surgery
The startup said it will use the seed funding to accelerate product development and find customers.
The secondary care platform will soon offer online doctor consultations as part of its expansion into primary care.
The company’s first products are sensors that can be installed in operating rooms to collect procedure data and improve surgical quality.
The company's technology allows outside experts to virtually support surgical teams while they're conducting a procedure.
Innovation
New @HomeVR modality makes accredited simulations available on standalone headsets.
Telecoms giant Vodafone has launched its 5G network in seven cities across the UK earlier today, switched on by five-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton in London.
Giblib, a medical education streaming service with offerings including both VR and traditional videos of medical lectures and surgeries, has raised $2.
At Hoag Hospital in California, the same technology is paying dividends for patient engagement and surgical outcomes.
Designed for medical students, nurses and practicing surgeons, the videos seek to replicate what it would be like to observe a procedure from inside the operating room.
"Essential GI Surgeries" will include 25 hours of real surgeries recorded in 360 VR and 4K video.