Saturday, August 18, 2007

3D SURGICAL VISUALIZATION SYSTEM DELIVERED TO GÉNÉRALE-BEAULIEU CLINIC, SUISSE



Bellevue, WA- August, 2007: Lightspeed Design, Inc., today announced the delivery of a 3D visualization system, for integration with the Intuitive Surgical Da Vinci® S robotically assisted surgical platform, to Générale-Beaulieu Clinic, Genève –Suisse.

The Générale-Beaulieu Clinic was first established in Geneva in 1899, and answers to stringent quality criteria in terms of health care, hospitality and accommodation. The Da Vinci urological surgical team, established in 2003, is lead by Dr. Charles-Henry Rochat.



Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is the global technology leader in robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery (MIS). The Company's da Vinci® Surgical System offers surgeons superior visualization, enhanced dexterity, greater precision and ergonomic comfort for the optimal performance of MIS.

Lightspeed Design, Inc. has been engineering and installing custom industrial stereoscopic visualization centers and systems since 1997. Among those installations are a rapidly growing number of systems designed to visualize, record, and even broadcast live stereoscopic surgical procedures, such as those from Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci®, da Vinci® STM and da Vinci® S HDTM Surgical Systems. Systems are typically installed both in the OR as well as a nearby conference room. Mobile systems can extend their usefulness to trade-shows, conventions and lectures.