Software System, Virtual Manual Move Robotics Training Forward

Surgeon/Engineer Team Produces World's First Procedure-Based Training Software for Robot-Assisted Surgery
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.
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Roswell Park Creates New Resource for Surgical Teams: First-Ever Virtual Manual on Robot-Assisted Surgery
A Buffalo-based international expert on robot-assisted surgical techniques has created the first-ever virtual instructional manual on robot-assisted surgery. The interactive guide, “Operative Manual of Robot-Assisted Urologic Surgery,” edited by Khurshid A. Guru, MD, will be made available for the first time at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association, May 29, 2010 through June 3, 2010 in San Francisco, CA.
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