Ottawa—December 8, 2023—An Ontario teen is among the first patients in the country to have a rare bone cancer surgically removed by doctors who used a new Canadian-designed virtual reality system. The system allows them to “walk” within a patient’s body as they plan out complex surgeries. Watch the segment and read the full article …
OTTAWA, CANADA, January 19, 2023—Healthcare software start-up, Realize Medical, announced today that its virtual reality (VR) software for surgical planning, Elucis (ee-loo-sis), has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “As one of the youngest companies in the mixed reality space, FDA clearance is a significant milestone – allowing us to …
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OTTAWA, Ontario, April 8, 2021 – Realize Medical, creators of Elucis, the first platform for creating and interacting with 3D medical models entirely in virtual reality, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Animesh (Aashoo) Tandon to its Board of Advisors. Animesh (Aashoo) Tandon, M.D., M.S., is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, with joint appointments …
OTTAWA, CANADA, November 17, 2020—REALIZE MEDICAL, INC. today announced the release of its new feature, fully integrated remote networked collaboration, in their medical virtual reality platform, Elucis. Users of the platform can now safely ‘meet’ with their peers in a secure, collaborative VR environment—the perfect solution for communicating 3D content in healthcare and education, especially …
Creating 3D anatomical models is a necessary first step in the majority of medical 3D printing and digital surgical simulation workflows. In a previous post, we described how anatomical models can be created in virtual reality (VR) using Elucis, and how that platform can make that process easy and fast. We also discussed how a …
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Now more than ever, medical 3D printing is being recognized by physicians and hospitals for the added value it brings to personalized patient care. Already, 3D printing is routinely used to address a wide range of abdominal, craniomaxillofacial, cardiac, musculoskeletal, genitourinary, breast and thoracic conditions. And the list of indications for 3D printing are likely …
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Virtual and augmented reality enter the game The attention directed towards augmented and virtual reality by medical 3D printing (3DP) enthusiasts has been increasing steadily since the release of cheap, commercially available, mixed reality (MR) devices in 2017. A great example of this is how the special area devoted to 3D printing at the Radiological …
Ottawa—July 9, 2020—Realize Medical today announced that they have collaborated with Logitech to further enhance Elucis, the world’s first VR platform for creating patient-specific 3D medical models directly in virtual reality. The partnership will bring Logitech’s VR Ink Pilot Edition to the platform, enabling users to draw precisely and directly in the Elucis platform. Elucis, …
I was recently asked to write the VR/AR section of a 3D printing review paper. As part of my section, I presented a literature review of the current research that’s been investigating the use of virtual and augmented reality to view medical models. One of the growing uses of these modern technologies is as an …
Medical VR’s long history Applications of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have been around since at least the early 1990s. Numerous early applications, including a VR-based surgical planning process using hardware developed by NASA, often had to do with helping doctors visualize complex anatomy with the aim of facilitating surgical planning and training. We’re all …