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Simulation for Training With the Autosuture ^TM Endo Stitch^TM Device

Department of Surgery; Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Health Science Center, PO Box 100286, 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610-0286; sergei.kurenov{at}surgery.ufl.edu

Sukitti Punak, MS

Minho Kim, MS

Jörg Peters, PhD

Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville

Juan C. Cendan, MD

Department of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville

The rapid development and deployment of novel laparoscopic instruments present the surgical educator and trainee with a significant challenge. Several useful instruments have been particularly difficult to teach the novice. We have developed a platform that allows the combination of the actual instrument handle with a virtual re-creation of the instrument tip. We chose the Autosuture^TM Endo Stitch^TM device as the prototypical instrument because it satisfies our subjective experience of "useful, but hard to teach." A software package was developed to support the re-creation of the needle and suture that accompany the device. The apparatus has haptic capabilities and collision detection so that the needle driver is "aware" of suture and instrument contact. The developed virtual environment allows re-creation of the necessary motion to simulate the instrument, the trainee can use the actual instrument handle, and the system can be altered to accommodate other instruments.

Key Words: virtual surgery training • surgical simulation • surgical training • surgical education

Surgical Innovation, Vol. 13, No. 4, 283-287 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1553350606296923


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