To provide an artificial tissue model that can be more advantageously used in surgical technique training compared to previous artificial tissues, as well as a method of fabricating the same. An artificial organ model for surgical technique training comprising two or more fibrous layers 2, 3 layered and bonded to each other so as to be peelable by a surgical technique performed by a surgical technique trainee; the layered and bonded two or more fibrous layers 2, 3 as a whole being saturated with an electroconductive liquid or gel; and two adjacent fibrous layers out of the two or more fibrous layers being formed from different materials or substances or in different colors so as to be recognizable as different membranes by the surgical technique trainee.

A real-tissue surgical training system includes a base and a harvested porcine tissue cassette. A substrate is configured to be removably mounted to the base. Harvested porcine tissue is carried by the substrate and configured to simulate the oropharynx region of the human body and to receive a surgical tool therein for surgical training.

Method for manufacturing a tridimensional blood vessel model using stereolithography and optionally cell culture. Applications include surgery training, research on pathology such as SCDs and in vitro drug testing e.g. for antiplatelets. Existing models are not compatible with cell culture and cannot withstand high pressure, as opposed to the present invention. Stereolithography allows modelling of complex vessels such as carotid siphons as opposed to other existing methods.

Systems and methods for holding and orienting cadaver specimens for education, training, investigation, research and/or other activities.

A system is configured to perfuse one or more organs and/or associated tissues while monitoring the physiological function, testing medical devices or therapies, or both. The system includes a pump, a container, a fluid circuit, a platform, and at least one actuator. The pump is configured to generate a flow of a fluid. The container defines an interior cavity and is configured to receive at least one organ or tissue and maintain at least one environmental condition associated with the at least one organ or tissue within the interior cavity. The fluid circuit is configured to fluidically couple the pump to the at least one organ or tissue. The platform is operably coupled to the container. The at least one actuator is configured to move the platform to mimic at least one biological movement associated with the at least one organ or tissue.

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.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] To provide an artificial tissue model that can be more advantageously used in surgical technique training compared to previous artificial tissues, as well as a method of fabricating the same. [Solution] An artificial organ model for surgical technique training comprising two or more fibrous layers 2, 3 layered and bonded to each other so as to be peelable by a surgical technique performed by a surgical technique trainee; the layered and bonded two or more fibrous layers 2, 3 as a whole being saturated with an electroconductive liquid or gel; and two adjacent fibrous layers out of the two or more fibrous layers being formed from different materials or substances or in different colors so as to be recognizable as different membranes by the surgical technique trainee.

Simulators for practicing trans-oral surgery and methods of use thereof, are described. The simulator may include a simulated soft palate musculature adjacent to the simulated hard palate, and a simulated mucosal layer covering at least a portion of the simulated hard palate and at least a portion of the simulated soft palate musculature, wherein the simulated mucosal layer is configured to conform to and follow the contours of surface features of the covered portions of the simulated hard palate and simulated soft palate musculature.

A surgical simulation assembly is provided for simulating realistic surgery on animal organs or human cadavers. The surgical simulation assembly comprises a generally flat tray having a central indentation for receiving an organ, at least one drainage aperture and at least one indented trough extending from the central indentation for receiving at least one tube. The tray is assembled with a simulator heart and lungs prepped for connection to a variable speed double action air pump assembly that creates both positive pressure and a vacuum on the heart to simulate a beating heart. The tray is supported on a basket having a lower containment portion for containing fluid waste collected during the simulated surgery. The basket is elevated by risers over a base designed to support the assembly.

A surgeon training apparatus includes an operating table and an immersion tank carried by the operating table and configured to contain liquid. A thoracic animal tissue cassette is configured to hold at least harvested animal lung tissue for surgeon training. An inflator is configured to be coupled to the harvested animal lung tissue. An actuator is configured to relatively move the thoracic animal tissue cassette between an operating position above the immersion tank and an immersed position in the liquid within the immersion tank so that the surgeon can test the harvested animal lung tissue for leaks during surgeon training. The surgeon training apparatus may be at a first location at a first geographic point and a remote surgeon station may be at a second location at a second geographic point remote from the first geographic point to allow a remote surgeon to remotely train.