New York’s University of Rochester Medical Center is using smart glasses from local company Vuzix for training surgeons and educating patients to help them understand their surgical procedure and the parts of the anatomy affected.

Vuzix supplies smart glasses and augmented reality (AR) technology and products. The medical centre will be using its M400 smart glasses.

“AR is easy to use in training as the software behind it is very seamless,” said Michael Hasselberg, associate director of the University of Rochester Medical Health Lab. “Vuzix is innovative and has made its hardware more user friendly and more comfortable to use for longer periods of time. Where AR is used the most today is in the medical training of students.”

Paul Travers, president and chief executive officer at Vuzix, added: “Vuzix is focused on delivering all day wearable products for enterprise and healthcare and it’s very rewarding for our team at Vuzix to see our products being put to work to deliver potentially live saving training for surgeons and other medical professionals in our own backyard in Rochester at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Our presence with our smart glasses products in the healthcare vertical continues to steadily expand both throughout the USA and across the globe in multiple European countries, Malaysia, Thailand, Tokyo and Taiwan.”

Vuzix’s products include personal display and wearable computing devices that offer users a portable high-quality viewing experience, provide technology for mobility, wearable displays and augmented reality.

The company holds 179 patents and patents pending and numerous IP licences in the video eyewear field. It has won Consumer Electronics Show awards for innovation for the years 2005 to 2020 and several wireless technology innovation awards. Founded in 1997, Vuzix is a public company with offices in Rochester, UK and Tokyo.