Physics-based simulator to teach hands-on vascular surgical skills

描述(由申请人提供)：SimQuest LLC建议开发一种基于物理的血管外科技能培训模拟器。尽管存在一些血管内技能培训模拟器，但没有模拟器来教授血管外科医生必须掌握的大量非微创程序。这项第一阶段的工作将通过在我们以前的模拟工作的基础上，在血管外科的外科教育中促进科学的发展 非微创手术，为模拟器奠定技术基础，通过支持血管外科项目主任协会(APDVS)的课程来加强培训。外科教育的这一重大进步将改善需要非微创血管手术的患者的预后。此第一阶段提案的具体目标旨在解决必须掌握的基本技术领域，以提供对广泛类别的血管手术程序的有效模拟。这四个具体目标是：(1)模拟血管与周围组织的隔离；(2)实现计算血管夹闭如何影响组织和血液流动的通用方法；(3)开发血管吻合的模拟，允许基于缝线位置适当地计算压力和渗漏；(4)开发与APDVS课程结合使用的原型课程结构，以说明类似于SimQuest用于美国外科学会(ACS)外科课程的方法如何工作。SimQuest的血管手术技能模拟器将是唯一适合培训外科医生的设备 解决基于血管的血液流动问题所需的复杂程序。完成后，这种模拟将成为未来血管外科医生课程中不可或缺的一部分，并将为新技术和新技术的更有效手段铺平道路--促进现有实践的进步。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): SimQuest LLC proposes to develop a physics-based vascular surgery skills training simulator. Although a number of endovascular skills training simulators exist, there are no simulators to teach the large body of non-minimally invasive procedures that vascular surgeons must master. This Phase I work will advance the state of the science in surgical education for vascular surgery by building from our prior simulation efforts in non-minimally invasive surgery to establish a technical foundation for a simulator that will enhance training by supporting the curriculum of the Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS). This significant step forward in surgical education will enhance outcomes of patients requiring non- minimally invasive vascular procedures. The Specific Aims of this Phase I proposal are designed to address the essential technical areas that must be mastered to provide an effective simulation of a broad class of vascular surgery procedures. The four Specific Aims are to (1) simulate the isolation of vessels from surrounding tissue, (2) implement a general approach to computing how vascular clamping affects tissue and blood flow, (3) develop a simulation of vascular anastomosis that allows appropriate computation of pressure and leakage based on suture placement, and (4) develop a prototype curricular structure for use in conjunction with the APDVS curriculum to illustrate how an approach similar to that used by SimQuest for the American College of Surgeons (ACS) surgical curriculum can work. SimQuest's vascular surgical skills simulator will be uniquely suited to training surgeons in the complex procedures needed for resolving vessel-based blood-flow issues. When complete, this simulation will be an integral part of the curriculum of future vascular surgeons, and will pave the way for a more effective means for new technology and techniques-facilitated advancements to be adopted into existing practice.