feature is also used within the hospital to cut down on wasted
time going back-and-forth from the OR to other departments.
For example, in the past a surgeon would take a specimen in the
OR, send it down to pathology, and if something wasn't right, patholo-
gy would have to come back to the OR, scrub in and speak to the sur-
geon. Now that we're integrated, pathology and the OR can instead
videoconference with each other.
In addition to face-to-face speaking and broadcasting the endo-
scope's images, the video system also lets you tele-illustrate. That
means in the example above, our pathology department could high-
light or circle things on the screen to show surgeons exactly what
they needed.
Finally, the room is also seamlessly integrated with the hospital's
