SBIR Phase I: Open Vascular Surgical Training System for Skill Acquisition and Evaluation

SBIR 第一阶段：用于技能获取和评估的开放式血管外科培训系统

• 批准号: 2035945
• 负责人: Hannah Eherenfeldt
• 金额: $ 25.35万
• 依托单位: Resuture Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-02-15 至 2022-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2035945&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Open; Vascular; Surgical

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to streamline surgical training and reduce the burden of surgical complications by creating a device that can train and evaluate surgeons. The proposed project will demonstrate the feasibility of progressive skills education and quantitative assessment on a simulated open surgery system. This project will develop a high-fidelity modular system and synthetic vasculature to effectively train surgeons in open vascular surgery.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will advance development of an educational tool to support surgical training. The device must provide progressive skills education, expose users to a comprehensive range of open surgical procedures, and provide objective feedback metrics. The proposed research will first investigate the feasibility of developing a variety of simulated vascular components, including those with abnormalities, and subsequently integrating them into the benchtop system. The synthetic training models will be evaluated by practicing surgeons using a bipolar scaling method. The mechanical properties of the synthetic vascular tissue will be measured and compared to live tissue. This project will additionally develop components to measure surgical performance. The metrics will be evaluated in a pilot study of a panel of experienced and inexperienced surgeons. The anticipated results are a synthetic vascular material with similar mechanical properties as live tissue, surgical models that are validated as realistic by a panel of expert surgeons, and a system with sensors and components that are capable of differentiating between user skill levels.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I期项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是通过创建可以培训和评估外科医生的设备来简化手术训练并减轻手术并发症的负担。 拟议的项目将证明对模拟开放手术系统进行渐进技能教育和定量评估的可行性。该项目将开发高保真的模块化系统和合成脉管系统，以有效地培训开放性血管外科手术的外科医生。这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I阶段项目将推动开发一种教育工具来支持手术培训。 该设备必须提供渐进的技能教育，使用户了解全面的开放手术程序，并提供客观的反馈指标。拟议的研究将首先调查开发各种模拟的血管成分（包括异常情况的），然后将其集成到台式系统中的可行性。合成训练模型将通过使用双极缩放法对外科医生进行评估。将测量合成血管组织的机械性能并将其与活组织进行比较。该项目还将开发组件以衡量手术性能。该指标将在一项经验丰富且缺乏经验的外科医生小组的试点研究中进行评估。 The anticipated results are a synthetic vascular material with similar mechanical properties as live tissue, surgical models that are validated as realistic by a panel of expert surgeons, and a system with sensors and components that are capable of differentiating between user skill levels.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.