ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix®
Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a
leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR)
technology and products, today announced a strategic
partnership with Rods & Cones, a provider of a fully virtual
surgical-collaboration platform. Rods & Cones will add the
M-Series Smart Glasses as an additional video capturing device to
support optimized remote interactions between surgeons and
experts.
Rods & Cones provides an end-to-end surgery proximity
platform to securely connect an operation theater with remote
assisting surgeons, product specialists, or medical professionals
anywhere in the world to support optimal collaborative workflow.
This platform, which is compliant with GDPR and HIPAA regulations,
now includes both the Vuzix M400 and M4000 Smart Glasses.
Using the 13 MP phased detect auto focus camera providing full
4K video streaming on the Vuzix M400
and M4000 Smart Glasses, the Rods & Cones platform will let
frontline workers in the operating room, ICU or other medical
facility, including surgeons, instrumentalist nurses and other
healthcare professionals, provide broadcast quality imagery to
others while interacting with patients and staff from a safe
distance. This will allow remote platform users to triple the
number of surgeries they can attend in a single day. Other use
cases include learning curve management, expert escalation,
onboarding training of new employees and overall service level
differentiation.
"We are excited to work with Vuzix to enhance our growing
surgical and healthcare service across Europe and the
United States with powerful Smart Glasses," said Bruno
Dheede, CEO and co-founder of Rods & Cones.
"We are very pleased to welcome Rods & Cones as a Vuzix
Smart Glasses platform partner that will now support their network
of healthcare professionals to deliver surgical and medical
services through the use of Vuzix Smart Glasses," said Paul
Travers, President and CEO of Vuzix.
About Rods & Cones
Rods & Cones is an international group of medical device
experts who are committed to solving the biggest problems facing
surgeons in the operating room. The company offers an end-to-end
service including a revolutionary new technology that allows
surgeons, medical device specialists, and other experts to work
together remotely – before, during, and after surgical procedures.
Its fully virtual surgical-collaboration service expands surgical
knowledge in real-time, decreases risk, and even lowers consulting
costs.
About Vuzix Corporation
Vuzix is a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented
Reality (AR) technologies and products for the consumer and
enterprise markets. The Company's products include personal display
and wearable computing devices that offer users a portable
high-quality viewing experience, provide solutions for mobility,
wearable displays and augmented reality. Vuzix holds 184 patents
and patents pending and numerous IP licenses in the Video Eyewear
field. The Company has won Consumer Electronics Show (or CES)
awards for innovation for the years 2005 to 2021 and several
wireless technology innovation awards among others. Founded in
1997, Vuzix is a public company (NASDAQ: VUZI) with offices in
Rochester, NY, Oxford, UK, and Tokyo, Japan. For more information,
visit
Vuzix website, Twitter and Facebook pages.
Forward-Looking Statements Disclaimer
Certain statements contained in this news release are
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities
laws. Forward looking statements contained in this release relate
to the Vuzix M400 and M4000 Smart Glasses capabilities, our
relationship and future business opportunities with Rods &
Cones and in the medical and healthcare industries, and among other
things the Company's leadership in the Smart Glasses and AR display
industry. They are generally identified by words such as
"believes," "may," "expects," "anticipates," "should" and similar
expressions. Readers should not place undue reliance on such
forward-looking statements, which are based upon the Company's
beliefs and assumptions as of the date of this release. The
Company's actual results could differ materially due to risk
factors and other items described in more detail in the "Risk
Factors" section of the Company's Annual Reports and MD&A filed
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
applicable Canadian securities regulators (copies of which may be
obtained at www.sedar.com or www.sec.gov). Subsequent events
and developments may cause these forward-looking statements to
change. The Company specifically disclaims any obligation or
intention to update or revise these forward-looking statements as a
result of changed events or circumstances that occur after the date
of this release, except as required by applicable law.
Media and Investor Relations Contact:
Ed McGregor, Director of Investor
Relations, Vuzix Corporation ed_mcgregor@vuzix.com Tel: (585)
359-5985
Vuzix Corporation, 25 Hendrix Road, Suite A, West Henrietta, NY 14586 USA,
Investor Information – IR@vuzix.com www.vuzix.com
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