The world-leading ProMIS Surgical Simulator

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=175 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="21b525c0.jpg" border=0 width="82" height="92" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The worldleading ProMIS Surgical Simulat"><B>Home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="promis.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS surgical simulator"><B>ProMIS Basic Skills</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SAGES/ACS FLS in ProMIS"><B>ProMIS and FLS</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="promis.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS surgical simulator"><B>ProMIS Procedures</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Laparoscopic Colectomy"><B>ProMIS LapColectomy</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Create Modules and Tasks"><B>NEW! Design&Edit Tasks</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Validation"><B>ProMIS Validation</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id62.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMISJ: a junior ProMIS"><B>ProMIS-J</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS for industry: custom simulation s"><B>ProMIS for industry</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Technology"><B>ProMIS Technology</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Downloads"><B>DOWNLOADS</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><B>Links</B></A></div> <div> ________________________</div> <div> © Haptica Ltd. 2002-2008</div> <div> Last update May 9,  2008</div> <bR> <div> +1 617 342 7270</div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:info@haptica.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@haptica.com">info@haptica.com</A></div> <bR> <div> Haptica Ltd., Registered in Ireland. VAT no. IE 634 9437P</div> <div> Directors: Bernard Collins, Dr. Gerard Lacey, Geraldine Kelly, Fiona Slevin, Siobhán Gardiner</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=85 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC;" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The worldleading ProMIS Surgical Simulat"><B>Home</B></A><B>   </B><A HREF="promis.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS surgical simulator"><B>ProMIS™</B></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About simulation"><B>About simulation</B></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Haptica"><B>About Haptica</B></A><B>   </B><A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact us"><B>Contact us</B></A><B>   </B><A HREF="http://www.promis.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.promis.org"><B>Support</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=250 BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Events</B></div> <div> <B>EAES Congress, 11-14 June 2008, Stockholm </B><A HREF="http://www.eaes-eur.org/site/index.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.eaes-eur.org/site/index.php"><B>>>></B></A></div> <div> <B>SLS Annual Meeting, Chicago Sept 17-20 </B><A HREF="http://laparoscopy.blogs.com/ee06/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://laparoscopy.blogs.com/ee06/"><B>>>></B></A></div> <div> <B>ACS Clinical Congress, San Francisco, </B><B>October 12-16, 2008 </B><A HREF="http://www.facs.org/clincon2008/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.facs.org/clincon2008/index.ht"><B>>>></B></A></div> <div> <B>ACS & ACGME RRC requirements for simulation</B></div> <div> ACS requires that simulation is provided as a criteria for Skills Center Accreditation <A HREF="http://www.facs.org/education/accreditationprogram/requirements.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.facs.org/education/accreditat">>>></A></div> <div> From July 1, 2009, ACGME requires that residents are provided with access to training using simulation <A HREF="http://www.acgme.org/acWebsite/reviewComment/140_internal_medicine_PRs_R&C.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.acgme.org/acWebsite/reviewCom">>>></A></div> <div> <B>New </B><A HREF="id62.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMISJ: a junior ProMIS"><B>ProMIS-J</B></A></div> <div> Haptica introduces ProMIS-J - a junior version of ProMIS with many of the key features of the original<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id62.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMISJ: a junior ProMIS"><IMG SRC="25496900.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> <B>ProMIS effectiveness in predicting FLS performance</B></div> <div> Over 16 papers at SAGES 2006-08 were published on ProMIS - and all presented positive findings. <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Validation">More >>></A></div> <div> See also ProMIS paper on automatic detection of cut tissue in <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SAGES 2007 ETP057 Objective measurement ">FLS Precision-Cutting Task >>></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Downloads"><B>Downloads</B></A></div> <div> Download brochures and other information about Haptica and ProMIS here<A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Downloads"> >>></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.promis.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.promis.org"><B>promis.org</B></A></div> <div> Haptica's new customer forum and support site is now available on <A HREF="http://www.promis.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.promis.org">www.promis.org</A></div> <div> <B>AIMS Industry Council Member</B></div> <div> Fiona Slevin of Haptica Chairs the <A HREF="http://www.medsim.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.medsim.org/">AIMS Industry Council</A></div> <div> <B>Awards for ProMIS™</B></div> <div> ProMIS™ was recognized at the <A HREF="http://www.sls.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sls.org">Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons</A> 13th International Congress and Endo Expo 2004 in New York as one of the 2004 Innovations of the Year. </div> <div> ProMIS™ and Haptica have also been selected for an <A HREF="http://www.ist-prize.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ist-prize.org/">IST prize</A>. This prize recognises technical excellence and innovation and is awarded by the EU Commission. The<A HREF="http://europa.eu.int/information_society/istevent/2004/index_en.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://europa.eu.int/information_society"> IST 2004 Event</A> was held 17-24 November in the Hague</div> <div> And on 19 November, ProMIS™ was awarded the <A HREF="http://www.software.ie" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.software.ie">Technical Innovation Award</A> by the Irish Software Assocation.</div> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=395 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>The world-leading ProMIS Surgical Simulator</B></div> <div> _____________________________________________________________________________</div> <div> <A HREF="promis.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS surgical simulator"><B>ProMIS </B></A><B>shows Wii-playing residents perform 48% better</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="2b8eec60.jpg" border=0 width="238" height="198" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="6">Kanav Kahol and Marshall Smith of the <A HREF="http://www.bannerhealth.com/Locations/Arizona/Banner+Good+Samaritan+Medical+Center/_Banner+Good+Samaritan+Medical+Center.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bannerhealth.com/Locations/Ar">Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center</A> in Phoenix, Arizona, have found that surgical residents performed better during simulated surgery after playing on the Wii console. </div> <div> They asked eight surgical residents to play games on a Wii for an hour before their performed virtual surgery on Haptica's ProMIS Simulator. Those who warmed up using the console scored 48 per cent better for tool control and performance than those who did not.</div> <div> Mark Smith said<I>, "We used the ProMIS for testing the skills levels of our residents because we like the hybrid nature of the simulator, and because it has been well validated to accurately measure surgical skill levels."</I></div> <div> Click here for New Scientist article <A HREF="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19726396.100-a-wii-warmup-hones-surgical-skills.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://technology.newscientist.com/chann">>>></A> </div> <div> Click here to see news item with ProMIS at RCSI <A HREF="http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0124/6news_av.html?2329637,null,230" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0124/6news_a">>>></A></div> <bR> <div> <I>ProMIS Surgical Simulator</I></div> <bR> <div> <I> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="4" WIDTH="585" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 83 WIDTH="579"><div> <B>SAGES poster: studies comparing simulators show that </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#CC6600" FACE="Trebuchet MS" ><B>ProMIS outperforms VR</B></FONT><B> in terms of validity and user preference </B><A HREF="surgical_simulators_which_wo.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Surgical Simulators: which work best?"><B>>>></B></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 235 WIDTH="275"><div> <I><B>New</B></I><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Create Modules and Tasks"><B>ContentCreationTool</B></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > enables full integration of existing curriculum by allowing users to create and edit tasks in ProMIS. </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>New</B></I><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SAGES/ACS FLS in ProMIS"><B>FLS Module</B></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > enables SAGES/ACS FLS Tasks to be measured in ProMIS. </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>New</B></I><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id62.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMISJ: a junior ProMIS"><B>ProMIS-J</B></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B>a junior version of ProMIS for home and individual use.</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>New</B></I><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Laparoscopic Colectomy"><B>Laparoscopic Colectomy Module</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <I><B>New</B></I><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SAGES 2007 ETP057 Objective measurement "><B>Error-Detection</B></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, e.g. measurement of dissected tissue</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#336699" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>New</B></I><B> </B></FONT>pure <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Basic Skills Curriculum"><B>VR Module</B></A></FONT><B> </B>for Instrument Handling</div> <div> <I><B>New</B></I><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Arial" ><B>Learning Management System</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B>for networking and remote access of records.</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="298"><div> <B>Custom simulation </B><A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS for industry: custom simulation s"><B>>>></B></A></div> <div> We develop custom simulation solutions that accelerate learning and uptake of new devices and techniques.</div> <div> <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Simulator for Endometrial Ablation"><IMG SRC="2b37d650.jpg" border=0 width="125" height="101" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></A>Projects include development of a colorectal surgery simulator with Ethicon Endo-Surgery and an endometrial ablation simulator for Microsulis Medical. <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS for industry: custom simulation s">More >>></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sls.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sls.org"><I><B>SLS </B></I></A><I><B>Innovation of the Year Award, European </B></I><A HREF="http://www.ist-prize.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ist-prize.org"><I><B>IST prize</B></I></A><I><B>, </B></I><A HREF="http://www.software.ie" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.software.ie"><I><B>Software Association</B></I></A><I><B> Innovation Award</B></I></div> </td> </tr></table></body>