Simulated Surgical Systems Licenses Hands-On Surgical Training ™ (HOST) Technology for Robotic Surgery Simulation

Simulated Surgical Systems sells the Robotic Surgery Simulator ™(RoSS) as a way to help surgeons hone their skills in robot-assisted surgery. The HOST software system takes this concept further, immersing the surgeon in a surgical environment using automation technology and an interactive checklist-based process.

Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) September 20, 2010

Two Buffalo scientists have paired up to create technology that has the potential to revolutionize surgical training worldwide, developing the first procedure-based, hands-on surgical training software. Their patent-pending system, Hands-On Surgical Training ™ (HOST), guides surgeons through real-time operative procedures using the Robotic Surgical Simulator ™ (RoSS) interface. The HOST software has been licensed by Simulated Surgical Systems, LLC, the company that sells the RoSS.

Khurshid Guru, MD, a staff physician in Urology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), and Thenkurussi “Kesh” Kesavadas, PhD, director of the Virtual Reality Laboratory and a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University at Buffalo (UB), created RoSS as a way to help surgeons hone their skills in robot-assisted surgery so that they’ve logged hours of training before they perform a particular surgical procedure.

The HOST software system takes surgeons through surgical steps, prompting and guiding them through the critical stages of an operation before proceeding to the next step. A metrics tool evaluates user performance so that surgeons can track their progress. That step-by-step prompting system is unique in the field of computer-assisted surgical learning tools, as is HOST’s basis in observational learning. It’s an extremely effective system for training surgeons on emerging robot-assisted surgical techniques, says Dr. Guru.

The HOST software will debut in a prostatectomy module available late this year and will be followed by a hysterectomy module in early 2011.

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