Google’s technology may eventually make its way into operating rooms and help surgeons with their procedures.

In separate announcements, Google and medical device and pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson said that they’re working together on developing a robot-assisted surgical platform.

Google’s life sciences division is contributing advanced imaging software and sensor technology to the project, said a company spokeswoman. Johnson & Johnson said Thursday that its Ethicon division is bringing its experience developing surgical robots.

While Google has worked on robotics, that development isn’t part of the Johnson & Johnson collaboration. Instead, Google efforts will aim at combining medical data and presenting it to surgeons in a more useful manner.

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