Development and application of new attractive simulator for video-assisted thoracic surgery

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Rarely present for educational program and training simulator of VATS comparing to laparoscopic surgery in the world. We planed and development a complete VATS simulator which consist of a source of blood flow, vessels, bronchus, lung, and a human hemi-body. And the body made with silicone is designed to simulated a human thorax which available for the thoracoscope and for thoracoscopic instruments, clamps, scissors, vascular or lung staplers, loop wires, and other devices. Now, residents and students can practice these operative procedures whenever they need to. And many participants of the doctors evaluated by our simulation performance on thoracic seminar in Japan. Furthermore, we development the virtual reality(VR) program which connected with computer and analyzed the surgical skillful. These approach lead to the wide cooperation between medical and mechanical engineering. Now our study presents significant advantages to the patient and education.