Gepromed Education Center: Data-driven Insights for Surgical Ergonomics and Team Performance

At the Gepro­med Edu­ca­ti­on Cen­ter in Stras­bourg, sur­gi­cal trai­ning and rese­arch go hand in hand.
In its sta­­te-of-the-art ope­ra­ting rooms, Gepro­med inte­gra­tes Sen­s­Flo­or, a capa­ci­ti­ve sen­sor flo­or sys­tem that cap­tures move­ment pat­terns, spa­ti­al posi­tio­ning, and acti­vi­ty levels in real time.

The­se data streams feed into AI algo­rith­ms that ana­ly­ze how sur­gi­cal teams move, inter­act, and coor­di­na­te under rea­li­stic con­di­ti­ons. The aim: to bet­ter under­stand the inter­play bet­ween peo­p­le, tech­no­lo­gy and workspace. And to use that under­stan­ding to impro­ve per­for­mance, ergo­no­mics, and team dyna­mics in the ope­ra­ting room.

“We use Sen­s­Flo­or tech­no­lo­gy in our ope­ra­ting rooms, which are instal­led in our Gepro­med Edu­ca­ti­on Cen­ter. This set­up is part of our trai­ning pro­grams for health­ca­re pro­fes­sio­nals, inclu­ding sur­ge­ons and ope­ra­ting room nur­ses. The data coll­ec­ted through Sen­s­Flo­or is used to sup­port our AI algo­rith­ms, which auto­ma­ti­cal­ly ana­ly­ze the move­ment pat­terns of pro­fes­sio­nals during pro­ce­du­res. The­se algo­rith­ms also help us assess stress levels throug­hout the ope­ra­ti­on, pro­vi­ding valuable insights into per­for­mance and team dynamics.

This inte­gra­ti­on of smart flo­o­ring and AI allows us to enhan­ce both the edu­ca­tio­nal expe­ri­ence and our rese­arch in sur­gi­cal beha­vi­or and ergonomics.”
— Dr. Nico­le Neu­mann, Inno­va­ti­on Mana­ger at Gepromed

Technology in Focus

Sen­s­Flo­or con­sists of an intel­li­gent sen­sor net­work embedded under the flo­o­ring sur­face. It detects move­ment and inter­ac­tion through capa­ci­ti­ve signals, enab­ling cont­act­less moti­on ana­ly­sis wit­hout the need for came­ras or weara­ble devices.

By cor­re­la­ting the sen­sor data with AI-dri­­ven ana­ly­tics, Gepro­med can deri­ve key para­me­ters such as:

• Move­ment effi­ci­en­cy and spa­ti­al ergonomics
• Coor­di­na­ti­on and inter­ac­tion within the sur­gi­cal team
• Indi­ca­tors of stress and cogni­ti­ve load during procedures

From Training to Research

What beg­ins as a rea­li­stic sur­gi­cal simu­la­ti­on beco­mes a rese­arch oppor­tu­ni­ty: the abili­ty to objec­tively quan­ti­fy per­for­mance and collaboration.
The inte­gra­ti­on of smart flo­o­ring and arti­fi­ci­al intel­li­gence pro­vi­des new per­spec­ti­ves for:

• Impro­ving sur­gi­cal trai­ning and eva­lua­ti­on methods
• Opti­mi­zing ergo­no­mics and work­flow design
• Enhan­cing safe­ty and effi­ci­en­cy through data-infor­­med insights

This pro­ject illus­tra­tes how data, when used respon­si­bly and intel­li­gent­ly, can ele­va­te both edu­ca­ti­on and health­ca­re qua­li­ty and how smart infra­struc­tu­re like Sen­s­Flo­or con­tri­bu­tes to the con­ti­nuous impro­ve­ment of com­plex, high-sta­kes envi­ron­ments such as the ope­ra­ting room.