Seattle Surgeon test-drives Google Glass in the operating room

November 23 2013

When Dr. Heather Evans, a trauma surgeon at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center, stepped into the operating room wearing an eyeglasses-like, Internet-connected device known as Google Glass, she quickly realized its potential and its pitfalls.

With Glass, if she was in the middle of surgery and encountered an unexpected or unfamiliar condition - a rare tumor, say - she could use real-time video to show it to the world's expert and receive help.

With Glass' eye-level screen, which projects information right onto the wearer's retina, she could instantly see relevant parts of a patient's chart or get lab results.

And she would never have to put down her surgical instruments or turn away from her patient on the operating table.

From Physorg