Avail Medsystems plans to roll out first third-party software integration
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Avail CEO Daniel Hawkins expects to launch the software integration in the first quarter of 2023, he told Medical Design & Outsourcing after a panel discussion at DeviceTalks West in Santa Clara, California. “The beautiful part is that same workflow enhancement capability can be put into other clinical specialties to optimize new product adoption workflows.” Avail’s device has cameras, a proprietary audio system, inputs, a flat panel display screen and cloud connectively to let surgeons confer in real-time with a global network of experts who can see and hear what’s happening in the operating room. Speaking to an audience of medtech professionals including designers and engineers, Hawkins laid out the plan to use Avail’s network of devices as platforms for operating room software. “We’re providing that conduit for what is a budding industry of third-party clinically-driven or process-flow-driven software … to ride into a procedure room without the obligation of worrying about how they’re going to get input, how they’re going to get access, and how they’ll display output,” Hawkins said. “So you should be thinking about this, if you will, as a digital hub.” Chief Technology Officer James Domine — previously of TiVo, Ericsson and Microsoft — said the system will serve as a host for the “huge explosion” of medtech software in need of a device with a presence in the operating room.