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MD+DI (Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry): "Simulating (and Proving) Success for Robotic Surgery"
San Francisco Business Times:"Hospitals Boost Robotic Surgery but Training Lags"
Orange County Business Journal:"UCI Medical Center..."
Press Releases
3/1/2012 New MScore unveiled at IMSH Conference
11/10/2011 New Study to Compare Simulation Training Techniques
News Coverage
"Mimic Surgery Simulator On Market", Puget Sound Business Journal, May 20th, 2010.
King 5 News Video
Video
Health Journal Television
Mimic's robotic surgery simulation technology was featured on Health Journal Television.
Validation Studies
"The Virtual Reality Simulator dV-Trainer® is a Valid Assessment Tool for Robotic Surgical Skills", Surgical Endoscopy, April 2012, by C. Perrenot, M. Perez, N. Tran,
J-P. Jehl, J.Felblinger
C.Perrenot,, University of Nancy, France
"Validation Study of a Virtual Reality Robotic Simulator - Role as an Assessment Tool?", Journal of Urology, March 2012, by J. Lee, D. Kerbl, P. Mucksavage, M. Etafy, V. Huynh, E. McDougall
J.Y. Lee, University of California, Irvine
"Validating the Use of the Mimic dV-Trainer for Robotic Surgery Skill Acquisition Among Urology Residents", Urology, October 2011, by R. Korets, A.C. Mues, J.A. Graversen, M. Gupta, M.C. Benson, K.L. Cooper, J. Landman, K.K. Badani
R. Korets, Columbia University
"Face, Content and Construct Validity of a Novel Robotic Surgery Simulator", Journal of Urology, September 2011, by A. Hung, P. Zehnder, M. Patil, J Cai, C. Ng, M. Aron, I. Gill, M. Desai
A.J. Hung, University of Southern California
“Validation Study of a 3D Virtual Robot Simulator as a Robot Surgery Training System", Journal of Korean Colorectal Surgery , April 2011, by S. Kim, J. Cho
"Does Training on a Virtual Reality Robotic Simulator Improve Performance on the da Vinci ® Surgical System?”, Journal of Endourology, Volume 24, Number 3, March 2010, by M. Lerner, M. Ayalew, W. Peine,, C. Sundaram
M. Lerner, Indiana University
“Face, Content, and Construct Validity of dV-Trainer, a Novel Virtual Reality Simulator for Robotic Surgery", Journal of Urology, Volume 73, Issue 6, June 2009, by P. Kenney, M. Wszolek, J. Gould, J. Libertino, A. Moinzadeh
P.Kenney, Lahey Clinic
“Validation of a Novel Virtual Reality Robotic Simulator", Journal of Endourology, Volume 23, Number 3, March 2009, by A. Sethi, W. Peine, Y. Mohammadi, C. Sundaram
A. Sethi, Indiana University
“Initial validation of a virtual-reality robotic simulator”, Journal of Robotic Surgery, Volume 2, Number 3, September 2008, by T. Lendvay, P. Casale, R. Sweet, C. Peters
T. Lendvay, Unviversity of Washington &
The Children's Hospital
Articles & Publications
"Simulation in Plastic Surgery Training and Education: The Path Forward", Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Volume 123, Number 2, February 2009, by J. Rosen, S. Long, D. McGrath, S. Greer
"Virtual Reality System Helps Surgeons Train", HospiMedica.com, 14 August, 2008.
“HazBot: Development of a Telemanipulator Robot with Haptics for Emergency Response”, Journal of Disaster Management, March/April 2008; pages 87-97, by J. Jurmain, A. Blancero, A. Bennett, C. Jones, J. Berkley, M. Vollenweider, J. Geiling, M. Minsky, J. Bowersox, and J. Rosen
“Saving Lives: Simulations Promise Better Training for Combat Medics”, National Defense , Volume XCII, Number 649, December 2007, by B. Wagner.
“Virtual Reality-Assisted Robotic Surgery Simulation”, Journal of Endourology , Volume 21, Number 3, March 2007, J. Albani, and D. Lee.
“Review of Trainers for Transurethral Resection of the Prostate Skills”, Journal of Endourology , Volume 21, Number 3, March 2007, by R. Sweet.
“Lending a Hand: Robotic surgery makes inroads into the OR and beyond”, Minnesota Physician 21(7):1, 2007, by Sweet, R.M.
“Simulation and Computer Animated Devices: The New Minimally Invasive Skills Training Paradigm”, Urologic Clinics of North America (book chapter), in press, by Sweet, R.M. and McDougall, E. M.
“Real-Time Finite Element Modeling for Surgery Simulation: An Application to Virtual Suturing”, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics , Vol. 10, Issue 3, May 2004, by J. Berkley, G. Turkiyyah, D. Berg, M. Ganter, and S. Weghorst.
A Novel Seven Degree of Freedom Haptic Device for Engineering”, Virtual Reality , September 2003, S. Kim, J. Berkley, and M. Sato.