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Market Intel: Medtechs, Surgeons Embrace ‘Virtual Operating Theater’ As New Reality

 
• By Marion Webb

In this first part of a three-part series on the “Future of Surgery” we introduce three companies that developed telehealth platforms allowing for virtual collaborations during live surgeries. The second part will discuss AI, VR and AR in the OR.

Virtual OR

Avail Medsystems’ CEO Daniel Hawkins founded the company in 2017 to create a more efficient way to connect medical device sales and clinical education representatives with the surgeons in the operating room.

The company was essentially forced out of stealth mode in March 2020 when the pandemic started,

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