Written by Dan Verel | From Med City News

A group of Los Angeles pediatric surgeons [are] trying to spread the use of Google Glass to Africa, where the device could help surgeons there overcome limited resources.

Along with the Red Cross Children’s Hospital team, Dr. Phillip Frykma, Dr. Marc Levitt and Dr. Alp Numanoglu trained 18 surgeons from nine African countries on both best practices as well as how to find and work with proper equipment within their budget.

Part of the training included showing the African surgeons a low-cost muscle stimulator for anorectal malformations, invented by Dr. Frykman and Dr. Keith Kimble now in commercial production.

Google Glass was used to record the placement of the device. Dr. Frykman also used Google Glass to record his operating room techniques. The footage will serve as training videos for the participating doctors to take back to their countries and health centers to train even more of their colleagues.

Read more at Med City News