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dv-Trainer

Skills Training for Robotic-Assisted Surgery

Mimic Technologies has developed a training simulator, the dV-Trainer™, designed to allow efficient, on-demand training for surgeons learning to use the da
Vinci® Surgical System, a sophisticated robotic platform designed to enable complex surgery using a minimally invasive approach.

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Training Modules Available on dV-Trainer™:

  • System training
    • Surgeon Console Awareness
    • EndoWrist Manipulation
    • Camera & Clutching
    • Trouble Shooting
  • Skills Training
    • Needle Control
    • Needle Driving
    • Energy & Dissection
    • Games

Mimic’s dV-Trainer™ is a “flight simulator” for the da Vinci® Surgical System. This simulator is designed to teach basic robotic skills, such as instrument manipulation, camera control, and clutching. Key components of the dV-Trainer™ are a compact hardware platform that closely reproduces the look and feel of the da Vinci® surgeon’s console, and simulation software based on Mimic’s proprietary virtual reality modeling technology.

Benefits of Mimic’s dV-Trainer include:

    • Virtual robot training does not require a da Vinci robot, vision cart or patient cart
    • Surgeon focused independent training may accelerate learning and increase da Vinci utilization
    • Performance analysis and assessment tools can be used to monitor learning progress
    • Training costs are minimized as the dV-Trainer™ does not degrade the life of da Vinci instruments or waste materials such as sutures and training aids

The dV-Trainer™ is currently in beta development with with multiple validation studies completed. Product launch is planned for the spring of 2010, with Pre-Release Programs currently underway.

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da Vinci® is a registered trademark of Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
dV-Trainer™ is a trademark of Mimic Technologies, Inc.
dV-Trainer™ is not a product designed, manufactured, sold or distributed by Intuitive Surgical, Inc.