MedTech Dive March 8, 2024
Nick Paul Taylor

The prototype app has potential uses in patient communication, medical education and surgical planning.

Dive Brief:

  • Siemens Healthineers has launched an Apple Vision Pro app to enable people to view interactive holograms of the human body, the medtech company said Wednesday.
  • The app displays renderings of human bone and tissue that the user can manipulate using their hands. A video of the app shows the user rotating a model of the human skull and zooming in to view the brain.
  • Siemens said the ability to render clinical cases on the mixed-reality headset without additional hardware has potential uses in patient communication, medical education and surgical planning.

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The Apple Vision Pro app is built on the Cinematic...

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Topics: Apps, Metaverse/VR, Provider, Technology
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