| Simulation for Training With the Autosuture ™ Endo Stitch ™ Device (2008) | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 ™ Endo Stitch ™ 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 Background/Problems The rapid development and deployment of novel, minimally invasive instruments present the surgical educator with a significant challenge. Several useful | |||||||||||||||
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