Help Lightning

Remote expertise through the power of merged reality

Access to this ground-breaking technology is included at no cost with an InterSurgeon clinician membership. Help Lightning allows experienced surgeons to guide and interactively assist others during operations in real-time, anywhere in the world.

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What are the benefits of Help Lightning for surgeons?

In light of the pandemic, and for the foreseeable future, the conventional ways of establishing collaborative partnerships through physical visits are not going to be possible. However, because Help Lightning allows surgeons to collaborate remotely, partnerships can still develop – and more easily than ever before. Help Lightning can be used as a tool for education, mentorship and instruction – as well as for intraoperative case management. It allows both surgical planning and real-time intraoperative advice.

How does it work?

Watch this video to learn how Help Lightning works. This shows use cases in other industries – it’s every bit as useful with surgical applications and can also be used hands-free. All you need to use Help Lightning is your smartphone and an internet connection, though it can also be used with tablets, desktop computers and smart surgical glasses.

Download a beginner’s guide to Help Lightning here: Help Lightning Basic Training

Virtual help in real-time

Help Lightning uses Merged Reality to blend two real-time video streams – e.g. that of a remote surgical expert and another surgeon that needs help – into a collaborative environment. This Merged Reality allows the expert to virtually reach out and direct real surgical procedures or training.

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Use your existing devices

Help Lightning runs on your existing mobile devices (iOS, Android) or a web-browser on laptop and desktop computers.

Surgeons can now provide remote assistance as though they’re working side-by-side. They can telestrate, freeze images, use hand gestures, and even add real objects into the merged reality environment.

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Be there instantly

Help Lightning is easy, fast and intuitive.

Once you’re in a merged reality call with a colleague or customer, simply tap the mode to change how you interact. Choose whether you’re giving or receiving help, and start collaborating in seconds. Help Lightning’s unique Merged Reality can add missing visual cues, gestures, and non-verbal communication methods to any session.

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Using Help Lightning with smart surgical glasses

Take Help Lightning to the next level by pairing it with smart glasses. This innovation allows the wearer to benefit from the assistance of AI or a third-party while performing surgery. When used in conjunction with Help Lightning, smart glasses mean that another surgeon can see exactly what you are seeing and what you’re doing – and also have their hands superimposed over your field of view.

There are a number of models available from different manufacturers including VUZIX, Zebra, and RealWear.

The Advantage of Remote Expertise

Studies show that adding gestures and nonverbal clues substantially improves the speed of understanding. Furthermore, nonverbal cues are 430% more effective than verbal cues and nonverbal cues make Help Lightning’s combination of verbal and nonverbal communication up to 10 times more effective.

Sources: Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, British Journal of Clinical Psychology

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Wihasto Suryaningtyas, MD

Wihasto Suryaningtyas, MD

Neurosurgeon

Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia

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Location information

Hospital address

Dr. Soetomo General Hospital Gedung Diagnostik Center Lantai 5 Jl. Mayjen Prof. Moestopo 6-8 Surabaya East Java 60285 Indonesia

Hospital type

Public

Hospital description

Academic (Residency Program)

Description

I finished my neurosurgical residency training program from Universitas Airlangga in 2008. In the same year, I was recruited as a faculty member in Department of Neurosurgery, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital - Faculty of Medicine Universitas Airlangga. My interest in pediatric neurosurgery grew since i was a resident. In 2009, i got a grant for observer fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery from AANS-Pediatric Section (International Travelling Fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery). I spent 3 months with Prof. Michael R. Scott in Boston. I also had an opportunity to work in BC Children Hospital as clinical fellow under supervision of Prof. Paul Steinbok in 2011. The hospital i am working at now is the academic teaching hospital for Universitas Airlangga. We train residents and accept "short fellowship" program (unpaid) for endovascular training and spine surgery. Resident will rotate in Pediatric Neurosurgery Section for 6 months under Dr. M. Arifin and I.

Member information

Name

Wihasto Suryaningtyas

Member type

Clinical department with teaching programme

Specialty

Neurosurgeon

Subspecialties

  • Trained paediatric neurosurgeon

Languages spoken

  • English
  • Indonesian
  • Javanese

Professional affiliations / memberships

  • ISPN
  • Other

Social profiles

Conditions treated

  • Hydrocephalus
  • Spinal dysraphism
  • Trauma
  • Tumor
  • Vascular
  • Craniofacial
  • Spine
  • Epilepsy
  • Spasticity
  • Peripheral Nerve

Equipment used

  • Drill
  • Microinstruments
  • Microscope
  • Neuroendoscope Rigid
  • Spinal instrumentation
  • MRI
  • CT