SurgiCam Will Give Surgeons A Better View During MIS

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has become the preferred method for many surgical procedures, due to its positive impact on a patients, comfort, recovery time and overall surgical outcome. While there are many other surgical elements involved in building MIS medical equipment, the camera is the most important.

Thanks to a team of researchers at UC San Diego, the first prototype of the “SurgiCam” has been introduced. This new surgical camera will be used during laparoscopic procedures, where small incisions are made in the abdomen that allows doctors to perform minimally invasive surgery (MIS).

SurgiCam is a tiny surgical camera, which only needs a 1.5cm incision. This microscopic invention called for collaboration between engineers, computer scientists and medical equipment designers with experience in micro-imaging, computer technology, image transmission and minimally invasive surgical techniques.

By eliminating the bulky cables that connect most cameras with operating room computer monitors, the SurgiCam will provide clearly detailed visuals and occupy far less space. It will also provide doctors with more functionality than any previously created endoscopic or laparoscopic cameras, including high-resolution imaging, optical zoom, automatic focus, wireless image transmission, video images and more. The next model will also include stereoscopic 3-D, which is currently being used in robotic surgery.

Above and beyond all of these important new functions, the optical zoom capability is the most exciting development. Surgeons will be able to use this new piece of medical equipment to gain a close-up view of the operating area.

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