Vuzix Corporation (NASDAQ:VUZI) (FRA:V7XN) announced Thursday it is collaborating with virtual-care company Hippo Technologies Inc to connect global surgeons and healthcare providers with vital medical networks and virtual care services with the Vuzix M400 and M4000 Smart Glasses.
Vuzix said Hippo Virtual Care is an interoperable platform connecting enterprise systems, databases, Internet of Things (IOT) devices, wearables and technologies together to bridge the gap between physical care and virtual care.
Its product solutions include hands-free, voice-activated Vuzix Smart Glasses and other head-worn devices along with HIPAA and GDPR-compliant software that allows clinicians to communicate and video-conference in real-time. Remote colleagues and students can search medical records, and automatically access files and imaging during patient examinations, procedures, consultations, and rounding.
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"Hippo Virtual Care unlocks a new paradigm of mobile computing – using hands-free and voice-centric smart glasses offerings that fit the evolution taking place in healthcare and deliver on the promise of virtual care regardless of distance, time and training," Brian Hamilton, president and co-founder of Hippo Technologies, said in a statement. "We look forward to the continued collaboration and partnership with Vuzix."
Vuzix CEO Paul Travers added: "We are very pleased to expand our partner's healthcare solutions portfolio and welcome Hippo Technologies Inc, as a Vuzix Smart Glasses platform partner to support their network of healthcare professionals to deliver medical and surgical services through the use of Vuzix Smart Glasses.”
New York-based Vuziz noted that Hippo Technologies was featured recently in a Forbes article entitled, 'Doctors Use Smart Glass Technology to Reach Refugee Camps at Jordan-Syria Border Amid Pandemic'.
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