Surgical trainers are essential to improving the learning curve of surgical procedures in a patient-free environment. Residents and experienced surgeons utilize trainers to refine skills within unfamiliar or out of practice operations without placing patients in unnecessary risk. Although there are currently a diverse set of surgical trainers on the market, all fall short of accurately simulating the environment of a human body. The team developed a bio-realistic surgical trainer for laparoscopic right colectomy surgeries that outperforms current alternatives in simulating organ and connective tissue mechanical and anatomical properties. By 3D-printing molds based on CT scans of real organs, the team utilized polyvinyl alcohol and silicone to produce model organs. Members of the group manufactured multiple layers of synthetic mesentery with differing methodologies depending on the necessary thickness. Through validation procedures, the team has gained quantitative and qualitative results with the support of mechanical testing and surgeon feedback.

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Creator

• Sifferlen, Andrew
• Bonavita, Caitlin
• Diec, Binh
• Hill, Alex

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042723-125004
• 106161

关键词

• polyvinyl alcohol
• bio-realism
• laparoscopic trainer
• abdominal model
• surgical trainer

Advisor

• Pins, George D

Year

• 2023

Sponsor

• Dr. Thomas Cataldo, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Date created

• 2023-04-27

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Biomedical Engineering

Source

• E-project-042723-125004

Rights statement

• In Copyright

最新修改

• 2023-06-14