PORTABLE CAMERA AIDED SIMULATOR (PortCAS) FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL TRAINING

摘要

The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for surgical training with low cost, reusable materials and a highly customizable virtual environment for skill-building. According to various embodiments, a surgical training tool is usable in conjunction with a support structure configured to at least partially constrain the tool movement. Meanwhile, the tool is tracked in real-time with off-tool detectors to generate a tool path driving a virtual rendering of the surgical training tool in an operative environment. The virtual rendering may be visually observable via a display device and may include a customizable and/or selectable operative environment with one or more structures that can be operated on by the virtual surgical training tool. By tracking the virtual tool interaction with the virtual structures, a task path may be established for documenting and/or objectively assessing the performance of one or more operative tasks.

主权项

1. A system for surgical training, comprising:
a surgical training tool, the surgical training tool including one or more fiducials; a support structure for receiving the surgical training tool to constrain manipulation of the surgical training tool within a volume; at least two off-tool detectors configured to detect the position of the one or more fiducials within the volume; at least one processor in communication with the at least two off-tool detectors; a tool path generated by the at least one processor based on the detected position of the one or more fiducials; and a virtual rendering of the surgical training tool in a virtual operative environment, the virtual rendering of the surgical training tool being visually observable via a display device, an operative task being performed within the virtual operative environment utilizing the virtual surgical training tool presented by the display device, the virtual surgical training tool being manipulated based on the tool path.