A medical training system is provided having a housing, a phantom tissue simulant surface, an insertion hole, at least one medical instrument with a tip configured to pierce the phantom tissue simulant surface, a passage, at least one sensor, and a microprocessor. The system simulate a medical training procedure and the microprocessor is configured to read and process information from each of the at least one sensor in order to provide feedback to a user.

A surgical training model can have features for training surgical suturing techniques. The training model can be formed as a sheet of simulated tissue having at least one cut with markings arranged on either side of the cut. The markings can be formed of a first layer of resilient simulated tissue material having a color that contrasts with a color of the remainder of the sheet of simulated tissue material. The sheet of simulated tissue material can have several cuts having different configurations and orientations to facilitate suturing training for a variety of tissue orientations. The sheet of simulated tissue material can further include holes positioned to be mounted to a base of a surgical training system. The sheet of simulated tissue material can be manufactured by molding a marking layer and casting a tissue layer over the marking layer.

The present invention relates to a method for registration of 2D images of a region of interest of a patient, wherein the images are acquired using an X-ray imaging system and an imaging kit (1) comprising abase (2) and a registration phantom (3), wherein the method comprises the following steps: receiving a first (respectively second) set of 2D X-ray images of at least one first (respectively second) portion of a region of interest, said first and second sets of images comprising each at least two 2D images containing each at least one detectable radiopaque fiducial of the registration phantom (3); registering the first (respectively second) set of images in the coordinate system of the registration phantom in the first (respectively second) phantom fixation position; registering the first and second sets of 2D images in the coordinate system of the base.

The present disclosure relates to a method and a data processing system for generating navigable images of at least one region of interest ROI of a patient for a fluoroscopy-based navigation system using an X-ray imaging system, a localization system and an imaging kit, said imaging kit being configured to allow images registration in a preferred referential and tracking of surgical tools.

A method for ocular simulated camera assisted robot training is provided. In some implementations, the method includes initializing, by a processor, a robotics assembly. The method further includes connecting, by the processor, to one or more computing devices. The method further includes operating, by the processor, the robotics assembly. The method further includes simulating, by the processor, an eye movement of a human or animal. The method further includes operating, by the processor, a laser to perform a determined exercise on an eye of the robotics assembly. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.

A neurosurgical endoscopic training system and method for using the system to develop surgical skills and technical competency of an endoscopist. The system includes a portable part-task enclosure with a plurality of walls defining an internal chamber. One of the walls includes an access port coupling the internal chamber to an external environment and the access port can be configured to facilitate the passage of one or more endoscopic surgical tools. The system further includes a plurality of objects disposed within the internal chamber configured for manipulation by a surgical tool that extends through the access port.

A system for electromagnetic navigation in dental implant placement may include an electromagnetic tracking system that may be configured to track positions and orientations of a plurality of electromagnetic sensors. An exemplary electromagnetic tracking system may include a field generator that may be attached to a dental unit utilizing a positioning arm. An exemplary system may further include a control unit that may be coupled to the electromagnetic tracking system and the positioning arm. The control unit may be configured to receive the tracked positions of the plurality of the electromagnetic sensors from the electromagnetic tracking system and to adjust at least a position or an angular orientation of the field generator to maintain the plurality of the electromagnetic sensors within a volume of interest within the tracking volume.

A verification block structure and a verification system for orthopedic surgery are provided. The verification block structure includes a base and an artificial bone block. The base has a carrying portion and a bottom corresponding to the carrying portion. The artificial bone block is detachably fixed to the carrying portion of the base, and a shape or a material of the artificial bone block is determined upon a bone characteristic of a patient and/or a surgical method.

This document provides methods and materials for improving the training on the use of tourniquets. For example, methods and devices for confirming the proper pressure of a tourniquet using a tourniquet training device are provided.

The present disclosure relates to a system for patient-specific intervention planning, the system comprising a physical model of an anatomical structure, wherein the physical model is a patient-specific model based on medical image data; a virtual model of the anatomical structure, wherein the virtual model is a patient-specific model based on medical image data; a tracking device configured to track a position of a physical representation of an interventional tool with respect to the physical model of the anatomical structure; a processor configured to perform the step of: registering the physical model of the anatomical structure with the virtual model of the anatomical structure and registering the physical representation of the interventional tool with a virtual representation of the interventional tool based on the position of the physical representation of the interventional tool and the physical model of the anatomical structure. The present disclosure further relates to a corresponding method and computer program.