University
of California Irvine Yamanouchi Education Center Adds Simbionix
Products
Dr. Elspeth McDougall, Professor, Department of Urology at UCI,
was very pleased that Simbionix could complete the installation
of the
URO/PERC MENTOR prior
to a visit by Yamanouchi Phara America Executives and the University’s
own “New Frontiers in Endourology 2003 Course.” Both
will take place concurrently in mid-April. Dr. McDougall stated
that “Guy (Guy Benisty, Simbionix International Sales Support
Manager), has provided an excellent orientation and I am going
to start organizing training programs for the residents according
to their level of training.” Simbionix is working closely
with Drs. McDougall and Clayman at UCI as well as other key opinion
leaders in Urology to draw attention to the value the URO/PERC
MENTOR can bring to a teaching program.
CDDW, February 23-25, 2003, Banff, AB, Canada
In cooperation with Pentax Canada the GI
MENTOR II was presented with the newly released commercial EUS
module for the first time in North America. The EUS module created an amazing
amount of excitement from the leaders in the gastrointestinal field. Guy Benisty,
International Sales Support Manager for Simbionix, and Don Montgomery, National
Sales Manager for Pentax Canada look forward to an expanding market in Canada
based on the reaction from the attendees.
R&D and Product Development
The EUS module for the GI MENTOR is now commercially
available!
The innovative EUS module is the first and
only application that provides a platform for hands-on learning
and practicing EUS procedures. It was developed in collaboration
with Dr. Marc Giovannini, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille,
France, Dr. Darius Sorbi & Dr.
David Fleischer, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, Dr. Erwin
Santo, Sourasky Medical Center, Israel, Dr. Yaakov Maor, Sheba
Medical Center, Israel and Dr. Robert Hawes, MUSC, Charleston,
SC, USA.
The pre-commercial version was initially demonstrated during the last UEGW
in Geneva and received great feedback. Opinion leaders and GI fellows, as well
as industry representatives from Pentax, Hitachi, and Olympus, all agree on
the urgent need for such a teaching tool.
Events
Simbionix at MMVR ,
January 22-25, 2003, Newport Beach, CA
MMVR brings together computer scientists, physicians and surgeons, IT and medical
device professionals, and educators to share research and expertise and to
create new tools for medicine.
from left, Edna Chosack, VP Strategic Marketing,
Simbionix; Ajit Sachdeva, MD, Director, Division of Education,
American College of Surgeons, Ran Cohen, R&D
Manager, Simbionix
25/09/02:
Simbionix is launching the new MIS surgical simulator the LAP
MENTOR, following the very positive reaction received to our
prototype systems during the last several months. The official product
launch is taking place at the American College of Surgeons exhibition
October 6th-10th, in San Francisco. Visit us at our booth #208,
and at Ethicon #1212, and try out both our new LAP
MENTOR and our flagship system, the GI
MENTOR.
25/09/02:
After intensive development our new, revolutionary EUS Module
for the GI MENTOR is ready for presentation. Developed entirely
by Simbionix, the EUS Module, using never before seen, cutting-edge
technology enables the user for the first time, to learn and practice
EUS procedures as real as reality.
Come visit us at the UEGW - United European Gastroenterology
Week, Geneva, Switzerland, October 19th-23th, and ask to see
our EUS Module prototype.
Simbionix – once again; forever improving the way the world
learns and practices medicine.
20/09/02:
Storz, Cook and Simbionix combined forces to provide a sequence
of Virtual Reality Training and Challenge Episodes called “Stone
Wars” at the SIU conference which took place in Stockholm
during September 8th-12th. At the culmination of the event, the
scores for all participants who had tried their hand at the removal
of a middle calyx stone on a virtual patient (case prepared with
Dr. Stephan Michel, Mannheim Germany) on the Simbionix combined
URO/PERC MENTOR were compared and the prize awarded. Dr.
Paulius Bosas of Lithuania achieved the highest score from a wide
field of contestants that kept the simulator constantly occupied
during the exhibition, and won the prize of a Palm Pilot.
Dr. Paulius Bosas is receiving his prize from
Dr. Stephan Michel
8/09/02:
At the S.I.U. congress and exhibition September 9th –
12th in Stockholm, Cook, Storz and Simbionix have joined together
to bring you both hands-on training as well as a contest in which
you may win a palm pilot. At these companies’ three contiguous
booths, you may view demonstrations on the URO Mentor™
and PERC Mentor™ simulators, try
out the simulators yourself and participate in the contest.
19/07/02:
LAP MENTOR™ now available for demonstrations:
Simbionix, the world’s most experienced
company for medical training simulators in MIS procedures, the GI
Mentor™, URO Mentor™
and
PERC Mentor™, is successfully meeting the challenge
of a virtual laparoscopic simulator.
The time has come to acquaint
you, the medical community with the
LAP Mentor™.
The LAP Mentor
trains specialists in all fields of laparoscopic surgery.
As with the entire Simbionix
line of MIS simulators, the
LAP Mentor brings to medical training
a cost effective, affordable simulator. It features a growing library
of cases that will serve the needs of a wide variety of specialties
including gynecology, urology, and general surgery
The LAP Mentor features:
- Top of line visualization
of the human anatomy and laparoscopic instruments
- Force feedback mechanism
for realistic sensation
- First two modules:
- Basic Tasks –
practice basic skills in laparoscopy using a variety of laparoscopic
tools and laparoscopic camera
- Cholecystectomy –
practice on a variety of virtual patient cases
The official commercial launch
of our newest simulator will take place at the ACS convention and
exhibition in October (October 6-10, 2002, San Francisco, CA)
Beginning in
August 2002, we will be conducting hands-on demonstrations at medical
centers and training centers around the world.
For those of you interested
in having the LAP Mentor demonstrated at your center please contact
our Product Manager:
Ms. Inbal Mazor Inbal@simbionix.com
or Tel: +972-8-9211177 ext. 222
or USA number Ms. Dawn McGrath Tel: +1-216-2292040
May 2002:
Simbionix invites you try out our GI
MentorII™
simulator with exciting new additions:
- Our brand new Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
Module
- Improvements to our 2 ERCP
Modules (20 virtual patient cases), with more realistic cannulation,
maneuvers and stent placement
Come and see us at one of the events
in May!
May 2002:
Simbionix is exhibiting our URO
Mentor™ simulator and our new
PERC Mentor™ simulator:
- Try out our new PERC
Mentor™ simulator for radiology and urology specialists
that compliments our URO Mentor™ simulator.
- PCN Module - first module for percutaneous renal
access
Click here for all of our upcoming events.
2/04/02:
Simbionix USA Corp. opens its offices in BioEnterprise's newly acquired
University West building, located at 11000 Cedar Avenue in Cleveland's
University Circle area.
26/03/02:
This is an invitation to participate in a multi-institutional international
study evaluating the use of simulation technology to train fellows
in colonoscopy. For more details
click here
14/03/02:
Simbionix is pleased to announce the introduction of our newest
Case Module for Flexible Sigmoidoscopy, which is compatible for
use on all GI Mentor platforms. For more details on this module
click on Library
of Modules. For pricing and delivery information
contact the distributor or sales account manager for your area Sales.
08/01/02:
Members of the Cleveland, Ohio Mission to Israel Visit Simbionix.
Christopher Coburn, Executive Director, Cleveland Clinic
Foundation Innovations, William Sanford, CEO, Symark; Chairman,
Cleveland BioPark; Vice Chair, BIOMEC and Gerald Austin representing
Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell, who were all members of the Cleveland
Mission, spent Tuesday afternoon at Simbionix.
Mr. Coburn of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, which is a shareholder
in Simbionix Inc., was particularly interested in seeing the latest
developments in systems that are the fruit of the deep collaboration
between Simbionix and CCF. He and his colleagues were treated to
demonstrations of the company's three medical training simulators,
the GI Mentor, the URO Mentor™ and the LAP
Mentor™, as well as a look into the company's future.
Discussions between Simbionix and the Cleveland Mission members
included plans for future collaborations and support.
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Cleveland Mission visits Simbionix
10/01/02:
Now Available - Simbionix
Service Agreement for our customers who have passed their
warranty period. We invite you to have a look at the two service
options available to you and contact us for additional information.
15/12/01:
The latest version of the GI Mentor™, was introduced
at the UEGW in Amsterdam, in November, 2001, to an enthusiastic
reception. Physicians tried out the new features and a new ERCP
module with 10 new cases.
Have a glance into in the improvements on the newest
version of the
GI Mentor™ simulator. Version 2.5 has improved visualization
(see movies below), new performance features with added quantitative
criteria such as the percentage of mucosal surface examined, full
performance playbacks and scoring at the end of the CyberScopy games.
New Polypectomy movie from GI Mentor version 2.5.
New Bleeding movie from GI Mentor version 2.5.
15/08/01:
Simbionix' simulator store now carries 10 additional new cases for
ERCP. The Second Module for ERCP
brings the total number of available cases in ERCP procedures to
20. Keep your eye out for other new modules in the near future as
Simbionix strives to provide you with an ever widening variety of
high quality training procedures on their simulators.
20/07/01:
Simbionix, with financial support from the Israel Office of the
Chief Scientist, has satisfactorily completed the feasibility testing
of its third medical training simulator, the LAP Mentor™
laparascopic simulator. We are now moving into the Alpha stage with
the new simulator (click
to view picture1) (click
to view picture 2).
Validation Studies verify the
benefits of training on the GI Mentor.
Two of the poster presentations
at last month's DDW exhibition featured the subject of the validity
of using the Simbionix GI Mentor™ simulator for
basic endoscopic training. The posters were presented by Arnulf
Ferlitsch, Peter Glauninger, Astrid Gupper, Martin Schillinger,
Michael Haefner, Alfred Gangl, and Rainer Schoefl of the Dept. of
Internal Medicine IV, Div. of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Univ.
of Vienna (click to view document)
and Diego Fregonese, Tino Casetti, Renzo Cestari, Fausto Chilovi,
Giancarlo D'Ambra, Gianfranco Delle Fave, Emilio Di Giulio, Giovanni
Di Matteo, and Leonardo Ficano of Rome, Italy (click
to view document) .
In addition to these two initial
evaluations of the simulator's effectiveness in endoscopic training,
at least two additional large-scale validation studies are currently
underway, one in Denmark and the second in the USA.
Simbionix and Cleveland Clinic Foundation sign a
Joint Research and Technology Transfer Agreement, June 3, 2001.
Since its inception in August
1997, Simbionix Ltd. has set as one of its chief marketing principles
the importance of working with medical experts and opinion leaders
in the fields in which we develop our simulators for the purpose
of understanding training needs and incorporating feedback from
physicians on the products which we develop. We are proud of the
several close relationships that we have developed around the world
with doctors and organizations that collaborate with us to develop
the high quality cases for use with our simulators.
It is then, with particular
pride that we announce the expansion of our collaborative efforts
with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio, marked
by the signing of a Joint Research and Technology Transfer Agreement.
We look forward to a fruitful joint effort which will further enrich
the field of computer assisted endoscopy.
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