What stands out is that LaparoS™ includes the whole procedural preparation: the positioning of the patient and the placement of the trocars. Then there is the practical part – the step by step learning across different levels.
Numerous medical training institutions find that integrating laparoscopic simulation into their curriculum both improves training outcomes and ultimately supports better patient care. Benefit from VirtaMed’s decades of experience and expertise in laparoscopy training and education. Your residents will enter the OR with confidence!
Prof. Dieter Hahnloser, Head Physician Visceral Surgery, CHUV Lausanne, Switzerland
Patient Position
Start training with your patient in the right position relative to the operative team. Organs move individually and in real time.
Active Trocars™
Advanced tissue feedback gives you the sense of touching, lifting and applying tension to simulated organs and tissues.
Train Together
Surgeons learn to master their instruments alongside an assistant with a camera, optimally preparing them for the operating room.
LaparoS™ Essential Skills
The perfect setup to practice essential laparoscopic skills while benefiting from mixed reality training. Objective feedback metrics provide proficiency-based feedback to help residents accelerate their learning curve.
Using a simulated 0° and 30° optic, residents can become proficient in camera navigation, eye-hand coordination, and development of ambidextrous psychomotor skills. All instruments have authentic ring handles and virtual instrument tips such as clip applicators, scissors, needle holder and atraumatic graspers.
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LaparoS™ General Surgery
Start by positioning your patient, reverse Trendelenburg or supine, and place Active Trocars™ for your scope and instruments. Stand side-by-side with a colleague for team training, or train in stand-alone mode.
Inserting the laparoscope allows you to examine the entire insufflated peritoneal cavity as you introduce more trocars and instruments. Use a combination of blunt dissection and electrosurgical instruments, and feel tissue feedback individual to each organ.
Condensed training cases focus on specific skills and adverse events, allowing residents to focus on repeating and mastering each skill individually. Improve ambidextrous and non-dominant hand skills using rare Situs inversus totalis patient cases. Choose which anatomical variations you encounter to avoid surprises in the OR.
LaparoS™ Gynecological Laparoscopy
Start by moving your patient into the Trendelenburg position and place Active Trocars™ for your scope and instruments. Stand side-by-side with a colleague for team training, or train in stand-alone mode.
Residents progress through training cases for diagnostic laparoscopy, anatomy identification, clipping and cutting, and more training cases derived from highly realistic scenarios including Hysterectomy, Tubal Ligation, Uterine Vessel Ligation, Ovarian Cystectomy, Salpingectomy, Adnexectomy, Endometriosis and Salpingotomy for management of ectopic pregnancies.
The platform is also compatible with the VirtaMed GynoS™ Hysteroscopy training modules to provide comprehensive training in line with ACGME, ABOG and ACOG milestones.
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VirtaMed laparoscopic platform
VirtaMed LaparoS™ includes an anatomically correct abdomen model that can be used for (reverse) Trendelenburg positioning as appropriate to the training case. Free choice of portals enables trainees to learn instrument handling with different trocar placement. Realistic laparoscopic instruments have been adapted for simulation and combine full freedom of movement with authentic haptic interactions. The simulator is optimized for ergonomic training with an adjustable operative height and a movable multi-touch screen.
VirtaMed LaparoS™ is a multidisciplinary platform, allowing you to rapidly switch between laparoscopy and further VirtaMed modules and anatomies: GynoS™, UroS™ and ArthroS™.
Support
We offer several different levels of service and support packages tailored specifically to the needs of hospitals and training centers. These can provide you with completed coverage (and peace of mind) when it comes to protecting your investment and getting the most out of your simulator. More about VirtaMed customer service and support
VirtaMed Connect™
Access your simulator data anywhere and anytime with VirtaMed's Connect.
Keep your focus on education with remote access; conveniently assign courses and manage curricula, and motivate students with online leader boards, all from the convenience of your office.
Connect lets you track student and cohort progress, helping you easily coach students on key areas for improvement and capture and compare student results over time.
Use Connect to scale simulation to your needs. Because it is cloud-based, Connect can help you easily manage multi-simulator or multi-site training programs.
Go to the Connect FAQs webpage
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Training & Education
Our T&E team is here to help you get the most out of your simulator. In addition to introductory sessions, the T&E team offers in-depth training in a variety of areas and in multiple languages (English, German, French, Italian and Chinese). The T&E team can organize trainings that are as diverse as our customers, catering to groups of all sizes and interests. For example, they have helped customers develop courses for trainees preparing for the European board exam or the Swiss Orthopedic exam as well as courses for experienced professionals looking to train on the less-common joints such as the ankle. More about the VirtaMed Training & Education services
Lancement du « Surgical Simulation Tour » à Strasbourg
September 29, 2020
VirtaMed et l'Association Française de Chirurgie (AFC) sont ravis d'annoncer que le laboratoire mobile de simulation chirurgicale lance son Tour de Formation avec une première étape à l’IHU de Strasbourg au sein du Nouvel Hôpital civil de Strasbourg le 5 octobre 2020VirtaMed und die Deutsche Kniegesellschaft (DKG) bieten Simulationstraining an der Haustür von Lehrkrankenhäusern in Deutschland an
February 16, 2021
VirtaMed, weltweit führend in der medizinischen Ausbildung mit Mixed-Reality-Simulatoren, und die Deutsche Kniegesellschaft (DKG) freuen sich, ihre gemeinsame Ausbildungsinitiative im Martin-Luther-Krankenhaus in Berlin zu starten und ein neues mobiles chirurgisches Simulationslabor vorzustellen.VirtaMed and the German Knee Society (DKG) will deliver simulation training to the front door of Teaching Hospitals in Germany
February 16, 2021
VirtaMed, the world leader in medical training using mixed reality simulators, and the German Knee Society (DKG) are excited to kick off their combined training initiative at the Martin Luther Krankenhaus in Berlin and introduce a new mobile surgical simulation lab.European premiere: The Nancy-Lorraine School of Surgery integrates a new generation of VirtaMed laparoscopic simulators into their surgical curriculum.
March 23, 2021
European premiere: The Nancy-Lorraine School of Surgery integrates a new generation of VirtaMed laparoscopic simulators into their surgical curriculum.Première européenne : L’École de Chirurgie Nancy-Lorraine intègre dans son programme d’enseignement chirurgical une nouvelle génération de simulateurs cœlioscopiques VirtaMed
March 23, 2021
Première européenne : L’École de Chirurgie Nancy-Lorraine intègre dans son programme d’enseignement chirurgical une nouvelle génération de simulateurs cœlioscopiques VirtaMedSimulation course increases physician confidence up to 125% while improving knowledge, cognitive and technical skills
March 30, 2021
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) publishes the first validation study on the ASRM Embryo Transfer Simulator, showing significant improvements in Embryo Transfer competenceMarseille marks the final stop of the Surgical Simulation Tour
March 25, 2021
For the past several months VirtaMed’s mobile simulation lab has been touring France as part of a national ‘Surgical Simulation Tour’ bringing hands-on training to residents currently impacted by COVID-19. The mobile simulation laboratory made its first appearance in Strasbourg and will now deliver a final round of surgical training in Marseille.Marseille marque la dernière étape du « Surgical Simulation Tour »
March 25, 2021
Depuis plusieurs mois, le laboratoire de simulation mobile fait le tour des plus grands hôpitaux de France pour permettre aux futurs chirurgiens de s’exercer sur les simulateurs VirtaMed en ces temps de déprogrammations opératoires causés par la Covid-19. Le tour a commencé à Strasbourg et s'achève à Marseille les 25 et 26 mars.Putting a Number on Performance: Independent Study Combines Proficiency-based Training Assessments.
May 05, 2021
The journal Arthroscopy recently published a study conducted at New York’s Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) which evaluated the comparability of the traditional Arthroscopic Surgery Skills Evaluation Tool (ASSET) with the metrics-based assessments of a virtual reality simulator (the VirtaMed ArthroS™ hip module).VirtaMed appoints Andy Weymann, MD, MBA, to Board of Directors
June 01, 2021
New appointment supports the company’s growth and continued global expansion. With more than 25 years of experience working in the medical device and biotech/pharma industry and as an orthopedic surgeon, Andy has extensive experience developing and launching products and a track record leading international medical training initiatives.European grant awarded for innovative orthopedic training simulator
June 09, 2021
VirtaMed, the world leader in data-driven medical simulation training, together with the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL), a public hospital of Luxembourg city, will develop a mixed reality simulator to support surgical skills training for advanced arthroscopic meniscus repair. Proficiency-based training is forecast to improve patient outcomes for sports medicine procedures.Clinic Mandates Surgical Simulation Training After Research Indicates Improved Performance
July 01, 2021
Independent surgical simulation training becomes the new normal for students at the Pan Am Clinic. Researchers from the University of Manitoba and the Pan Am Clinic recently published a paper in the journal Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation that looked at the effectiveness of a mixed reality simulator for the training of arthroscopy novices. Following this study, the residency program has made it a requirement in the curriculum that residents in their sports rotation complete the self-learning modules.AANA-VirtaMed Collaboration Results in Better Surgical Training
July 07, 2021
VirtaMed ArthroS™ Hip module updated with AANA input, including six guided diagnostic exams. Joseph C. Tauro, M.D., AANA Board Member explains, "Realistic simulators are a critical part of training for Orthopaedic Surgeons. They allow for repetition, show critical steps and give feedback on performance. AANA is leading the way in surgical skills training."Broward Health First U.S. Hospital System Using Innovative VirtaMed Laparoscopic Simulator
July 28, 2021
The next-generation mixed reality simulator offers resident doctors unparalleled simulated training for complex surgeries. “We chose the LaparoS because it offers our residents a more realistic simulation of what they will encounter in the operating room,” said Dr. Ivan Puente, General Surgery Program Director at Broward Health Medical Center. “We feel very strongly that this will not only enhance their skill development but also contribute to patient safety.”VirtaMed LaparoS™ Announced as a Finalist for the Edison Award
February 11, 2022
The prestigious Edison Awards have announced the VirtaMed LaparoS™ surgical training simulator is a finalist in the education category for the 2022 awards. The LaparoS was voted to be among the most elite of the 350 overall submissions.This simulator has entered the market only recently, so there are no stories on centers of excellence available right now.
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