Laparoscopic surgery is a minimally invasive alternative to open surgery in that it only requires a few small incisions. However, the complexity of this type of surgery due to the inability to see directly into the patient’s abdomen requires surgeons to master a variety of psychomotor skills. Laparoscopic trainers are devices that allow medical residents to safely practice these psychomotor skills, but the extent to which they enable proficiency of surgical skills is limited due to their lack of complexity. The team designed a cost effective and accurate gynecologic laparoscopic trainer for OBGYN residents and surgeons at UMass Medical that mimicked the female human pelvis and allowed for the simulation of realistic gynecologic procedural steps. The resulting design incorporated silicone-molded vasculature and organs phantoms, an adjustable abdominal casing, and 3D printed structures to accurately simulate the pelvic region of a patient.

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Creator

• Gravina, Mattea
• Awunti, Kiara
• Philpot, Michele C.
• Alonte, Chyla P.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050421-160222
• 21986

Advisor

• Zhang, Haichong

Year

• 2021

Date created

• 2021-05-04

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Biomedical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright