The latest innovation is through the use of a three dimensional high definition camera being used for the procedure. The images taken are then projected onto a high definition television and viewed in real-time movement. Now the 3D technology that allows movie makers to offer consumers access to 3D movies on the big screen has been incorporated into endoscopic surgery as a way to help doctors and nurses see the human body in ways that had never been available in the past. The benefit of this new camera-enhanced technology is that it removes much of the guesswork from what is happening internally in a patient that is undergoing surgery.
The ability to use less invasive surgeries through the use of the custom lens in high tech medical camera devices has even offered physicians the ability to see inside a patient in ways that directly viewing an organ can't. In addition to being a useful tool for the diagnosis of a patient's overall health, the camera-enhanced procedures can be used as a teaching tool in nursing and medical schools. The ability to see a true, visual image of a patient rather than a textbook photo simply can't compare and is one of the best teaching tools on the market. Students that graduate with a clearer understanding of the inner workings of their patients have a better understanding of the overall patient physiology.
Surgeons at Syosset Hospital in Long Island, NY performed the world's first 4K super HD laparoscopy and graduates of the nursing schools in the area were in attendance. The images were then available for other nursing students. The surgeon, Steven Palter, MD, noted the images were "the sharpest, most impressive ones created by any machine" he also noted it was the most "accurate way to see inside a human body."
3D technologies allow surgeons and medical and nursing students to experience surgical procedures in a more meaningful way even if they're not physically in attendance. This technology, researchers say, will ensure the up and coming generation of hospital staff will be better prepared for surgical care
Strides are being made in medical lens design techniques and one of those innovations is in the area of laparoscopic surgery; this surgery is performed by the surgeon making an incision in the patient as a way to view the area. This type of surgical procedure, in which a tiny camera is inserted into the incision, relieves the patient from having to endure a larger incision.
