Philips demonstrates medical applications of Google glass

Philips has developed a concept system that demonstrates how the Google Glass headmounted display could be used to help surgeons.

Working in collaboration with services company Accenture, engineers at Philips’ newly created digital accelerator laboratory linked the Google device to Philips’ Intellivue patient monitoring technology, which is already widely used around the world.

During the demonstration, which was carried out in a simulation lab at a hospital in Boston, the team showed how the system could be used to provide clinicians with hands-free access to critical clinical information.

The technology could, for instance, be used to enable surgeons to monitor a patients’ vital signs thorughout a surgical procedure without turning away. It could also be used to enable doctors to remotely monitor a patient’s vital signs or call for assistance from clinicians in other locations.