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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Dr. Kevin Venegas

Dr. Kevin Venegas

Neurosurgeon

National Scientific and Practical Center of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Minsk, Belarus

User

Location information

Hospital address

National Scientific and Practical Center of Neurology and Neurosurgery F. skoriny 24 Minsk Belarus 220114 Belarus

Hospital type

Public

Hospital description

Academic (Residency Program)

Description

Specialization in Neurosurgery: National Scientific and Practical Center of Neurology and Neurosurgery (Minsk-Belarus)
Doctor in medicine: Grodno State Medical University - (Grodno, Belarus)
Sufficiency in the Russian Language: Grodno Agrarian University (Grodno-Belarus)
Bachelor Chemistry – Biologist: Marista High School (Quito- Ecuador)

Russian: Bilingual competence

English: Bilingual competence

Native Spanish

Investigation work and Presentations

-Characteristics of antidepressant use in western Belarus
Presented Sep 14, 2014 XVI World Congress of Psychiatry 2014 (SPAIN)

- Fractures of the base of the skull and pneumarthrosis in Temporomandibular joints in children. Presented Sep 4, 2016 16th European Congress of Neurosurgery, (ATHENS-GREECE)

-Published in The European Association of Neurosurgery Societies (Academy)

-Transcranial ultrasonography in pediatric patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
Presented May 8, 2016 25TH Congress of the European Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery
(Paris France)

-Published in The European Association of Neurosurgery Societies (Academy)

-Epidemiological Data on Hypertensive Disorders Among Pregnant Women in Belarus
Presented on April 15,2015 The 8th International Symposium on Diabetes, Metabolic Syndromes and Hypertension in Pregnancy .DIP (GERMANY)

-Comparison of some indexes of local anesthetic activity Derivative of Decahydroquinoline and benzocaine in the experimental model of Terminal anesthesia.

-Published April 28, 2014 * 22 ISSC Medical University of Gdanks (POLAND)

- 25th European Conference Charité University of Medicine (GERMANY)

-Fracture of the base of the skull in children
Exhibitor in. 44th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (JAPAN) Oct 23 2016

-North American Brain Injury Society
. Diagnosis and Treatment of traumatic brain injury in pediatric patients in the first year of life on Mar 2,2016 in The

-Eleventh World Congress of Brain Injury (NETHERLANDS)
Diagnosis and Treatment of traumatic brain injury in pediatric patients in the first year of life

-Spina Bifida: Modern states of the problem
Published in The European Association of Neurosurgery Societies (Academy)

-Surgical treatment in pediatric patients suffering from resistant epilepsy presented at the 17th European Congress of Neurosurgery (VENICE-ITALY)

-Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in neonates with meningocele Published in The European Association of Neurosurgery Societies (Academy)

-Cortical mapping during the removal of tumors in eloquent regions of the brain Published in The European Association of Neurosurgery Societies (Academy)

-Surgical management of Chiari Malformation type 2 related to myelomeningocele. ISPN 46thAnnual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery in Tel Aviv. Israel.

-Conservative and surgical treatment of epidural hematomas in pediatric patients. ISPN 46thAnnual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery in Tel Aviv. Israel.

- Surgical management features of obstructive hydrocephalus after Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in pediatric patients. ISPN 46thAnnual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery.Tel Aviv. Israel

-Randomized features in patients with single suture craniosynostosis. ISPN 46thAnnual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery.Tel Aviv. Israel

-Surgical treatment of eloquent brain area tumors ISPN 46thAnnual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery.Tel Aviv. Israel Published in Child Nervous system
journal.
Membership

Member of the Eurasian Association of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Member Organizer of the 1st Eurasian Congress of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Books

-Research work attached to the abstract book of the 25th European Conference Charité University of Medicine (Germany)
Comparison of some indexes of local anesthetic activity
Derivative of Decahydroquinoline and benzocaine in the experimental model of Terminal anesthesia

-Research Work Attached to the book of the 8th International Symposium on Diabetes Metabolic Syndromes and Hypertension in PregnancyDIP
(GERMANY)

-Epidemiological data on hypertensive disorders among pregnant women in Belarus

-Research work Published in the Journal of Child Nervous system
Fracture of the base of the skull in children

-Research work Published in the Brain Injury Journal
Transcranian Ultrasonography in Pediatric Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

-Research Work Attached to the Book of the XVI World Congress of Psychiatry 2014
Characteristics of antidepressant use in western Belarus

-Research Work Annexed in Book of the International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Fracture of the base of the skull in children.

-Surgical treatment of eloquent brain area tumors Published in Child Nervous system.

Honors and Recognitions
- Award to Student Scientific Activities
UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN (GERMANY) 2014

-Recognition to Academic Excellence by
GRODNO STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

- Award to Student Scientific Activities
UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK (POLAND) 2014

-Regional award of the international oratory and professionalism contest Ziserony "2013 Belarussian University BGU (MINSK-BELARUS)

-Award XI Practical Conference of Scientific Students "Language, Access and Medicine (Grodno-Belarus) 2012
- Award in XII Practical Conference of Scientific Students "Language, Access and Medicine (Grodno-Belarus) 2013

Congresses and Training

-Mar 2, 2016 Eleventh World Congress on Brain Injury (NETHERLANDS)

-Sep 14, 2014 XVI World Congress of Psychiatry 2014 (SPAIN)

-Apr 15,2015 THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL DIP SYMPOSIUM DIABETES, HYPERTENSION METABOLIC SYNDROME & PREGNANCY (GERMANY-BERLIN)

-Apr 28, 2014 publication description * 22 ISSC MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK
(POLAND)
.
-Jagiellonian University Medical College (CRACOVIA-POLAND) Neurosurgical Workshop

-1 International Neurocritical Care Symposium and Clinical Research (ECUADOR)

-1 Congress of Euroasian Association of Pediatric Neurosurgeons and international courses of pediatric neurosurgery ISPN, Minsk Belarus

-44 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (JAPAN) 2016

-2018 January - February Observer visiting in Dana Hospital Tel Aviv in the department of pediatric neurosurgery with prof. Shlomi Constantini Tel Aviv Israel.

-ISPN 46thAnnual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery.Tel Aviv. Israel. 2018

Member information

Name

KEVIN FERNANDO VENEGAS HIDALGO

Member type

Clinical department

Specialty

Neurosurgeon

Subspecialties

  • Trained paediatric neurosurgeon

Languages spoken

  • English
  • Spanish
  • Russian

Professional affiliations / memberships

  • ISPN

Social profiles

Conditions treated

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

Equipment used

  • Drill
  • Microinstruments
  • Microscope
  • Neuroendoscope Rigid
  • Frameless navigation
  • Spinal instrumentation
  • MRI
  • Angiography
  • CT
  • ECOG