XBOX Kinect helping Surgeons in the medical field

Doctor Calvin Law is able keep his hands sterile before surgery thanks to the Microsoft Xbox Kinect. The surgeons at Sunnybrook hospital have deployed the hardware solution to help their team scroll through CT images during surgery with hand gestures.

 

This allows the doctors to access the patient's information quickly without needing to leave the immediate area.

 

Kinect is more than a hardware gaming add-on for the XBOX console.  The ability to set new standards to the medical industry is just one of few venues where Kinect is currently exploring.

 

The medical application was designed by Jamie Tremaine and Matt Strickland, who studied mechatronics and electrical engineering respectively at the University of Waterloo.  Along with hardware designer Greg Brigley also from University of Waterloo, the group are transforming technological boundaries and helping surgeons navigate a patient's body.  For more in-depth coverage, read here.