A successful collaboration Crescent Tech and Reinier de Graaf Hospital

Gaining and implementing user feedback has always been one of our main priorities. This is why, next to our existing collaboration with Academic Hospital Radboud UMC, we now also work together with the renowned teaching hospital  Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis. Last week one of this collaboration came to full fruition as a critical feature of the headset was tested, the high powered LED headlight. With financial support of the  Rabobank Innovation Fund, a new version of the headset was developed and tested by RdGG Trauma surgeon and TU Delft Chair Maarten van der Elst. He also presented the headcam at the AO Advances in Trauma Virtual Symposium 2021.

Prof.dr. Maarten van der Elst is enthusiastic about our collaboration: "Healthcare innovation is most efficient when technologists work together with medical professionals because then we can share each other's expertise. The 'Crescent Vision' is a great example of this. We actively participated in the development phase and tested the system extensively. For example, the device causes no distraction during surgery, remains comfortable for hours and produces accurate images, both in detail and in overview. This allows a supervisor to look in from outside the operating room and give live advice. As a result, the trainee surgeon is always supported while he or she performs the procedure independently. The quality of our medical education is thus enhanced with this technological application." 

Maarten van der Elst and Crescent Tech see a near future where the knowledge in an operating room can be easily shared digitally with a wide audience, bringing us one step closer to our vision of digitalized medical education. 
We made a video to celebrate and share this amazing collaboration and completion of this critical test, another major milestone forward. Watch it below.