A team of doctors led by orthopedic surgeon Selen G. Parekh performed a foot surgery yesterday with the help of Google Glass, using the technology to broadcast live on the internet and share information with other doctors, according to DNA India.
The surgery took place at an Indo-US conference headed by Dr. Ashish Sharma. Sharma praised the use of Google Glass. He says Google Glass could be used to communicate with a patients family, teach students remotely and communicate with other doctors during surgery.
Sharma goes on to say that Google Glass could eliminate the need for cameramen in the operating room, greatly reducing the risk for infection. It could also help treat patients in rural areas, by allowing faraway doctors to examine patients remotely.
Google Glass has been used by surgeons before. Ohio State broadcasted an ACL surgery last August. Another Indian doctor performed an upper gastro-intestinal laparoscopy procedure in September.
Google sent out 8,000 Google Glass units to specifically chosen testers as part of their “Explorer Program.” Google Glass’ medical potential has spurred start-ups and medical technology firms to look further into the applications of the technology in the medical field.
One San Francisco company sees Google Glass as a way to automatically log medical records, saving doctors from paperwork and giving them more time to do what they do best. Dr. Pierre Theodore of the University of California San Francisco used the technology to view a patients X-rays during surgery.
Just recently, Google employees with links to their X research group met with Food and Drug Administration officials who regulate eye devices and heart diagnostics tech, spurring speculation that Google is working on a new medical product. The Google X lab heads “future technologies” projects, most notably Google Glass, their self-driving cars and internet-via-stratospheric-balloon.
Google Glass in the OR: Doctors Broadcast Surgery Live
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