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Augmented Reality Could Revolutionize Plastic Surgery

The use of augmented reality could change the world of healthcare and plastic surgery.

ILLUSIO is a California-based company which is using this cutting-edge technology to offer for the very first time patients an accurate, real-time 3D picture of how they will look after reconstructive or cosmetic breast surgery.

To produce these images, the surgeon only needs the ILLUSIO augmented reality software, an iPad or Android tablet and a special black band that covers the patient’s breasts.

“That black band has a marker on the front of it, and the die on that marker is what is recognized by the camera on the iPad. That enables the software to lay a virtual breast image on the patient and the image stays on the patient,” explained Ethan Winner, CEO and co-founder of ILLUSIO, in an interview with MedicalExpo e-magazine. The iPad works like a virtual mirror. “You can go closer to the patient or further away and the breast model stays in correct proportions to the body.”

Helping Patients Overcome Fear of Surgery

Dr. Kyle Song, another company co-founder and its Chief Medical Officer, has already used this technology on a hundred patients. The ILLUSIO team started offering access to the software in January for about $500 a month. It quickly became extremely popular. ILLUSIO has been contacted by surgeons and distributors from all over the world. Even the Stanford University School of Medicine has shown interest.

Courtesy of ILLUSIO

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  • California, USA
  • Celia Sampol