Tuesday, November 13, 2007

DEPTHQ® 3D HD VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY PROVIDED TO INTUITIVE SURGICAL FOR THE AAGL GLOBAL CONGRESS

Washington, DC- November, 2007: Lightspeed Design, Inc., today announced the successful delivery of 3D HD server technology to Intuitive Surgical. DepthQ servers were used to present physician case studies, performed with Da Vinci® robotically assisted surgical platforms, to the AAGL - 36TH Global Congress of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, Washington, DC



AAGL
The AAGL Global Congress is the pre-eminent meeting for physicians interested in providing optimal patient care through minimally invasive gynecology.

During the conference, Dr. Arnold Advincula utilized HD 3D projections to present, “Implementing Robotics in Gynecologic Minimally Invasive Surgery.” Dr. Arnold Advincula is Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Division of OB/GYN at The University of Michigan Health System.

DepthQ Surgical Systems Support Services
Lightspeed Design, Inc. provides stereoscopic support services for surgical clients requiring 3D visualization at lectures, trade-shows,conferences, etc.

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.

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
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.