How does surgical headgear improve action camera use in medical settings. What features make it superior to traditional sports mounts. Why is true point-of-view important for surgical education.
The Evolution of Surgical Video Recording
The medical field has long recognized the value of video recording surgical procedures for educational and training purposes. However, traditional methods often fell short in capturing the true perspective of the surgeon. Enter the SWIS Surgical HeadGear for Action Cameras, a revolutionary solution designed specifically for medical professionals.
Limitations of Conventional Camera Mounts
Why have standard sports camera mounts been inadequate for surgical use? These mounts, typically designed for outdoor activities, present several challenges in a medical setting:
- Uncomfortable fit during long procedures
- Unstable positioning, leading to shifting views
- Inability to capture the surgeon’s exact point-of-view
- Limited battery life for extended surgeries
The SWIS Surgical HeadGear addresses these issues head-on, providing a tailored solution for the unique demands of the operating room.
Key Features of SWIS Surgical HeadGear
What sets the SWIS Surgical HeadGear apart from conventional camera mounts? Let’s explore its standout features:
True Point-of-View Recording
How does the SWIS HeadGear ensure accurate perspective? The patented design positions the camera lens directly between the surgeon’s eyes, capturing the exact field of vision. This alignment is crucial for educational purposes, allowing students and colleagues to see precisely what the surgeon sees during the procedure.
Unparalleled Comfort and Stability
Comfort is paramount during long surgical procedures. The SWIS HeadGear utilizes Breath-O-Prene®, a latex-free and adhesive-free material that provides superior comfort and breathability. The lightweight yet durable polymer construction ensures stability without causing fatigue or discomfort.
Versatile Camera Positioning
Surgical procedures vary widely in their approach and field of view. The SWIS HeadGear’s unique design allows for precise camera angle adjustments, ensuring optimal recording regardless of the procedure type. Whether performing a hernia repair or a transvaginal hysterectomy, the camera can be positioned to capture the most relevant perspective.
Powering Through Long Procedures
Battery life has long been a concern for surgical video recording. How does the SWIS HeadGear address this issue?
External Power Pack System
All SWIS Surgical HeadGear packages include an innovative Power Pack Accessory Belt. This external power system extends the camera’s runtime to over 10 hours, ensuring uninterrupted recording throughout even the longest procedures. No more worrying about battery changes or missed critical moments due to power failures.
Enhanced Visualization Options
The SWIS HeadGear system goes beyond simple recording, offering features that enhance the surgical experience and teaching potential.
HD Wearable Display
How can surgeons ensure they’re capturing the intended view? The optional HD wearable display attaches to the headgear, providing a live feed of the camera’s output. This allows surgeons to quickly glance at the display positioned above their right eye, ensuring the camera is centered on the action without disrupting their focus.
Live View on OR Monitors
The Live View Wireless Package takes surgical teaching to new heights. This feature enables real-time streaming of the camera feed to OR monitors, video systems, or TVs. With no delay in transmission, what the surgeon sees is instantly shared with the entire team, creating an immersive educational experience.
Framing the Perfect Shot
Proper framing is essential for creating valuable surgical videos. The SWIS HeadGear system offers a solution to ensure optimal camera positioning before the procedure begins.
Portable HD Monitor
Included in the Surgical Headgear Monitor Package is a 5″ HD Portable Monitor. This allows surgeons to connect their camera and verify the mount and camera position prior to patient prep. By eliminating issues like filming the top of the scrub tech’s head or capturing only half the surgical field, the resulting videos are more focused and educational.
Compatibility and Versatility
The SWIS Surgical HeadGear is designed to work with a variety of action cameras, ensuring broad compatibility and future-proofing.
- Compatible with GoPro Hero7, 6, 5, and 4 models
- Adaptable to other action camera brands
- Suitable for various surgical specialties and procedure types
This versatility makes it an excellent investment for medical institutions and individual surgeons alike, adaptable to changing technology and diverse surgical needs.
Impact on Surgical Education and Training
How does the SWIS Surgical HeadGear system transform medical education? By providing true point-of-view recordings, this technology offers numerous benefits:
- Enhanced learning experiences for medical students and residents
- Improved peer-to-peer knowledge sharing among surgeons
- More accurate documentation of procedures for research and review
- Potential for remote consultation and telemedicine applications
The ability to see exactly what the surgeon sees during a procedure provides invaluable insights that traditional recording methods simply cannot match.
Case Studies and Testimonials
Surgeons across various specialties have reported significant improvements in their teaching and documentation processes after adopting the SWIS Surgical HeadGear system. From complex neurosurgical procedures to intricate plastic surgery techniques, the true POV recordings have proven to be a game-changer in medical education.
Investing in Surgical Innovation
The SWIS Surgical HeadGear represents more than just a camera mount; it’s an investment in the future of surgical education and documentation. By addressing the unique needs of medical professionals, this system has the potential to revolutionize how surgical procedures are recorded, shared, and learned.
Cost-Benefit Analysis
While the initial investment in a SWIS Surgical HeadGear system may be higher than traditional camera mounts, the long-term benefits far outweigh the costs. Improved educational outcomes, enhanced surgical documentation, and the potential for remote consultations all contribute to a significant return on investment for medical institutions and individual surgeons.
Future Developments
As technology continues to evolve, so too will the capabilities of surgical recording systems. The modular design of the SWIS HeadGear allows for future upgrades and adaptations, ensuring that it remains at the forefront of medical video technology.
Potential future developments may include:
- Integration with augmented reality systems for enhanced surgical guidance
- AI-powered analysis of surgical techniques for automated feedback
- Improved wireless transmission for seamless integration with hospital information systems
By investing in the SWIS Surgical HeadGear system today, medical professionals position themselves at the cutting edge of surgical education and documentation technology.
Conclusion: Transforming Surgical Video Recording
The SWIS Surgical HeadGear for Action Cameras represents a significant leap forward in medical video technology. By addressing the specific needs of surgeons and medical educators, this system provides unparalleled true point-of-view recording capabilities, enhanced comfort, and versatile features that traditional camera mounts simply cannot match.
From improved educational outcomes to more accurate surgical documentation, the benefits of this innovative system are far-reaching. As the medical field continues to embrace technological advancements, the SWIS Surgical HeadGear stands out as a essential tool for modern surgical practice and education.
Investing in this technology today not only enhances current surgical capabilities but also paves the way for future innovations in medical education and telemedicine. For surgeons, educators, and medical institutions committed to excellence in surgical practice and training, the SWIS Surgical HeadGear for Action Cameras is an indispensable asset.
Surgical Headgear for Action Cameras
Introducing our Solution to the Challenges of GoPro® and Action Camera Surgical Video!
Surgical Headgear for the Hero7/6/5/4 GoPro® and other Action Cameras!
Surgical Headgear for GoPro® Hero7/6/5/4 cameras and other Action Cameras
So much more than a mount, our headgear system not only provides a comfortable and fully adjustable mount for you camera, but has also been designed to provide so much more for medical professionals. Battery running out? Don’t worry – our external power pack will allow your camera to go as long as you can. Want to show your LIVE Video output on the OR monitors – you can do that too!
Lens Centered for True POV Video
We Match the Anatomy! – The lens of the GoPro Hero5/4/3+/3 is offset on the camera so we offset our custom mount to match. Our patented design allows the camera lens to be centered between your eyes to capture your true perspective. You have the best view of the case – let them see what you see!
Adjust your Camera to Any Angle
Adjust your Camera to Any Angle
Our unique design allows the camera to be angled and rotated to any position necessary to capture the surgeon’s true point-of-view.
From a direct hernia repair or distal radius ORIF to a transvaginal hysterectomy or hemmroidectomy – with the SWIS Surgical HeadGear for GoPro® your students, residents, fellows, and staff – can finally see what you see!
External Power for Your GoPro® Camera
All of our Surgical Headgear packages come with our Power Pack Accessory Belt external power system for your GoPro® camera. Enjoy the complete benefits of our versatile S.W.I.S. Surgical HeadGear with the added bonus of providing over 10hrs of continuous run-time for your camera.
Headgear Package with HD Wearable Display
Take your GoPro® Surgical Video to the next level with one of our HD wearable displays. Enjoy the benefit of “seeing what your camera sees” to help frame your shot. With the display attached to your headgear, simply glance at the the display positioned above your right eye to see the live camera output and ensure you are centered on the action for your video.
LIVE Camera View on OR Monitors
With our Surgical Headgear for GoPro: Live View Wireless Package you can realize the full potential of your GoPro® camera as a surgical teaching tool.
This package allows you to share your LIVE VIDEO output on the OR monitors, video system, or a TV during your case – with NO DELAY! What you see is what they see! Surgical teaching at its best! You can even record to your OR video system for unlimited recording potential!
Surgical Headgear Monitor Package
FRAME YOUR SHOT – Connect your camera to the included Frame Your Shot: 5″ HD Portable Monitor and ensure your mount and camera are positioned perfectly prior to prepping the patient and starting the case. No more filming the top of your scrub tech’s head or filming only half of the surgical field.
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Surgical HeadGear for Action Cameras: Power Package
SWIS Surgical HeadGear for Action Cameras
Our SWIS Surgical HeadGear for Action Cameras allows you to position your GoPro camera (compatible with Hero7,6,5,4) or other action camera front and center to video your procedures, from your point of view.
Why limit yourself with camera mounts made for sports?
We have all seen surgery videos shot with a GoPro®. Mounted on top of the surgeon’s head, the perspective and magnification are not consistent with what the surgeon is actually seeing or more importantly – focusing on – during the case. While these videos may be interesting for patients to watch, they lacked the True POV (point-of-view) of the surgeon to provide a benefit to students, residents, or fellow surgeons. Thankfully – the solution has arrived!
SWIS Surgical HeadGear features:
Comfortable and Easy to Use
Like many of you already know, using an action camera sports head strap can be an uncomfortable challenge for a surgeon.
Too tight and it feels like your head is in a vise. Too lose and the camera shifts as you move your head. Having experienced this frustration first hand, comfort and ease-of-use was on the top of our priorities when designing our headgear.
Built specifically for surgeons, the SWIS Surgical HeadGear for Action Cameras is constructed of a light weight but durable polymer that will handle the demands of a busy surgeon. For the ultimate in comfort our headgear is padded with industry leading Breath-O-Prene®. Latex-free and adhesive-free, Breathe-O-Prene® eliminates a majority of skin irritation commonly found with use of cheaper materials. Additionally, the stretch and recovery characteristics of Breathe-O-Prene® products keep them long lasting and hard working.
Whether you wear a surgeon’s cap, bouffant cap, or full head hood, once you have adjusted your headgear for your ideal custom fit, taking it on and off between cases is as simple as putting on a hat.
We Match the Anatomy
The lens of the GoPro Hero7/6/5/4 and most other action cameras is offset on the camera so we offset our custom mount to match. This allows the camera lens to be centered between your eyes to capture your true perspective. You have the best view of the case – let them see what you see!
Fully Adjustable Mount System
Surgeons are very unique and independent minded individuals. The procedures we perform are as diverse as we are. Because of this, our mounting system was built on the principle of flexibility. Our unique design allows the camera to be angled and rotated to any position necessary to capture the surgeon’s true point-of-view. From a direct hernia repair or distal radius ORIF to a transvaginal hysterectomy or hemmroidectomy – with the SWIS Surgical HeadGear for Action Cameras your students, residents, fellows, and staff – can finally see what you see!
So Much More than a Mount
While our Surgical HeadGear does provide surgeons the best head worn camera mounting solution – this system provides so much more! Designed specifically to satisfy the unique video needs of medical professionals camera positioning was only the beginning.
Solutions to the Challenges of Surgical POV Video
Created to allow medical professionals to fully utilize their GoPro® camera, the mount system provides solutions to the other challenges to POV video capture facing medical professionals:
- Limited camera battery life
- Limited camera recording
- Live View of the surgeon’s perspective
- HIPAA compliance
Solution 1: Battery Life
The SWIS Surgical HeadGear for Action Cameras includes our Power Pack Accessory Belt allowing you to use the included USB external battery for over 10 hours of continuous power for your GoPro camera.
Simply plug one end of our external USB power supply cable into the camera and the other end into a compatible USB battery and your camera can go as long as you can – without a battery inside! (Power cables differ based on the make and model of action camera you use. Some off brand cameras do not allow for an external power supply.
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Not only does this significantly reduced the weight of the mounted camera it also eliminates the risk of the battery running out during the case or battery failure during the case. You never have to worry about the battery life again.
Solution 2: Camera Memory
The SWIS Surgical HeadGear for Action Cameras also comes with a specialized Micro HDMI to HDMI cable, enabling you to transmit the output of your action camera to an external recorder.
- RECORD TO THE OR VIDEO SYSTEM – While you can typically get 5hrs of video on a 128 GB memory card, sending your camera feed into your operating room video recording system or arthroscopy/endoscopy camera system – will allow you to record the entire case, no matter how long it is. No need to worry about memory card limits – just focus on the case – not your camera.
- EXTERNAL PROFESSIONAL RECORDING – avoid the memory limits of your action camera while also recording Production Quality uncompressed 1080p video to one of our Professional Combination External Video Recorder / HD display units.
These battery operated combo units are used by video professionals throughout the word to capture the HDMI output of their cameras in uncompressed 1080p video. This will not only enable you to record up to 10 hours straight, but the uncompressed video will allow you to use a single frame as a high quality image. Additionally, since the recording unit has its own HD display, you can use it to “frame your shot” as well. Imagine – just hit record on the unit at the beginning of the case and stop when the case is over. Never worry about memory cards again!
These battery operated combo units are used by video professionals throughout the word to capture the HDMI output of their cameras in uncompressed 1080p video. This will not only enable you to record up to 10 hours straight, but the uncompressed video will allow you to use a single frame as a high quality image. Additionally, since the recording unit has its own HD display, you can use it to “frame your shot” as well. Imagine – just hit record on the unit at the beginning of the case and stop when the case is over. Never worry about memory cards again!
Solution 3: Live View
While you can wirelessly connect your GoPro or other action camera to you phone or iPad for an almost “live view” with the their app, this still presents challenges for surgeons since the there is a delay in what the camera sees to what is on the screen. Secondly, connecting your phone or iPad output to the OR monitors so students or staff can see presents another list of challenges you thankfully don’t have to overcome.
The specialized Micro HDMI to HDMI cable that comes with your SWIS Surgical HeadGear allows you to share the camera output Live video output during your case – with NO DELAY! What you see is what they see!
- FRAME YOUR SHOT – Connect your camera to one of our optional HD surgical field monitors and ensure your mount and camera are positioned perfectly prior to prepping the patient and starting the case. No more filming the top of your scrub tech’s head or filming only half of the surgical field
- LIVE TEACHING – allow your staff, students, residents, or fellow surgeons to see what you see by connecting your camera output to your OR Video System and monitors or TVs in the operating room. Check out our optional Live View – Wired or Wireless video kits to see how easy it is to make this happen!
Solution 4: HIPAA Compliance
Capturing great video in the operating room presents many challenges: lighting, framing the shot, magnification, power supply, camera memory.
While these challenges are not unique to any amateur or professional videographer, medical professionals face an additional challenge, unique only to healthcare – HIPAA.
- HIPAA Video Requirements – Capturing HIPAA clean video is not difficult but it does take planning. Avoiding video of the patient’s face, unique identifying marks, name bands, labels, and paperwork are all visual HIPAA data that can be easily avoided during the case. Audio is another story.
- HIPAA Audio Challenge with GoPro – there is no way to turn off the mic or audio recording on a GoPro Hero4/3+ camera. So if the camera is recording, everything that is said is on that recording as well. If you capture the timeout on video, you now have to protect the video, micro sd card, your computer, and any hard drives the file may be placed upon, according to HIPAA guidelines because the patient’s name is on the video.
- HIPAA Audio Solution for your GoPro® and other action cameras – we created our HIPAA plug® to solve this GoPro® HIPAA Audio problem. It is a usb plug containing a microchip that fools the GoPro® into recording only audio static with your video. Simply insert the HIPAA plug® into the usb port on your GoPro camera, hit record, and scrub up. You can record your entire procedure, clean of HIPAA audio data. (HIPAA plug varies based on the make and model of action camera.)
- Hospital / Surgery Center HIPAA Video Policy Solution – some hospitals and surgery centers do not allow video recording in the operating room on external camera systems – specifically they don’t allow GoPro® or other action camera recording in the operating room! They require all video to be recorded into the hospital/surgery center video system. Meaning – you can’t record your surgery directly on your GoPro! While some hospitals don’t allow external recording by the surgeon, others simply want a copy of the video in their system as well. Utilizing the video output from your camera and one of our optional Live View solutions, you can use your head-worn camera to capture your perspective, while still complying with any hospital policy.
It is a usb plug containing a microchip that fools the GoPro® into recording only audio static with your video. Simply insert the HIPAA plug® into the usb port on your GoPro camera, hit record, and scrub up. You can record your entire procedure, clean of HIPAA audio data. (HIPAA plug varies based on the make and model of action camera.)
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Does it protect the eyes or keep the feet warm? The famous beret of the French mountain shooters is not only a stylish headdress.
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French Alpine riflemen – mountain rifle units of the NE of France (in English – ‘Alpine Hunters’) – wear original headdress – beret of impressive size, which they call la tarte or ‘pie.’
In this video, Lieutenant Clément of the 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade will talk about the different ways you can use la tarte, from keeping your feet warm to protecting your eyes from the sun.
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— ENGLISH AUDIO —
Leith. Clement
‘This big headdress is called ‘tarte’, pie.’
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WHY DO THEY HAVE SUCH A HEADDRESS?
French mountain shooters beret
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Leith. Clement
27th Mountain Infantry Brigade
‘First of all, you need to understand that this headdress is not made to the size of the head, but to the size of the legs.
If it’s very cold, you can put your feet in it to keep warm.
It can be used for sun protection.
For example, the sun shines from the side, and the beret can be turned in this direction.
