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Argos Health

Because the picture can’t go dark

One dropped signal, at the worst possible moment

Picture a knee replacement guided by augmented reality. The surgeon sees a virtual cutting line placed precisely on the patient’s bone. Now picture that guidance vanishing mid-cut because a single wireless link dropped.

In a busy operating room, interference from other equipment, a loose cable or a software hiccup can each break that one link.

Diagram of a knee: a virtual cutting guide drawn across the end of the femur Virtual cutting guide

Who saw it coming

Argos Health was founded to make sure that never happens. It brings together Miralupa, building augmented reality since 2011, and four orthopedic surgeons from McGill University: people who build AR, and people who operate with it.

Never rely on one connection

Aircraft don’t depend on a single instrument. Argos Health applies the same principle in the operating room: the same tracking data travels by several independent routes at once, and the system keeps exactly one clean copy. If one route fails, the others carry on, and the guidance stays on screen.

Diagram: tracking data travels from the markers to the computer by three independent routes; one route is broken and the AR display stays on Markers patient · instrument · table Route 1 · reader Route 2 · reader Route 3 · wireless router Computer keeps one clean copy AR display stays on

One route fails. The other two carry on, and the surgeon never loses the picture.

Protected by

U.S. Patent 11,232,861

Granted January 2022 · co-invented by Miralupa’s team of experts with Argos Health’s surgeon co-founders.

View the patent record >

Where it goes next

Joint replacement

Virtual cutting and alignment guides for knee and hip surgery.

Spine surgery

Precise guidance where accuracy is measured in millimetres.

Surgical training

AR on simulators and training models, where tomorrow’s surgeons learn.

Argos Health welcomes conversations with partners in surgical navigation, training and patient safety.

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Reach out

Curious about using augmented reality for your next project? You might be surprised at how streamlined we’ve made the process. Send us a message and get the conversation started.

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