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T-Deck.
Telesurgery deck
T-Deck is a telesurgery solution that lets experts instantly see and understand exactly what is happening — bridging the gap between scarce specialist time and the complex, multi-scene reality of modern surgical care.
Year
2026
Timeframe
14 Weeks
Category
Medical Wearable
Role
Product Definition, Form
Observation
Medical experts are scarce.
In today’s system, expert judgment, approval, and decision-making carry enormous weight — yet specialists are not always physically available.
When a situation escalates, the fallback is literal: wake someone up and drive them in, or squeeze the moment into a video call.
TO ADD / CLINICAL CONTEXT
Research photograph or workflow diagram showing the existing camera setup and where assistance is needed.
The status quo — a fixed camera rig adjusted by hand, bedside.
Dilemma
The workarounds break down.
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Too late
Expert help is called only when things escalate — someone wakes up and drives to the hospital.
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Off-limits
Video calls sound obvious, but hospital policy strictly prohibits personal phones in ORs and urgent care.
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Off-target
Fixed OR cameras cannot follow care across five phases, from propaedeutic to anesthesia.
Research
Expensive eyes, or blind ones.
Most telesurgery systems are designed purely for robotic control — capable, but expensive and fixed in place. Consumer cameras are affordable, but limited in function and hard to fold into a clinical workflow.
TO ADD / COMPARATIVE RESEARCH
Insert the expense-versus-information mapping. Identify the systems compared, sources and the criteria behind their placement.
Mapping expense against information coverage leaves the lower-right quadrant open — that is the target.
What if experts could instantly see and understand exactly what is happening?
Opportunity
Nurses are everywhere. Guidance isn’t.
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Mobile and abundant
Nurses and interns move through every ward — but they lack real-time expert guidance.
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Phone-down policy
Hospital rules, especially in urgent care and ORs, leave no room for personal devices.
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Context demands more
Complex situations in the OR and consultation rooms call for a flexible, context-aware camera.
Concept
Three ways the camera could show up.
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Wearable
An always-ready camera that nurses can carry with them.
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Connected
A built-in display with real-time, FaceTime-like communication — compliant with hospital rules.
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Autonomous
An intelligent camera that shares rich, live visual information from the nurse’s point of view.
FROM DIRECTION TO FORM
What makes the shoulder the right place?
TO ADD / Explain the alternatives you considered, what each revealed, and why the shoulder-mounted direction was selected.
TO ADD / SKETCHES & ALTERNATIVES
Show competing placements and form studies. Annotate the trade-offs and mark the chosen direction—not just the most polished sketch.
TO ADD / PHYSICAL PROTOTYPE
Show a wearing or deployment study. Explain what was examined, what changed, and what remains unresolved.
TO ADD / CAD DEVELOPMENT
Pair an earlier and revised detail. Show how the mounting, enclosure or deployment geometry developed in response.
Product
Introducing T-Deck.
TO ADD / T-DECK — FINAL DESIGN
A large, uninterrupted final render or photograph. Show the complete shoulder-mounted system; reserve close-ups for the following details.
A shoulder-mounted camera system nurses carry through the ward — giving remote experts a live, first-person view of exactly what is happening. Built around the Sony IMX415 sensor for clinical-grade imaging in a compact enclosure.
TO ADD / WORN ON THE BODY
Photography or a render showing scale, shoulder placement and vest integration.
Form
Worn, not carried.
The deck mounts at the shoulder and stays ready — hands free, attention on the patient. The vest integration keeps the camera stable at a natural eye-line height.
Detail
Deployed only when needed.
Folded down, the deck reads as a clean shoulder form. When a session begins, the camera module rises into position — and the built-in display keeps the conversation on the device, off personal phones, inside hospital policy.
TO ADD / FOLDED & DEPLOYED
Matched views showing the camera movement and display. Add verified dimensions, materials and component specifications alongside the detail.