Auto-Configurable Simulation System for Multi-System Surgical Training
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional training systems for computer-assisted surgical systems require separate, system-specific simulation systems for each type of surgical system, which is inefficient and costly for facilities with multiple types of systems.
Innovation Solution
An auto-configurable simulation system that includes a control module and computing device capable of determining and reprogramming itself to simulate different types of surgical instrument manipulating systems, allowing a single system to be used across multiple types of computer-assisted surgical systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate system-specific simulation systems are developed for each type of computer-assisted surgical system, then training accuracy and system-specific control familiarity are improved, but device complexity and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The simulation system is designed with a universal control module that can be reprogrammed to simulate multiple different types of surgical instrument manipulating systems. The control module receives configuration data corresponding to different surgical system types and automatically adjusts its simulation parameters, allowing a single simulation system to serve multiple surgical system types without requiring separate dedicated simulation systems for each type.
2Reliability
If separate system-specific simulation systems are developed for each type of computer-assisted surgical system, then training specificity is improved, but cost increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
A single simulation system with a reprogrammable control module replaces the need for multiple separate simulation systems. The control module can be configured through software reprogramming to match different surgical instrument manipulating system types, eliminating the need to purchase and maintain multiple dedicated simulation systems while still providing type-specific training capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The simulation system utilizes parameter changes through software configuration rather than hardware changes. By receiving and processing configuration data that describes different surgical system types, the control module adjusts simulation parameters (such as manipulator arm configurations, instrument characteristics, and control interface parameters) to accurately replicate different surgical system behaviors, achieving training specificity through parameter variation rather than physical system duplication.
3Device complexity
If a single simulation system is used for multiple surgical system types, then device complexity and cost are reduced, but adaptability to different system configurations is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The control module achieves adaptability through dynamic parameter changes based on received configuration data. The system can process different surgical system type specifications and automatically adjust simulation parameters including manipulator arm configurations, instrument properties, and control characteristics. This allows the single simulation system to adapt to multiple surgical system types without requiring physical reconfiguration or multiple dedicated systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The simulation system creates virtual copies of different surgical instrument manipulating systems through software-based modeling. The control module generates simulation environments that replicate the functional characteristics, control interfaces, and operational parameters of different surgical system types, allowing trainees to practice on virtual representations of various systems without requiring physical duplication of each system type.
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AI summary
An exemplary auto-configurable simulation system includes a control module configured to simulate a first type of surgical instrument manipulating system included in a plurality of types of surgical instrument manipulating systems and a computing device communicatively connected to the control module. The computing device includes a processor configured to execute instructions to communicatively connect the control module to a user control console of a computer-assisted surgical system, determine, after communicatively connecting the control module to the user control console, that the user control console is configured to facilitate control of a second type of surgical instrument manipulating system, and reprogram the control module such that the control module is configured to simulate the second type of surgical instrument manipulating system.