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On June 19, XRlabs identified its implant-design platform and said that its model used infant head shapes to generate patient-specific implants from CT data. The company also described surgical rehearsal in a shared virtual environment and reported that the twins had returned home. These are accounts from the treating institution and technology supplier. They establish a claimed AI contribution to a successful surgical procedure, without measuring how much AI improved the result. The reports differ on age and timing, and do not provide an exact operation date.", "category": "benefit created", "unexpected": false, "purpose": "XRlabs says its platform is built to design patient-specific implants and plan operations in mixed reality. The hospital's “AI-enhanced surgical planning” is described only generically. 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