Nextremity Solutions Adopts Google Glass for Product, Surgeon Training

Nextremity Solutions Inc. is teaming up with an orthopedic surgeon in India to develop medical applications for the innovation.


North Carolina-based orthopedic surgeon Selene G. Parekh, M.D., recently utilized Google Glass during a successful foot and ankle surgery in Jaipur, India. Google Glass, a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display, was developed by Google and has been utilized on an exclusive basis through Google’s Explorer program.

Parekh conducted surgery while wearing the technology and broadcast live streaming video via the Internet. The technology allowed for hands-free recording video without the operating room disruption of a video crew and related risk of infection. Additionally, it provided viewers the surgeon’s unique vantage point during the surgery.

“This technology opens up a whole new world for surgery. Not only are we able to obtain a different view of the surgery, we are also able to communicate live with fellow surgeons at the same time. Simply amazing technology,” Parekh said.

Nextremity Solutions, a forefoot surgical implant developer, recently obtained Google Glass and will be evaluate its applications in its surgeon training initiatives. The company will work closely with Parekh to figure out mutually beneficial ways to ensure the technology is used in a manner most beneficial to surgeons.

“We are very excited to partner with Dr. Parekh on this project. We plan on using this technology in our surgeon training, product development and patient education Programs,”Nextremity President/CEO Rod K. Mayer said. “This technology will allow us to continue advancing both development and training of our products and procedures.”

Nextremity Solutions is a privately held medical device company offering solutions and approaches to the surgical intervention of small bone deformity, degeneration and trauma. The Company’s implant systems for the correction of forefoot pathologies include uniquely precise, proprietary micro-technology designed to achieve repeatable superior clinical outcomes.

The firm is headquartered in Warsaw, Ind.

Nextra®Hammertoe Correction System and Nextra®Hammertoe Correction Implant are trademarks of Nextremity Solutions, Inc.