Technical features

At mSurgery, we understand that information security and privacy are of the utmost importance, especially when it comes to clinical and patient data. We are committed to ensuring that all documentation and videos recorded on our platform are handled with the highest standards of security and confidentiality, in accordance with the protocols established by each hospital.

Encryption and Data Protection:

All clinical data and records in mSurgery, including videos that form part of the patient’s medical history, are kept encrypted on our platform. This encryption ensures that sensitive information is protected against unauthorised access, guaranteeing its confidentiality and integrity.

Controlled and Personalised Access:

Access to information in mSurgery is strictly governed by authentication and permission systems. Each hospital has the power to establish its own security, confidentiality and permissions protocols, allowing only authorised personnel to access relevant data. This ensures that data privacy is maintained at all times.

Surgeon’s decision:

We understand that surgeons must have control over what information is transmitted and shared. At mSurgery, surgeons have the ability to decide what data is shared, with whom and when, while respecting privacy and medical ethics.

Commitment to Confidentiality:

We are committed to maintaining a secure and confidential environment for all mSurgery users. We respect and comply with global data protection and privacy regulations, ensuring that every interaction and every piece of information handled through our platform is secure and confidential.

Complete Integration in Operating Rooms with mSurgery and mSEngine

1. mSurgery offers a fully integrated solution for operating rooms, ideal for advanced technology-equipped and integrated surgical environments. By installing the mSEngine, a powerful central computer, mSurgery becomes an essential additional component in the operating room, complementing existing technology.
2. Adaptability in Various Surgical Settings: In operating rooms with limited resources, mSurgery and its mSEngine adapt seamlessly, connecting all video and audio sources for transmission through the platform.
3. Centralized Communications: The mSEngine acts as the system’s brain, managing all communications, whether through the hospital’s internal network or by connecting to the cloud, without storing any information.
4. Ease of Installation and Use: In integrated operating rooms, mSurgery and the mSEngine are implemented within the room’s systems, facilitating installation and optimizing their use in the surgical environment.

Crucial Real-Time Decisions

Reduced Latency for Agile Decisions:

Under normal internet access conditions (speeds in excess of 20 mBs), mSurgery achieves a latency of less than 500 milliseconds. This exceptional performance ensures that information arrives almost instantaneously, allowing surgeons and medical teams to make real-time decisions based on the most up-to-date and accurate information.

Technical Limitations and Adaptability:

In the case of 360° and 3D image transmission, latency can be influenced by the technical capabilities of the capturing devices. For example, with state-of-the-art 4K 360º cameras, latency can exceed 700 milliseconds. However, mSurgery is designed to optimise transmission within these technical limitations, providing the best possible experience.

Accessibility and Image Quality:

• The mSurgery 360° broadcast can be enjoyed on devices such as 3D tablets and virtual reality glasses, maximising accessibility and the immersive experience.
• The high image quality in 4K ensures that every detail, from the surgical tools to the techniques used, is captured with the utmost sharpness and clarity.

Intuitive and Efficient Editing of Surgical Videos with mSurgery

Selecting and Highlighting Keyframes:

mSurgery users can select specific frames that they consider important to highlight in the recorded procedure. This selection allows them to focus on crucial moments in the procedure, facilitating analysis and review.

The editing tool allows you to remove sections of video that are not relevant or should not be shown, ensuring that only essential or permitted information is presented.

Creation of New Sessions from Original Sources:

From the original video sources recorded in mSurgery, users can create a new edited session. This new session preserves the integrity and consistency of the surgical procedure, maintaining an accurate and unaltered timeline.

By editing and shortening the images, mSurgery acts on the entire sequence of recorded videos simultaneously, ensuring that the editing does not alter the time sequence or the coherence of the surgical procedure.

Integration with Touch Screens in the Operating Room:

By incorporating mSurgery-enabled touchscreens in the operating theatre, surgeons can configure and manipulate the images that will be viewed by external observers.

The facility to make digital annotations directly on these images allows key points to be highlighted, observations to be made and detailed explanations to be provided in real time.

Bidirectionality in Communication and Collaboration:

The digital annotation feature of mSurgery is bidirectional. This means that, in addition to sending annotations from the OR, external participants can also send their own annotations and comments, which will be received and displayed in the OR.

This two-way capability significantly enriches the practice of collaborative surgery, allowing for a more dynamic and enriching exchange of ideas and knowledge.

Intuitive and Efficient Labelling:

mSurgery users can assign specific tags to videos and video sequences, making them easy to sort and search. These tags can include information such as the type of surgery, the name of the surgeon, the date, the techniques used, and other relevant details.

The tagging system is intuitive and adaptable, allowing users to customise tags according to their needs and preferences, making navigation and location of specific content much more efficient.

Metadata for Accurate Searching:

In addition to tags, mSurgery allows metadata to be added to each video, which enriches the information available and facilitates more precise and detailed searches.

Metadata may include details such as the duration of the procedure, equipment used, complications observed, and any other data that may be useful to identify and contextualise the video.

Total Integration of Medical Devices in mSurgery: Unlimited Visualization and Transmission

1. Wide Range of Device Connectivity:

a. mSurgery is compatible with a variety of medical devices that provide imaging, such as surgical robots, endoscopes, vision towers, ultrasound machines, microscopes, X-ray machines, exoscopes, and surgical navigators.

b. This extensive connectivity allows medical professionals to share and visualize a comprehensive range of surgical images, from the most detailed microscopic views to the broad visualizations provided by surgical navigation systems.

2. High-Quality, Real-Time Transmission:

a. With mSurgery, users can not only connect these devices but also transmit their images in high quality and in real time. This means that interventions and procedures can be followed and analyzed by other professionals from any location, thus facilitating more effective collaboration and training.

b. The ability to transmit these images in high definition ensures that the fine and critical details of each procedure are clearly visible to all participants, improving decision-making and learning.

3. Flexibility and Adaptability in Surgical Practice:

a. The flexible integration of mSurgery with a wide range of medical devices reflects our commitment to adaptability and innovation. This enables operating rooms to be equipped with the most advanced technology without worrying about compatibility or transmission limitations.

b. Each operating room can customize its mSurgery experience by selecting and combining the imaging sources that best suit their specific surgical needs and procedures.

Base Proposal for 50 Concurrent Users

The base configuration of mSurgery is optimised to support up to 50 concurrent users, which is ideal for most common medical environments and applications.

For environments requiring a larger number of simultaneously connected users, it is recommended to evaluate and potentially increase bandwidth capacity to maintain optimal platform performance.

Not all surgical environments have a high-speed internet connection. That’s why we’ve designed our platform to ensure efficient, quality transmission, even with limited bandwidth, from 20 Mbps and up.

Cloud Storage: Unlimited Capacity and Flexibility at mSurgery

mSurgery leverages the potential of cloud computing to offer a virtually unlimited storage solution, adapting to the growing data needs of the medical environment. However, it is critical to understand how this “unlimited” storage is balanced with cost control and resource optimisation.

Theoretically Unlimited Storage Capacity:

Thanks to the scalable nature of cloud computing, mSurgery can store an enormous amount of data, including videos of surgeries, images and medical records. This theoretically unlimited capacity is a significant advantage, allowing users to access and store a wealth of relevant information.

However, although capacity is ample, cloud storage incurs costs. Therefore, efficient and conscious management of resources is essential to control costs.

Budgets and Optimised Annual Use:

mSurgery’s basic budgets are designed with a given annual usage of the system in mind. This helps to optimise resources and maintain control over cloud storage costs.

This planning ensures that hospitals and medical centres can take full advantage of the platform, while maintaining a balance between accessibility and economic efficiency.

Local Storage as an Alternative:

In addition to cloud storage, mSurgery offers the option of storing information locally, for example, on a local server in a hospital. This flexibility allows users to choose the configuration that best suits their needs and security or budgetary constraints.

The mSurgery system is versatile enough to allow for this dual configuration, ensuring that users can access their data securely and efficiently, either through cloud computing or local storage systems.

mSurgery: Always Available, Accessible at All Times

mSurgery has been carefully designed to guarantee constant availability, both in the OR environment and for access to content stored on the platform. As a cloud-based system, mSurgery offers its users the freedom and flexibility to access the platform and its resources at any time, thus ensuring 24/7 availability.

Unlimited Access in PLAYBACK LIVE and Video Library Modes:

mSurgery users can access the platform at any time to review content in PLAYBACK LIVE mode or browse the video library. This means that learning, training and collaboration resources are always within reach, regardless of time or location.

Constant availability is particularly valuable for medical professionals and students, who often require flexibility to adapt to demanding schedules and diverse time zones.

Free to Use Software and 24/7 Access:

As a cloud computing system, mSurgery software is not limited to a specific device or location. Users can access the platform from any device connected to the internet, enjoying a seamless and consistent user experience.

This 24/7 accessibility ensures that mSurgery is always available to assist in surgeries, training or review sessions, maximising the efficiency and productivity of medical staff.

Confidence in Connectivity and Support:

mSurgery is committed to providing a reliable and always operational system. Our technical support team works tirelessly to keep the platform in top condition, ensuring a seamless experience for all users.

mSurgery’s robust cloud computing infrastructure ensures that the platform is resilient, secure and able to withstand continuous demand, regardless of user volume or intensity.

mSCart: Flexibility and Mobility in Surgical Integration

mSCart represents the mobile version of mSurgery, designed to be easily moved between different operating theatres within a hospital. This robust and agile cart integrates the mSEngine and a touch screen, offering a complete and portable solution for the transmission and recording of surgical interventions.

Autonomy and Mobility: With basic training, the medical team can move the mSCart from room to room, easily connecting the necessary components and enabling the mSurgery platform.

Medical Certification for Universal Integration: All mSCart components have the required medical certification, guaranteeing their compatibility and safety for use in any operating theatre.

mSKit: mSurgery’s Portable Solution for Surgeons on the Move

mSKit is the portable version of mSurgery, ideal for surgeons who need a communication and recording solution that they can take with them to different hospitals. Compact and easy to carry, the mSKit includes a touch screen and a computer to connect to mSurgery’s cloud computing system.

Ease of Transport and Use: Designed for mobility, the mSKit allows surgeons to carry a powerful communication and recording tool with them, offering the same functionality of mSurgery in a compact suitcase.

Connectivity and Functionality Anywhere: With simple training, the mSKit allows clinicians to quickly set up the platform in any hospital, ensuring efficient transmission and recording of surgeries.

Private Access and User Management

Secure Access and User Control in mSurgery

mSurgery is presented as a subscription-based solution, focusing on security and personalisation of access. The platform is configured with an agreed number of users, including the ability for concurrent users to participate simultaneously in sessions.

Exclusive and Personalised Access: By purchasing mSurgery, clients receive unique access and passwords, ensuring rigorous and private control over who can access the platform.

Customer Responsibility for Access Management: The administration of these keys and accesses falls directly on the customer, giving them the freedom to manage and assign the use of the platform according to their specific needs.

Concurrent Users for Operational Flexibility: Defining the number of concurrent users allows customers to adapt the use of mSurgery to different scenarios, from small meetings to large-scale training events.