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 while options for physical gatherings are limited.
How does it work? Users connect in a secure, shared virtual environment that allows full simultaneous creation and editing of 3D models from medical images. Internal remote collaborations are facilitated with a single click by storing a project database on a network drive or institutionally approved cloud storage drive of one’s choice. If users want to collaborate externally, they can export an Elucis project and share it with their collaborators through secure means of their choosing. To maximize security of information, the telemetry facilitating the remote interactions never contains image or 3D structure data, and voice communication is always encrypted: personal health information and image data are maintained entirely within the custody of users at all times.
“It’s widely recognized that exceptional healthcare is facilitated by a collaborative approach and the pandemic has forced us to get creative about how we communicate and share content with one another,” said Justin Sutherland, CEO and Co-Founder of Realize Medical. “Creating 3D models of patient anatomy in Elucis has the potential to enhance patient care but only if that high-quality content can be safely and easily shared with the entire surgical planning team in a meaningful way. With VR collaborative environments, the possibilities are vast. The medium really is the message.”
One example of this collaborative approach is at the Ottawa Hospital where physician users of Elucis connect with each other to create and collaborate in a shared virtual environment, or create a session with Realize Medical experts to be taught its powerful features in a live learning session.
The COVID-19 pandemic has also created the largest disruption of education systems in history. During this time, many educators are turning to tools like virtual reality to help them adapt and keep students engaged. “Research shows we retain more information and can better apply what we have learned after participating in virtual reality exercises,” said Sonya Deveau, Director of Sales and Business Development at Realize Medical. “We’re excited to see how remote collaboration in Elucis will further enhance education and student engagement.”
About Realize Medical
Realize Medical is the creator of Elucis, the first platform for creating 3D medical models entirely in virtual reality. Elucis makes it effortless to create 3D models from medical images for medical 3D printing or use in mixed reality systems. The platform’s medical image viewing, modeling and communication platform combines novel 3D visualizations with the familiar and intuitive input of a hand-held stylus on a writing surface.