Proximie has made it their mission to create “Borderless Operating Rooms” around the world, now publicly being used in the healthcare sector; after previously only being available in warzones up until 2019. Proximie’s AR solution has been picked up rapidly by healthcare enterprises in 2020 and 2021; just in time for the high-pressure global pandemic.
Recently raising a total of $48m from a group of investors, led by F-Prime Capital, the support shows the confidence in the side of the investors; who can see the opportunity that Proximie’s solution can offer.
Current expansions into healthcare sectors over the past years, has seen Proximie’s solution being used in 300 hospitals in 40 countries across the US, the Middle East and Europe. With part of the $48 million to go towards further integration across hospitals in the US.
What can a “Borderless Operating Room” Offer?
UK-based, Proximie, uses augmented reality to allow surgeons to advise and collaborate with each other from across the globe. “Imagine a world where operating rooms all around the world are connected”.
Proximie’s website lays out the three steps of their AR solution: “Prepare, Perform and Perfect.” Before surgery operators worldwide can collaborate and, together, build a pre-operative planning experience; sharing views on a procedure before it takes place.
During operations healthcare experts can reach into AR space from their desktops and in real time, point out and assist surgeons like they were in the same operating room.
Perfecting, the final step, allows for immersive learning as healthcare experts can review surgery footage giving peer-to-peer reviews. Allowing for these reviews to be saved to a video library; assisting with future training and reviewal.
There are currently 5 billion people around the world who do not have access to safe surgery and what Proximie can offer is the chance for medical professionals to collaborate across the world aiding areas in need of safer surgery. Giving medical experts the ability to express their ideas, share research and videos of surgery; this gives developing healthcare sectors an array of training footage to work from.
Surgeons from around the world can watch live streams of operations, simply by joining with a google chrome account, comments can be made as medical experts can collaborate in real time. With the power of AR, collaborating experts can reach out into the clinical theatre’s AR space; pointing out and assisting surgeons who are miles apart.
Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram, founder of Proximie has predicted growth during the pandemic continuation. Seeing a 430% increase of usage and Proximie’s employee count is increasing from 25 to almost 90; the solution appears to be growing and this could bring many opportunities to healthcare markets around the globe. With many benefiting from this new collaborative solution.
