Surgical training apparatus, methods and systems
Surgical training apparatus, methods and systems which allow surgical trainees to practice surgical skills on anatomical models in a realistic manner with an augmented reality headset and delivery of targeted surgical coursework curriculum correlated to the actions of the trainee as sensed by sensors in or adjacent the model to help the trainee develop proper surgical technique and decision making.
1. A surgical training system, comprising:
a) a model of an anatomical part of a human or animal, said model having one or more cues;
b) a cue receiver operable to receive one or more cues from said model, said cue receiver being operable to generate a signal in response to receiving a cue;
c) a computer processor operable to receive signals from said cue receiver;
e) a computer database having surgical training curriculum having one or more individual surgical subject matter components stored therein; and
f) a software program running on said computer processor and connected to said database, said software program operable to correlate said one or more received signals to said one or more individual surgical subject matter components, said software program being further operable to provide as an output the individual surgical subject matter component which is correlated to a received signal;
wherein said cue receiver is an augmented reality headset.
2. The surgical training system of claim 1 , wherein said augmented reality headset having one or more of the following:
a) projected display waveguide with see through optics;
b) WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity;
c) camera;
d) central processing unit;
e) monocular;
f) binocular;
g) haptic feedback;
h) voice control;
i) operating system;
j) noise cancelling microphone; and
k) on board video recording media.
3. The surgical training system of claim 1 wherein said cue receiver includes a digital still and/or video camera.
4. The surgical training system of claim 1 wherein said cue is a barcode attached to said model and said cue receiver includes a bar code scanner.
5. The surgical training system of claim 1 wherein said software program is provided as software as a service.
6. The surgical training system of claim 1 wherein said output is provided on a computer monitor.
7. The surgical training system of claim 1 wherein said output is provided on said augmented reality headset.
8. The surgical training system of claim 1 and further comprising two or more of said models with each model being a distinct anatomical model type, and wherein said software program includes a separate surgical session program correlated to each of said model types.
9. The surgical training system of claim 8 wherein said separate surgical session program includes at least two alternate surgical session types.
10. The surgical training system of claim 9 wherein said anatomical part is thoracic having heart and lung models.
11. The surgical training system of claim 9 wherein said model type is kidney and said surgical session types include a tumor resection surgical session and a biopsy session.
12. The surgical training system of claim 1 wherein said anatomical part includes at least two models and wherein said software program is programmed to provide an output in response to signals received from either of said models.