Mimic, a company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, is releasing a new portable robotic surgery simulator that can be used just about anywhere. The FlexVR system consists of a laptop that sits on a table that has two hand controllers on the near corners, a foot switch box, a pair of 3D glasses, and the case that serves to tie everything together. It can be used by hospitals, teaching facilities, and maybe even surgeons who want to spend time at home or on vacation honing their robotic surgery skills. Mimic claims that the system is intended for use by physicians at all levels of experience, helping to perfect skills such as camera control, using instruments, ablation, and suturing.
All practice sessions are analyzed and graded by the computer, allowing progress to be tracked between sessions. Since the same software is used to power the FlexVR as the previous dV-Trainer and da Vinci Skills Simulator, little adjustment will be needed by facilities already hosting those systems.
Here’s a short video introducing the FlexVR:
Product page: FlexVR…
Via: Mimic…
(hat tip: SurgRob)