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Abstract-The prime objective of any technological innovation is to improve the life of people. Technological innovation in the field of medical devices directly touches the lives of millions of people; not just patients but doctors and other technicians as well. Serving these care givers is serving humanity. Growth of Mobil Devices and Cloud Computing has changed the way we live and work. We try to bring the benefits of these technological innovations to the medical field via equipment which can improve the working efficiencies and capabilities of the medical professionals and technicians. The improvements in the camera and image processing capabilities of the Mobile Devices coupled with their improved processing power and an infinite processing and storage offered by Cloud Computing infrastructure opens up a window of opportunity to use them in the specialized field like microsurgery. To enable microsurgery, surgeons use optical microscope to zoom into the working area to get better visibility and control. However, these devices suffer from various drawbacks and are not comfortable to use. We build a Tablet with large stereoscopic screen allowing glasses free 3D display enabled by cameras capable of capturing 3D video and enhanced by an image processing pipeline, greatly improves the visibility and viewing comfort of the surgeon. Moreover using the capabilities of Cloud computing, these surgeries can be recorded and streamed live for education, training and consultation. An expert sitting in a geographically remote location can guide the surgeon performing the surgery. All vital parameters of the patient undergoing surgery can be shown as an overlay on the Tablet screen so that the surgeon is alerted of any parameter going beyond limit. Developing this kind of complex device involves engineering skills in hardware and software and huge amount of investments in terms of time, resources and money. To accelerate the development, we make use of open source hardware and software and demonstrate how we can accelerate the development using these open source resources.

Mobile Devices like Smartphones and Tablets are getting ever increasing processing power. This makes them powerful enough to do heavy duty realtime 3D video processing. Tablets capable of recording 3D video using stereo camera can have applications in various fields. In the medical field these tablets can be used for micromanipulations such as microsurgery. We describe the design of a tablet capable of 3D vision and a glasses free stereoscopic display, which can be used to enhance the working of the technicians performing micromanipulations. We also illustrate how by providing a deep integration with the cloud, we can reduce the processing overheads and enable valuable new services. For example, in case of microsurgeries, the process is very specialized and is done in a few specialized medical centers only. When these powerful mobile devices are coupled with the cloud, it adds whole new dimension in the services which can be offered. With our deep cloud integration, the surgery being performed can be streamed in realtime from the Tablet itself. This live feed can be viewed by a remote expert to provide guidance to the surgeon. The students at remote locations can also view this live feed. This would provide them a unique learning opportunity. Moreover, the recordings of these surgeries can be backed up on cloud and provided for on demand viewing for learning purposes.