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="1a764700.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="112" 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! 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ProMIS™ uniquely enables users to interact with virtual and physical models in the same unit while providing accurate, comprehensive feedback on performance. </div> <div> Since its launch, ProMIS™ has become the simulator of choice for leading residency and surgical training programs across the globe and has won three awards for surgical and technical innovation. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#336699" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id62.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMISJ: a junior ProMIS"><B>ProMIS-J</B></A><B> </B></FONT>is a junior<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > version of ProMIS with many of the key features of the original</FONT>.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ProMIS meets the requirements set out by the </FONT><A HREF="http://www.facs.org/education/accreditationprogram/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.facs.org/education/accreditat"><B>American College of Surgeons</B></A><B> for Accreditation</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > of Level I and Level II Education Institutes.</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="21ac6910.jpg" border=0 width="198" height="145" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>ProMIS drawing a crowd at ACS 2006</I></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="731" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 288 WIDTH="232"><div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Basic Skills Curriculum"><B>ProMIS </B></A><A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Basic Skills Curriculum"><B>Basic Skills</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Basic Skills Curriculum"><IMG SRC="24a664c0.jpg" border=0 width="102" height="76" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></A>The ProMIS™ Curriculum is based on <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Validation">validated </A>approaches to skill development and is designed to integrate easily into existing curricula. </div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Basic Skills Curriculum"><IMG SRC="24c664d0.jpg" border=0 width="102" height="77" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></A>Modules may use virtual or physical models; an Open Module is designed to make customization possible. </div> <div> More on <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Basic Skills Curriculum">Curriculum >>></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="236"><div> <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SAGES/ACS FLS in ProMIS"><B>ProMIS and FLS</B></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="24e66570.jpg" border=0 width="102" height="87" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0">"<B>ProMIS metrics are excellent predictors of scores in the standard FLS simulator."</B></div> <div> Having been <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Validation">validated </A>for use with the SAGES/ACS Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) program, ProMIS now provides an FLS Module. </div> <div> Users simply insert FLS Tasks in ProMIS and get the standard ProMIS metrics and video recording on those Tasks.  </div> <div> More on <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SAGES/ACS FLS in ProMIS">ProMIS and FLS >>></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="237"><div> <B>ProMIS Critical Tasks</B></div> <div> ProMIS offers a series of tasks that replicate the critical elements of specific procedures, including: LapNissen, Ectopic pregnancy, Anastomosis, LapCholecyst-ectomy, Prostatectomy.</div> <div> <A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Laparoscopic Colectomy"><B>ProMIS LapColectomy</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Laparoscopic Colectomy"><IMG SRC="25070700.png" border=0 width="112" height="112" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></A>With ProMIS LC,  a surgeon performs a complete hand-assisted or fully laparoscopic Sigmoid Colectomy. </div> <div> <A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Laparoscopic Colectomy">More >>></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 256 WIDTH="232"><div> <B>Realistic, contextual learning</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="23d775f0.jpg" border=0 width="119" height="95" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0">ProMIS™allows one or more users to practice using real instruments held in a `normal' position with normal degrees of freedom: they operate on a manikin and use a laptop computer as a stacking unit view. Tasks may be physical or virtual (or a combination of both). </div> <div> More on how ProMIS works <A HREF="id13.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How ProMIS works">>>></A>, or on ProMIS Technology <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Technology">>>></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="236"><div> <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Metrics"><B>Real Metrics</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Metrics"><IMG SRC="117705a0.jpg" border=0 width="112" height="90" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></A>ProMIS analyses performance by tracking instruments and objects in 3-dimensional space. Metrics provide:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Immediate, accurate feedback</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Numeric data; graphical & video playback</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Based on validated performance indicators</div> <div> More on <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Metrics">Metrics >>></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="237"><div> <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Learning Management System"><B>Learning Management System</B></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0a35c590.jpg" border=0 width="92" height="89" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0">ProMIS™ is designed to integrate existing curricula and to facilitate localization. </div> <div> User records are stored and may be exported for group reports - or to incorporate into research projects. A LAN enables remote access.</div> <div> ProMIS™ is simple to maintain and operate. And it is robust. </div> <div> More on <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Learning Management System">LMS >>></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>Awards and </B><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ProMIS Validation"><B>Clinical Validation</B></A></div> <div> In 2004, Haptica won an Innovation of the Year award from the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons in the U.S., and a European IST Prize from the European Council of Applied Sciences, Technologies and Engineering and the EU Commission.</div> <div> The <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >effectiveness</FONT> of the ProMIS™ system has been clinically validated by peer reviewed publications from experts in MIS, including leading researchers at Emory University, Imperial College, London and RCSI, Ireland.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>