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
Download the VirtaMed Connect Factsheet
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
VirtaMed @ EBCOG 2021
September 02, 2021 - September 04, 2021
Try the VirtaMed simulators at the 27th European Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2021 (EBCOG) 2021 in Athens, Greece.
VirtaMed @ SCGP Congress 2021
September 22, 2021 - September 24, 2021
Try the VirtaMed simulators at the SCGP Congress 2021 in Paris, France.
Nancy Regional University Hospital, France
"VirtaMed’s laparoscopic simulator delivers unparalleled levels of realism and will play an important role in preparing residents for real OR scenarios, including team training and management of complications. We compared many high-fidelity simulators and are confident that the LaparoS™ is the simulator with the highest potential." - Prof. Ahmet Ayav, Head of the Digestive Surgery Department
Broward Health
Dr. Ivan Puente, MD, FACS Program Director said, "From the moment you walk up to the simulator you can set it up just like we do in the OR. We are able to mimic exactly what we do on the real patient. I like that we can add complications such a bleeding and bile leakage to better prepare residents for the OR. Clearly having the simulation before the operation enhances skills and improves patient safety."
Broward Health Orthopedics
October 12, 2021
Joel Rush, DO, FAOAO is the Program Director of the Orthopedics Program at Broward Health Medical Center. Broward Health has a long history of using simulation to train its next generation of surgeons. Medical students at Broward Health Medical Center have access to a medical skills simulation lab with a variety of simulators, including the VirtaMed ArthroS™ simulator for arthroscopic skills training.VirtaMed @ The Meniscus 2022
July 07, 2022 - July 09, 2022
Visit VirtaMed at The Meniscus 5th International Conference on Meniscus Science and Surgery in Luxembourg
VirtaMed LaparoS™ Nominated for the Prestigious Edison Award
November 23, 2025
The VirtaMed LaparoS™, a mixed reality laparoscopy training simulator, has been nominated for an Edison Award. The Edison Awards™ are a global award that honors excellence in innovation and new product development. Previous winners of the Edison Award in the medical category have included such companies as Arthrex, Inc., Zimmer Biomet, and Medtronic.VirtaMed Announces New Inclusive Knee Simulation Model
February 02, 2022
VirtaMed has announced the release of a new knee training model for arthroscopic knee surgeries. Reflecting the diversity of is customer base, and their patients, the new model will be available on simulators in two different skin tones.VirtaMed and Ferring Pharmaceuticals Accelerate First-of-its-kind Global Training Program to Increase Confidence in Embryo Transfers
February 15, 2022
The ASRM Embryo Transfer Simulator brings the first standardized and validated training approach for this crucial stage during In Vitro Fertilization, increasing confidence of reproductive endocrinologistsThis simulator has entered the market only recently, so there are no stories on centers of excellence available right now.
At the moment, there are no upcoming conferences for this simulator. If you would like to get your own hands-on demo, please contact us for a personal presentation.