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Development and initial validation of a virtual reality haptically augmented surgical knot-tying trainer for the
Sergei Kurenov1, Sukitti Punak, Jorg Peters
1Department of Surgery, University of Florida, Florida, USA. sergei.kurenov@surgery.ufl.edu
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|April 21, 2009
Abstract:
The Autosuture Endostitch device (Covidien, CT) is difficult to learn. In particular, the handle requires the use of a toggle which is unique in this instrument. We have developed a virtual reality trainer for the device that offers the use of the actual instrument handle while creating a visible virtual instrument tip complete with virtual needle and suture on a monitor. This report represents the development and initial validation experiments for the device.
