“There is no question of the value of simulation when applied to the aviation industry which, like surgery, demands knowledge, experience, hand-eye coordination and practice to become not only qualified but also proficient and competent.”
Dr. John Lenihan
USAF Reserve,
Lt. Col. (Flight Surgeon)
Chief of Aerospace Medicine |
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| 2010 |
“Mimic Surgery Simulator On Market", Puget Sound Business Journal, May 20th, 2010. View Article |
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“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 |
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| 2009 |
“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
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“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 |
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"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 |
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| 2008 |
“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 |
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"Validation of the dV-Trainer ®, a novel virtual
reality simulator for robotic surgery", New england Section
of the AUA, 77th Annual Meeting, September, 2008, by P. Kenney,
M. Wszolek, J. Gould, J. Libertino, A. Moinzadeh. View
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"Robotic Surgery Simulation: An
Unintuitive Reflection", Medical Robotics Magazine,
October, 2008, by T. Lendvay. View
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"Virtual reality System Helps Surgeons
Train", HospiMedica.com, 14 August, 2008. View
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"Virtual Reality System gives Surgeons
a New Way to Train. No patients or cadavers needed, when surgeons
use the dV-Trainer system to practice the basics of robotic surgery
skills", PR Web Press Release, July 2008 . View
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“Face and Content Validation of a Novel
Robotic Virtual Reality”, American Urological Association Annual
Meeting, May 2008 Proceedings , by A. Sethi, W. Peine, Y. Mohammadi,
T. Gardner, M. Koch, and C. Sundaram |
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“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 |
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| 2007 |
“Saving Lives: Simulations Promise
Better Training for Combat Medics”, National Defense ,
Volume XCII, Number 649, December 2007, by B. Wagner. |
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“Virtual Reality-Assisted Robotic
Surgery Simulation”, Journal of Endourology , Volume 21,
Number 3, March 2007, J. Albani, and D. Lee. |
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“Review of Trainers for Transurethral
Resection of the Prostate Skills”, Journal of Endourology ,
Volume 21, Number 3, March 2007, by R. Sweet. |
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“Lending a Hand: Robotic surgery makes
inroads into the OR and beyond”, Minnesota Physician 21(7):1, 2007,
by Sweet, R.M. |
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“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. |
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| 2006 |
HealthJournal Television
Mimic's robotic surgery simulation technology was recently featured
on Health Journal Television. Click
here to view the video. |
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| 2004 |
“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. |
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| 2003 |
“A Novel Seven Degree of Freedom Haptic
Device for Engineering”, Virtual Reality , September 2003,
S. Kim, J. Berkley, and M. Sato.
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