Anicet Mbida 6:57 am, August 24, 2021

Every day, Anicet Mbida makes us discover an innovation that could well change the way we consume.

This Monday, he is interested in new surgical techniques to avoid errors.

Today's innovation should reassure both surgeons and those undergoing surgery.

This is a new technique which should limit errors during operations.

We will take the example of a gesture as banal as a blood test: instead of doing it several times, butchering yourself to find the vein, we will project the image of the vessels directly onto the skin. blood that is just below. Suddenly, even nurses or nurses beginners will be able to take blood samples without making a mistake and without hurting us.

Now imagine this system for more complex operations.

You should know that today, surgeons have made a habit of first scanning their patient in 3D to prepare for their operation.

This lets them know where to go and which areas are best to avoid.

With these new systems, we will be able to project the organs below directly onto the skin, which will allow smaller incisions to be made and therefore less scarring.

Then, once opened, we will project the operating notes, that is to say the exact place where it is necessary to operate with famous sensitive points to be avoided.

This makes it possible to be even more precise and above all to avoid errors.

But how can we be sure that the information is displayed perfectly in the right place?

It has to be precise to the millimeter.

Indeed, it is critical.

First of all, there is a whole calibration system: cameras and a scanner are used to determine reference positions (a bone or an organ in particular).

This helps ensure that we are right in the right place.

The trend is also to use augmented reality glasses which will superimpose 3D images on real images which will allow the surgeon to operate while having as much information as possible directly in his field of vision.

Several companies are working on these technologies, in particular Proximie or HipInsight for hip surgery.

This is indicative of a trend in medical research: finding the least invasive treatments possible and aiming for "zero errors".