Cyborg mini-trainer

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2009:142:201-3.

Abstract

We present the smallest surgical trainer with a total weight of 400 gr, built in aluminum of 25 cm large and 24 cm wide, and 23 cm high. It's a system integrated by a small and open module, a lamp and a microcamera connected to a Head Mounted display. It holds two endoscopic instruments, and items to make knots or sutures and enhance visual-motor coordination. The vision we got is by a small microcamera displayed to a Head Mounted Display HMD. This surgical trainer is the smallest in the worldwide, easy to install, and easy to carry.

MeSH terms

  • Data Display*
  • Endoscopes
  • Humans
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative / education*
  • Suture Techniques / education*
  • User-Computer Interface*