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.

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Quote start“It’s as close to operating as you can get outside the operating room,” says Dr. Guru, who is also director of RPCI’s Center for Robotic Surgery. “HOST literally holds the surgeon’s hands.”Quote end

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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