While neurosurgeons have been able to virtually navigate volumetric images of patients’ brain structures gathered from CT and MRI scans, difficult procedures within complex anatomy still remains challenging. At Boston Children’s Hospital, physicians are now using 3D-printed replicas of brain regions they’ll be working on (Read more...)
Tag: Neurological Surgery
3D Printed Brain Regions Help Neurosurgeons Prepare for Difficult Procedures
While neurosurgeons have been able to virtually navigate volumetric images of patients’ brain structures gathered from CT and MRI scans, difficult procedures within complex anatomy still remains challenging. At Boston Children’s Hospital, physicians are now using 3D-printed replicas of brain regions they’ll be working on (Read more...)
Artificial Semiconductor Wireless Retina Already Proving Itself in Lab Study
Researchers from Tel Aviv University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and Newcastle University have created a proof of concept artificial retina that may one day help treat a number of eye diseases, including age-related macular degeneration. The device is made of semiconductor nanorod-carbon nanotubes and doesn’t have a (Read more...)
EBS Technologies Electro-Optical Stimulation System Restores Vision Lost Due to Neurological Conditions (VIDEO)
Many people affected by certain types of glaucoma, stroke, traumatic brain injury, and some other diseases lose a great deal of their vision due to neuropathy rather than from damage to the optical components of the eye. The nerve rich areas that can be affected are either in the brain’s regions that deal with vision or within the neuron (Read more...)
Vittamed’s Non-Invasive Intracranial Pressure and Cerebrovascular Autoregulation Monitors Cleared in EU (VIDEOS)
Vittamed out of Carlisle, MA received European CE Mark approval for its non-invasive intracranial pressure meter and non-invasive cerebrovascular autoregulation monitor. The Vittamed 205 intracranial pressure monitor works by applying pressure to the tissue surrounding the eye using a special pressure cuff. A Doppler ultrasound transducer plac (Read more...)
Leica M320 F12 ENT Microscope with New Multifocal Lens, High Definition Camera
Leica Microsystems has upgraded its Leica M320 F12 ENT surgical microscope with a new multifocal objective lens and a 1080p HD video camera.
The new lens allows surgeons performing ear, nose, and throat procedures to change the working distance between 200 mm and 300 mm from the surgical site without having to move the microscope. The cam (Read more...)
Leica Unveils Surgical Microscopes with Built-In TrueVision 3D Technology
Surgical microscopes now offer 3D capabilities, but to see the images one had to use a separate cart with a 3D screen and related equipment on it. Now Leica Microsystems is releasing a couple new microscopes with with TrueVision (Santa Barbara, CA) 3D technology built right in.
The new Leica M720 OH5 and Leica M525 OH4 models stream (Read more...)
Cerepress Elucidates Intracranial Pressure from a Quirky Scan of Eye
Critically elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) represents the important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with intracranial pathology, but measuring it has long been a problem because doing it effectively has required invasive methods that are not exactly practical on the sidelines of a football field or by a bedside.
Third Eye Diagnost (Read more...)
Leica 3D Surgical Microscopes with TrueVision Technology
Leica is releasing two new surgical microscopes that combine 3D visualization and TrueVision technology from TrueVision Systems, Inc (Santa Barbara, CA).TrueVision provides visual guidance during procedures by putting graphic markers on relevant points…