Ear Health
A prototype of a new ear surgical simulator that will provide specialists with crucial bone drilling techniques in highly sensitive body areas has just been launched.
The simulator will be commercialised by Medic Vision, a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier Bionics, with first sales expected in mid 2007. After nine years of research carried out by the CSIRO and the University of Melbourne, the project was licensed to Medic Vision in early 2006. The Melbourne based simulator device company has since incorporated a number of features which have enhanced the simulator’s efficiency, practicality and level of realism.
Medic Vision will continue to develop the simulator and will ultimately produce a complete training tool to assist trainees and surgeons. The Mediseus Temporal Bone Simulator will provide clinicians with crucial bone drilling techniques in a highly sensitive area of the human body where there may be disease or where the insertion of a hearing device is required.
The Temporal Bone Simulator technology uses the same principles as flight simulators used to train pilots. A combination of hardware and software interact together to provide a realistic surgical experience.
