeks ago, a study looked at the possibilities offered by VR in orthopedic surgery. A few months ago, a start-up said it wanted to provide surgeons with an original virtual reality solution to operate on patients remotely. It's about controlling - by means of VR - small robot surgeons faithfully reproducing their gestures.
Here is a presentation video of the Fundamental Surgery application:
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