News and Updates
New ProMIS-J
Haptica introduces ProMIS-J - a junior version of ProMIS with many of the key features of the original.
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Haptica's new customer forum and support site is now available on www.promis.org
AIMS Industry Council Member
Fiona Slevin of Haptica Chairs the AIMS Industry Council
A world first: ProMIS is used to train surgeons in Laparoscopic Colectomy
Pictured are Mr Paul Neary, consultant surgeon, and Mr Emeka Nzewi, registrar, performing laparoscopic colorectal minimally invasive surgery in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin. This followed what Mr Neary says is a world-first in which surgeons received training from a team led by him on ProMIS simulators in the RCSI the previous dayIrish Medical News, 29 June 2006
RCSI Mobile Skills Unit
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland recently launched the world's first Mobile Surgical Skills Training Unit - enabling the RCSI to bring surgical training to hospitals and centers around the country. The Mobile Unit is fully equipped with five ProMIS simulators.
SAGES Poster from Haptica
Haptica presented a poster at SAGES 2006 on the use of Augmented Reality in Surgical Simulation >>>
Virtual Medical Worlds
"Haptica's 2005 European IST Prize-winning life-like surgical simulator is a cut-above the competition" >>>>
Awards for ProMIS™
ProMIS™ was recognized at the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 13th International Congress and Endo Expo 2004 in New York as one of the 2004 Innovations of the Year.
ProMIS™ and Haptica have also been selected for an IST prize. This prize recognises technical excellence and innovation and is awarded by the EU Commission. The IST 2004 Event was held 17-24 November in the Hague
And on 19 November, ProMIS™ was awarded the Technical Innovation Award by the Irish Software Assocation.