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Surgical Simulator: CathLabVR™ System
Customer Case Studies
Users of the CathLabVR™ surgical simulator (formerly
the Endovascular AccuTouch® System) report that the virtual reality
medical simulator provides a very safe, controlled environment in which
criterion-based training can be established to control the learning process.
They further believe that the simulator helps reduce the learning curve
and could minimize complications and the costs associated with them. The
surgical siimulator’s cases progressively increase in difficulty
to expand learning and help transfer good technique to real surgeries.
Two doctors who used the simulator in a training program hosted by Medtronic,
a co-developer of the system, have reported on their experiences:
Case Studies
Dr. Alan Yeung, chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and
director of Interventional Cardiology at Stanford University School of
Medicine, reports that the virtual reality surgical system’s endovascular
cases are quite good, ranging from basic principles to unexpected complications.
He says that it is a notable benefit that fellows can repeat cases to
see how an alternative approach could lead to a better outcome.
"I think that those who train with the Immersion Medical simulator
achieve better performance, take less time to complete a procedure, and
require fewer procedures to reach competency than those trained under
the historical mentoring method."
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Dr. Campbell Rogers, director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
at Brigham & Women’s Hospital says that the realistic environment
provided by Immersion Medical's surgical simulator will help reduce patient
risk by teaching people what to do to avoid and also treat complications
more quickly. He also believes that it will help offset the need to use
patients for training and allow much greater efficiency of teaching for
both novice and attending physicians. He sees the potential for practicing
physicians to use the simulator for learning about new procedures, devices,
and tools, and for teams to learn to identify complications and respond
quickly.
“The endovascular simulator has incredible potential. Financial
and clinical cost savings will be realized through prevention of complications
or more rapid recognition and treatment. From a physician’s point
of view, by training to prevent complications in the first place, you’re
greatly enhancing the safety of procedures.”
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