Surgical Simulation

Many customers say that the feel of our surgical simulations is “Remarkable,” “Realistic,” and “Far superior” to any other surgical simulator they’ve encountered for minimally invasive procedures. How is this realism achieved?

Our unique team of experts is skilled in modeling the anatomy and physiology of virtual patients, creating graphical renderings, designing haptic feedback and mechanical and electrical systems, and devising advanced control algorithms to simulate realistic navigation for surgical procedures. Secondly, we work with leading medical subject matter experts to help us perfect every aspect of our surgical simulators and the training environment that surrounds them.

Use of our surgical simulators in training programs has shown to improve performance and lead to shorter response time and less deviation from practice standards than non-simulator training. Using a surgical simulator can increase trainee confidence, competence, and improve patient safety. Even though the virtual reality medical graphics and animations look incredibly realistic, they cannot convey what it actually feels like to break through a venal wall with a needle or cut through the tissue surrounding the gall bladder. Expert doctors and nurses work with our staff to ensure that the touch feedback effects (haptics), as well as the sound, graphics, and the resulting surgical simulation are as realistic as possible. The entire training environment must be carefully engineered and evaluated, including the virtual patient, tools, and tool interaction.

Physics-based Surgical Simulations

High-fidelity surgical simulations are possible by creating a physical, as opposed to a geometric, mathematical model of anatomical structures. Although a good physical model is much harder to create, it can much more easily be tuned to achieve authentic response. It can interact naturally with surgical devices and tools and provide a natural, not a scripted, response to events of many types.

Because of a realistic representation of the body, a physics-based surgical simulator can support the development of pioneering techniques and procedures.