He bought a world-class device from the offer of Katalin Karikó of the University of Debrecen
The state-of-the-art holographic device, which was purchased by the Biomechanics Laboratory of the University of Debrecen with the amount donated by Katalin Karikó, enables more precise surgical intervention – writes unideb.hu.
The research biologist, the patentee of the technology of synthetic mRNA-based vaccines, donated the money associated with the Debrecen Award for Molecular Medicine to support the laboratory’s activities.
– With the purchase of the device, a new era in the life of the laboratory began – said Professor Zoltán Csernátony, head of the Department of Orthopedics and the Biomechanics Laboratory of the DE ÁOK. HoloLens is a wireless self-contained holographic device, a special pair of glasses. With its help, we can immerse ourselves in mixed reality, when elements of the real and virtual worlds are visible at the same time. The device can primarily help during surgery. – Projecting the virtual and real images on each other with the preliminary data acquisition based on the CT examination allows us to “see inside” the patient. During surgery, only very little of the bones is visible, many are covered, but the device is available for the operating doctor to reconstruct a 3D model of the area affected by the operation, such as the pelvis, based on the patient’s CT scan. It makes a more accurate and precise intervention – explained the professor.
During surgery, the surgeon controls the system directly with his hands and fingers without using an external controller, and can touch, zoom in, zoom out the virtual 3D models.
The staff of the Biomechanics Laboratory would like to improve the software of the device. Zoltán Csernátony said: innovation contributes to the unparalleled development of surgery. The improved device can be used to replace extremely expensive and difficult to use navigation devices.
– The essence of the development would be for the operating doctor to see exactly where the drillings and cuts need to be examined by projecting the 3D model and the real bones on top of each other during surgery. The HoloLens would also orient the surgeon’s movements in the pre-planned ideal direction with visual feedback and the vibration of the use of a special, related device. If you have to admit, it is a very complicated task to overlap and register the virtual and the actual reality in such a way that it corresponds to the precision required for the surgery – emphasized Sándor Manó, scientific associate of the laboratory.
Katalin Karikó received 10,000 euros from the Debrecen Prize for Molecular Medicine, which in addition to the Biomechanics Laboratory was also supported by the National Academy of Science, which deals with talent management.
– The tools of the Biomechanics Laboratory can be used both in research and in patient care. László Mátyus, dean of the Faculty of General Medicine, told hirek.unideb.hu that the donation gives us another hope in overcoming the difficulties in our environment – which threaten the operation of the laboratory. The professor added: since 2003, every year since 2003, the work of scientists who have achieved outstanding results in the field of molecular medicine has been recognized. Among them, Katalin Karikó was the first to donate the amount of the award.