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FAQ

  1. What is Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS)?
  2. How does the Viking 3DHD Vision System achieve a high resolution 3-D image?
  3. Surgeons are either using 2D Vision or robotics during minimally invasive surgery. Why do I need 3-D?
  4. Robotic surgical systems also employ 3D optics.  What is the difference between robotic surgery and 3D surgery with the Viking 3D HD Vision System?
  5. Is Viking Systems’ technology patented?
  6. What surgical specialties can perform procedures using the Viking 3DHD Vision System?
  7. Does the Viking 3DHD Vision System have FDA Clearance?

  

 

Q: What is Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS)?

 

A: MIS is typically performed through small incisions, or operating ports, rather than large incisions, resulting in shorter recovery times, fewer complications, reduced hospitalization costs, and reduced trauma to the patient. While MIS has become standard-of-care for particular surgical procedures, it has not been widely adopted for more complex or delicate procedures –prostatectomy and radical hysterectomy, for examples. One of the obstacles surgeons are confronted with in transitioning between open and minimally invasive procedures is adequate visualization of the surgical field.

 

 

Q: How does the Viking 3DHD Vision System achieve a high-definition 3D image?

 

A: The Viking 3DHD Vision System reproduces binocular stereo vision very similar to the way your eyes do. Each Camera Head contains Dual CCD’s, which act as pairs of eyes, delivering both right and left-eyed views of what the laparoscope sees to the monitor. Next, light coming from the monitor goes through a filter and splits into clockwise and counter-clockwise waves before reaching the glasses. The glasses are filtered as well; each lens only lets one direction of light pass through to the eye – thus maintaining two perspectives of the image.

 

To learn more, read ABOUT VISION.

  

 

Q: Surgeons are using either 2D vision or robotics during minimally invasive surgery. Why do I need 3D?

 

A: Some of the major benefits, as reported by surgeons, of 3D surgery have included greater surgical precision, improved dexterity, shorter operative times, and enhanced visualization.

 

 

Q: Robotic surgical systems also employ 3D optics.  What is the difference between robotic surgery and 3D surgery with the Viking 3DHD Vision System?

 

A: Both technologies offer 3D vision.  With robotics, the surgeon works at a distance from the patient using mechanical arms that manipulate surgical instruments inside the body.  The Viking 3DHD Vision System allows the surgeon to directly hold the instruments inside the patient's body, which is known as tactile feedback.

 

To find your nearest hospital offering Viking's 3DHD technology, please contact Discover3D@vikingsystems.com.

 

 

Q: Robotic surgical systems also employ 3D optics.  What is the difference between robotic surgery and 3D surgery with the Viking 3DHD Vision System?

 

A:  Both technologies offer 3D vision.  With robotics, the surgeon works at a distance from the patient using mech anical arms that manipulate surgical instruments inside the body.  The Viking 3DHD Vision System allows the surgeon to directly hold the instruments inside the patient's body, which is known as tactile feedback.

 

 

Q: Is Viking Systems’ technology patented?

 

A: Yes. Viking Systems has an extensive patent portfolio, which includes both internally developed technologies as well as patents exclusively licensed from leaders in surgical solution technologies.

 

 

Q: What surgical specialties can perform procedures using the Viking 3DHD Vision System?

 

A: The Viking 3DHD Vision System can be used in a variety of specialties, including urology, gynecology, general surgery, cardiology, and spinal surgeries.  The types of procedures performed that can be performed range from laparoscopic radical prostatectomies and radical hysterectomies to complex ENT and neurosurgery procedures.

 

Q: Does the Viking 3DHD Vision System have FDA Clearance?

 

A: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Viking 3DHD Vision System for a wide range of surgical procedures in a variety of surgical specialties.