Surgical Simulators: Endoscopy

Endoscopy AccuTouch® System

This surgical simulator includes three types of endoscopic procedures: flexible bronchoscopy, upper and lower gastrointestinal flexible endoscopy. Endoscopic procedures are some of the most commonly practiced medical procedures today. The motor skills necessary to perform these are difficult to train and assess. The Endoscopy AccuTouch Surgical Simulator is a realistic, computer-based system for teaching and assessing motor skills and cognitive knowledge, enabling novices and experienced physicians to practice in a safe environment. Using real-time computer graphics, including anatomic models developed from actual patient data and a robotic interface device, force is transmitted through the flexible scope to provide tactile sensations mimicking the actual feel of a procedure.

Features/Benefits:

• Mannequin provides realistic force feedback, allowing the user to experience the feel of the real procedure.
  
  
• Didactic content and simulation allows novices to learn in an integrated environment.
  
  
• Content allows for independent learning, reducing the cost of supervision. Realistic images and audio feedback combine with touch to involve all the key senses.
  
  
• Case-based modules provide increasingly challenging patients to test progress. Digital virtual reality patients respond in a physiologically accurate manner adding to the level of realism.
  
  
• Modular design allows cost effective medical simulation of multiple procedures on the same platform.
  
  
• Endoscopes look, feel and handle exactly like the real ones.
  
  
• Surgical simulator is mobile for convenience in the training institution.