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VR Headset for Endoscopy and Microsurgery

Project Overview

Endoscopic surgeries have become increasingly prevalent in the operating room along with the visualization techniques used to perform them. Traditionally, large monitors have been used to display the images from the surgical tools, however, these are bulky and don’t provide as immersive of an experience as other methods do. This problem has been partially addressed by using virtual reality headsets. One major limitation of these however, is that they do not allow the surgeon to see anything outside of the operative view. This is a problem as the surgeon will have to remove the headset everytime he or she has to change instruments, or perform macroscopically. The goal of this project is to design a VR headset that would allow the surgeon to transition from the operative view to normal view without the use of the surgeon’s hands.

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Team members from left to right: Sam Simon, Josh Niesen, Tom Geissler, Sam Schini, Sam Peters, Jake Cohn
Team members from left to right: Sam Simon, Josh Niesen, Tom Geissler, Sam Schini, Sam Peters, Jake Cohn

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Team Members

  • Samuel Peters - Co-Team Leader
  • Thomas Geissler - Co-Team Leader
  • Sam Simon - Communicator
  • Samuel Schini - BSAC
  • Joshua Niesen - BWIG
  • Jacob Cohn - BPAG

Advisor and Client

  • Dr. Willis Tompkins - Advisor
  • Dr. Azam Ahmed - Client
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