A subsidiary of healthcare-focused integration and audiovisual production company Careprod, Montepellier-based Careprod Technologies develops innovative, automated solutions tailored to operating rooms and medical videoconferencing throughout the world.
Careprod Technologies’ flagship product is the remote medical proctoring solution Orsync, a 4G/5G mobile video assistance solution that enables on-site and off-site surgeons to securely train, monitor, collaborate, and communicate with each other in real time. Originally designed to meet neurovascular needs for a leading medical device manufacturer, Orsync has evolved to meet the requirements for a wide range of surgeries. Currently, the solution has enabled over 299 cases to be broadcast live from operating rooms to specialists around the world, and more than a hundred kits have been deployed worldwide.
When Careprod Technologies was developing Orsync, they needed flexible, ultra-reliable video connectivity solutions for bringing diverse signals into the system from a variety of medical equipment. “When connecting to medical devices, the frame rates and video formats are often different than standard video signals,” said Loic Lalet, CEO of Careprod Technologies. “Robustness and reliability in handling these specialized video signals is crucial for medical applications, where they need to be transmitted without any loss of data or signal degradation.”
Magewell capture, encoding, and streaming products are tightly integrated into the Orsync solution. Each Orsync kit is equipped with an Eco Capture Dual HDMI M.2 video capture card, Ultra Stream live streaming encoder, and one or more Ultra Encode HDMI live media encoders. The Eco Capture card enables users to connect HDMI video feeds from any medical equipment directly to the Orsync application running on a portable CPU unit. Eco Capture’s ultracompact form factor (22x80mm) made it ideal for incorporation into the small host system.
HDMI or SDI video feeds from additional medical equipment can be connected to the standalone Ultra Encode units, which encode the source video into NDI|HX streams and transmit them to Orsync over Wi-Fi. An Ultra Stream unit embedded within the host CPU unit encodes a dedicated video output from the system’s Nvidia CPU for RTMP streaming and recording of the entire session.
“Magewell’s products have been able to handle the unique requirements of medical video distribution, even in demanding environments,” said Lalet. “Magewell’s devices handle a wide range of video formats, resolutions, and frame rates, including interlaced video and specialized formats such as nonstandard frame rates.”
Careprod Technologies has integrated the Magewell products directly into the Orsync application using Magewell’s comprehensive SDK and APIs. “This has allowed us to have complete control over the configuration and management of the video capture and encoding process,” Lalet explained. “With this level of direct communication, we can optimize the performance of the Magewell devices and ensure a seamless integration with our software to grab the video feeds, stream via a Wowza platform, and record locally on a USB stick.”
