Augmedics Reaches 10,000 AR Spine Surgeries Milestone at UConn Health

• The landmark 10,000th procedure using Augmedics' xvision Spine System was completed by Dr. Isaac Moss at UConn Health.
• UConn has become one of the largest AR spine surgery programs in the U.S., with six surgeons regularly using the system.

Augmedics announced the completion of its 10,000th augmented reality spine surgery using the xvision Spine System, performed at UConn Health by Dr. Isaac Moss. The milestone reflects the company’s growth since launching the first FDA-approved AR navigation system for surgery.

“Since inception, Augmedics has been a company of firsts – the first FDA-approved AR navigation system for surgery, the first augmented reality spine surgeries in US, the first clinical accuracy studies,” said Augmedics President & CEO Paul Ziegler, in a news release on the University of Conneticut website. “With that, there has always been a high degree of interest in AR and its potential to improve the safety and efficacy of spine surgery. The milestone of 10,000 surgeries is not only a celebration of 10,000 patient lives impacted, but definitive proof that we are fundamentally changing the surgical status quo. AR is here to stay.”

The xvision Spine System enables surgeons to visualize a patient’s anatomy in 3D through augmented reality during procedures, supporting precise instrumentation while potentially reducing fatigue and radiation exposure. UConn Health began using xvision in May 2022 and was the first facility in central Connecticut to adopt AR-guided spine surgery. Today, six spine surgeons across its orthopedic and neurosurgery departments regularly use the system, making it one of the country's most extensive AR spine programs.

This milestone also aligns with the launch of Augmedics’ CT-Fluoro registration method, which aims to make navigation more accessible for spine surgeons.

🌀 Tom's Take:

Ten thousand cases is a significant milestone for AR in healthcare. Augmedics has long been a pioneer in the use of AR in healthcare, and its steady progress shows that AR surgery has decisively moved from demo to scale.

Source: UConn Today