Apple Vision Pro Speeds Up Surgery by Almost 20%

[MacRumors]

Surgeons who wore an Apple Vision Pro as their primary display during a tear duct procedure finished operations 19% faster than surgeons using a traditional monitor, according to a peer-reviewed study by UC San Diego.

The study, published in the journal AJO International (via iPhone in Canada), looked at 32 endoscopic surgeries to clear blocked tear ducts. In half the cases, surgeons wore Vision Pro headsets that streamed the endoscopic video feed directly into their field of view instead of looking at a monitor across the room, letting them keep a natural forward-facing posture throughout.

Average operative time came in at 34.4 minutes with the Vision Pro, compared to 42.7 minutes with the traditional monitor. Every case in both groups succeeded with no complications, and all five surgeons involved said they preferred operating with the headset, reporting lower physical and mental workload.

The researchers also found the Vision Pro was cheaper and far smaller than the monitor setup it replaced, though they caution the study is small and preliminary, and call for larger trials to confirm the results.

Article Link: Apple Vision Pro Speeds Up Surgery by Almost 20%

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

and the tasteless comments on how surgeons who use the Vision Pro deserve to be slapped and Tim Cook should have been fired for the product being released and Steve would never and who actually cares about healthcare anywayincoming in three… two…

 

[vantelimus]

How dare those physicians use a Pro product professionally! Don't they know it is too expensive? /s

 

[Genelec8341]

While we're young, doc! Time is money when you're having your tear ducts unblocked.

 

[Blasterzilla]

and the tasteless comments on how surgeons who use the Vision Pro deserve to be slapped and Tim Cook should have been fired for the product being released and Steve would never and who actually cares about healthcare anywayincoming in three… two…

Forgot G5 PowerBook.

 

[RealKeishav]

I said it it’s a perfectly polished product apple just need to find a way to make it mainstream

 

[cmckenica]

One of those cases where you make a good product and it just snowballs into assisting so many tangent fields because it's... useful

Not sure Apple thought of medical professionals using this like they are now, but lower operating times is always a good thing

 

[turbineseaplane]

The article image is just totally gold

 

[p96]

Does having electronically augmented eyes mean these doctors are cyborgs?

 

[vegetassj4]

The saving potential of this is awesome:

 

[turbineseaplane]

The saving potential of this is awesome:

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"Your insurance only covers normal surgery, not Surgery Pro or Surgery Pro Max and definitely not Surgery Ultra -- Sorry!"

 

[Bones13]

As a retired orthopod who did arthroscopy for 40 years, this would have been a godsend for my neck. Constantly switching from the downward view of the surgical site, and looking up to the monitor, (typically mounted above the equipment cabinet, as seen in OP pic) definitely contributes to neck pain and neck arthritis.

 

[jz0309]

a great use case, and while niche, very beneficial. and there are plenty more of these kind of use cases ... so hopefully Apple will continue with the VPro

 

[PKFC]

Surprised they can get a video source into the Vision Pro. A lot of gamers might like to output their HDMI to the headset

 

[StuBeck]

One of those cases where you make a good product and it just snowballs into assisting so many tangent fields because it's... useful

Not sure Apple thought of medical professionals using this like they are now, but lower operating times is always a good thing

This was definitely a use case they discussed when they released it. The whole point of these products at the price point they're at is for AR situations like this.

I'm not sure how the cost is lower, but either way it gets paid off with one surgery.

 

[coolfactor]

One of those cases where you make a good product and it just snowballs into assisting so many tangent fields because it's... useful

Not sure Apple thought of medical professionals using this like they are now, but lower operating times is always a good thing

Apple absolutely thought of medical professionals using it. So many keep missing the fact that it was released as a "Pro" device intentionally, because Apple was targeting these exact types of users. That consumers find this very expensive technology too expensive has only muddied its reputation. It was always intended for professional usage, such as this. And a 30-40 minute usage window is well within the neck-weight threshold.

 

[coolfactor]

This was definitely a use case they discussed when they released it. The whole point of these products at the price point they're at is for AR situations like this.

I'm not sure how the cost is lower, but either way it gets paid off with one surgery.

The cost is lower because equipment sellers milk the industry with insanely-high prices. And they are much higher-quality products than that sold en masse to consumers. Such medical imaging monitors have both a very high pixel density and precision colour calibration, meaning they are top of the line. Then there are cameras and computers to go along with it. Add all that together and, yes, it would be way more expensive than an all-in-one headset computer.

I'm curious how the camera images are fed into the Vision Pro headset?

 

[chrono1081]

My buddy is a surgeon and uses a super advanced surgery robot he sits in a special chair for. I'm curious if something like this would ever make it to his line of work.

 

[JHBrown]

Personally, I don’t care too much about the speed, I only care about doing it correctly.

 

[coolfactor]

Surprised they can get a video source into the Vision Pro. A lot of gamers might like to output their HDMI to the headset

WiFi is fast enough for high-quality video, but doesn't the Vision Pro support a direct-feed connection already for developer usage? That means a wired connection is already supported, and may be getting used here?

 

[turbineseaplane]

Personally, I don’t care too much about the speed, I only care about doing it correctly.

The bean counters running all of US healthcare are all about the speed and ability to cost cut.

The "healthcare" part of healthcare is of very little interest to them if they can reduce costs further.

 

[bluecoast]

I hope that they don't get a visionOS system update triggering mid-surgery.

 

[coolfactor]

My buddy is a surgeon and uses a super advanced surgery robot he sits in a special chair for. I'm curious if something like this would ever make it to his line of work.

The Vision Pro uses spatial awareness technology developed by Apple. If the robot could ingest such data, I wonder if it could perform surgeries independently with no human operator?

 

[turbineseaplane]

"Sorry Dr, what did you say? I have Ted Lasso playing in my PiP window here"

"huh? I'm in pass-through ... there's a horse fly over on the wall there"


"Ok, let's wrap this up and hit our time target and not get penalized here."

 

[zarmanto]

Huh. So you're telling me that there's actually a real-life use case for the Vision Pro? And it's even less expensive than the option it replaces??

Who-da-thunk-it?