Surgical Training Model Base With Channel Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current surgical training systems lack the ability to securely and repeatedly attach organ models to a containing structure for minimally invasive procedures, limiting the practice of laparoscopic and robotically assisted surgeries due to inadequate attachment mechanisms and insufficient dissection planes for realistic tool access.
Innovation Solution
A surgical training system featuring a model base with channels and connectors that allow for secure attachment of tissue models, including real or synthetic tissue, using hooks and compressible members, and optionally incorporating magnets, sensors, and tubes for simulating blood vessels, enabling realistic and repeatable training scenarios.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If surgical models are used for training minimally invasive procedures, then training capability is provided, but the ability to securely and repeatedly attach organ models is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The surgical model is divided into separate components: a model base representing the patient body wall and removable model inserts representing organs. This segmentation allows the organ models to be independently attached and removed for repeated practice while maintaining a stable base structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment mechanism uses dynamic elements including serpentine channels that provide flexible positioning paths, compressible elongate members that allow for secure engagement, and magnets that enable adjustable positioning. This dynamic design allows repeated attachment and removal while maintaining secure connection during training.
2Ease of operation
If current surgical models are used, then some training functionality is provided, but sufficient dissection planes for realistic tool access are not available
Solution Approach 1:
The model inserts incorporate specific dissection planes and tissue layers with different properties at different locations. These localized features provide realistic tool access paths that simulate actual surgical conditions, allowing trainees to practice proper instrument insertion and manipulation through appropriate tissue planes.
3Reliability
If human cadavers are used for training, then realistic surgical practice is provided, but cost and limited opportunities are issues
Solution Approach 1:
The surgical model creates a simplified copy of the human body structure with model base and organ inserts that replicate the essential anatomical relationships and tissue properties. This copy provides realistic training experience without the limitations of cadavers, allowing unlimited repetition and reducing cost while maintaining training effectiveness.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system enables secure and repeatable attachment of tissue models, allowing for improved proficiency in minimally invasive procedures and providing realistic training conditions for laparoscopic and robotically assisted surgeries by facilitating precise tissue manipulation and feedback.
Implementation Method 1
a compressible elongate member received within the hooks
Implementation Method 2
The model base may comprise a plurality of permanent magnets and configured to retain additional tissue for surgical training
Data Source
AI summary
A surgical training system may include a model base having at least one channel therein and opening outwardly to a top surface. A model insert may be removably coupled to the top surface of the model base. The model insert may include tissue for surgical training and a plurality of connectors coupled to the tissue and slidably received within the at least one channel.