At Dr. Robert Limoni’s practice, we’re proud to offer the ARVIS® Augmented Reality System for hip and knee replacement procedures.
What is the ARVIS® Augmented Reality System?
ARVIS® (Augmented Reality Visualization and Information System) is an FDA-cleared system to help your surgeon visualize precision guidance when performing hip and knee surgery with the support of augmented reality.
What is Augmented Reality?
Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that allows us to see our real-life environment with a digital augmentation overlay. AR is used in many ways, including social media filters, gaming and various shopping apps that allow you to try on clothing or visualize furniture in your space before purchasing. ARVIS® enables this technology through highly precise trackers and cameras designed for incredible precision in a medical setting. This helps surgeons place and align implants during surgery. Unlike other traditional robotic systems that require additional staff, ARVIS® is a self-contained, wearable surgical guidance device controlled by the surgeon. ARVIS® is designed to ensure surgeons can focus on you – not a screen across the room – by empowering them with a hands-free view of the surgical field and your tailored surgical plan simultaneously.
How Does It Work?
ARVIS® combines tracking cameras with a 3D display and hands-free interface in an integrated eyepiece. ARVIS® is the first system with proprietary hardware designed to assist in precisely placing hip and knee joint replacements aimed at tailoring procedures to your specific anatomy.
Your surgeon will attach trackers to your knee or hip. ARVIS® uses infrared cameras to locate the trackers thereby letting the computer know where your knee or hip is in space - similar to how GPS uses satellites to determine your location.
Your surgeon will register a series of landmarks on your bone which allows ARVIS® to display positions of the instruments relative to your anatomy
Your surgeon will see an overlay of real-time surgical guidance information on the operating room table allowing them to set their guides in the optimal positions for your unique knee or hip bones.
What Are The Benefits?
Precision. ARVIS® uses Augmented Reality technology to provide the surgeon real-time information to help meet their goals of precise and accurate implant placement.
Efficiency. A preoperative CT scan or MRI may not be necessary, based on your surgeon’s plan, eliminating unnecessary exposure to radiation and potential added cost.
The Surgeon Is In Control.
– ARVIS® allows your surgeon to tailor procedures based on your unique anatomy.
– The system is entirely controlled by your surgeon’s head movements or voice commands – rather than a robot or other personnel in the room.
References:
- ARVIS IFU
- Novak, Erik J., Marc D. Silverstein, and Kevin J. Bozic. “The cost-effectiveness of computer-assisted navigation in total knee arthroplasty.”
JBJS 89.11 (2007): 2389-2397. - Macario, Alex. “What does one minute of operating room time cost?” Journal of clinical anesthesia 4.22 (2010): 233-236
